Jake Foshee
After four years of being part of the supporting cast, Jake Foshee of Fairbanks finally got his chance to play a starring role for the Oklahoma Baptist University football team.
He stole the show.
The 6-foot-4, 290-pound offensive lineman was moved to tight end for one play and brought the house down with an electrifying 6-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter of a 42-14 victory over Southern Nazarene.
Foshee flashed beautiful foot work, avoiding one defender with a wicked spin move before beating another defender by diving for the pylon.
Big Man Touchdown.
“It was the greatest feeling ever,” Foshee said. “One of my teammates, Josh Cornell, told me a couple weeks ago that scoring was the best feeling ever and he is 100 percent correct.”
Foshee, of West Valley High fame, is an all-conference senior tackle who has played in 40 career games for Oklahoma Baptist, a NCAA Division II school. This was his first reception and first touchdown.
Jake Foshee catches a touchdown!
You read that right. Big Alaska catches his first touchdown of his career!
Bison – 42
SNU – 14— OBU Football (@OBU_Football) November 13, 2021
The name of the play is called ‘Husky’ and that’s fitting for a player pushing three bills in weight.
Foshee lined up at tight end and let the defensive lineman beat him around the edge, allowing Foshee to clear out and be ready to make a play.
He caught the ball in open space as a defender closed in.
“I hit a spin move on him,” Foshee said.
One down, another defender to go. But he couldn’t stop the big man either as Foshee went full Superman as he extended for the pylon.
“This touchdown meant a lot to me,” he said. “It was great celebrating with my teammates and a great way to end a career.”
Foshee, a pre-med major, has been at Oklahoma Baptist since 2017. He came back for a second senior season after COVID wiped away 2020. He’s glad he played another year and grateful for his teammates and coaches.
“I learned a lot and met a lot of awesome people that will be friends for life,” he said.
Foshee also earned some bragging rights among his lifelong Alaska friends and former West Valley teammates, Josh Cummings and Brandon Joyner, who both had career years on the field this year.
All season long, Foshee has seen them go off – Joyner scored touchdowns in four straight games for Elizabeth City State in North Carolina, Cummings scored touchdowns in eight straight games for Western Colorado. Now he finally gets to join the touchdown club.
“Those guys are my best friends and my brothers back home and we talk every day,” Foshee said. “It feels amazing for us kids from Alaska living out our dreams. All we’ve ever wanted to do when we were in high school was make it to college and I couldn’t be happier for them. Those are my boys for life.”