David Ash (American football)

David Ash

David Ash throwing a pass against Iowa State in 2012.
Position Quarterback
Career history
College
Bowl games
High school Belton (TX)
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-07-29) July 29, 1992
Place of birth Houston, Texas
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 222 lb (101 kg)
Career highlights and awards
  • 2011 Holiday Bowl Offensive MVP

David Trenton Ash (born July 29, 1992) is a former quarterback for the University of Texas Longhorns football team. After an impressive start that included being named the offensive MVP in the 2011 Holiday Bowl, he was forced to end his career early in the face of repeated concussions and concussion-related symptoms.

High school career

Ash attended Academy High School (in which school system his father is a middle school principal) before transferring to Belton High School in Belton, Texas his sophomore year. He played as both quarterback and punter. In his three seasons, Ash compiled an 18–15 record.[1] Ash made his first start against Ennis High School in 2008, a game Belton lost 43–8.[2] In his junior year in 2009, Ash led the Belton Tigers to the second round of the Class 5A Texas football playoffs before falling to South Garland High School in a 14–24 loss.[3] Ash led the Tigers to a 5–6 record in his senior year with 38 touchdowns and only 10 interceptions. He also set multiple school records, including most career passing yardage, completions, and touchdowns.[1] After his senior year, Ash was named the all-state second team quarterback and all-state first team punter.[4]

College career

2011 season

David Ash committed to the Texas Longhorns on February 13, 2010, becoming the fourth player to commit to the football team during the 2010 recruiting class.[5] Headed into the first game of the 2011 season against Rice, Ash was placed as a third-string quarterback on Texas' depth chart, alongside redshirt freshman Connor Wood and behind Case McCoy and Garrett Gilbert, respectively.[6] In the season opener, Ash threw his first pass as a Texas Longhorns player for two yards.[7] In the next game against the BYU Cougars, Ash remained as a backup quarterback, but was put into action after Garrett Gilbert was benched in the second quarter after throwing two interceptions.[8] Ash threw for 35 yards against BYU while rotating at the quarterback position alongside Case McCoy.[9][10] Ash and McCoy continued into their next game against UCLA as co-starters at the quarterback position, although McCoy would end up seeing more playing time.[11][12] Ash threw his first touchdown in his collegiate career in the next game against Iowa State on a 48 yard pass to Mike Davis. Ash scored two touchdowns in a 37–14 victory against the Cyclones.[13][14] In the annual Red River Rivalry against Oklahoma, Ash threw another touchdown but in addition also threw two interceptions.[15] Texas would lose 17–55, their worst loss against the Sooners since 2003.[16] Because of McCoy's uneven performance in that game, Ash was named the starter for the next five games, during which the team went 2–3, and Ash was twice replaced by McCoy. After McCoy nearly sparked a comeback against Kansas State, Ash lost the starting job to him against Texas A&M and Baylor. But a poor performance in the Baylor game, combined with good practices by Ash, led to another change at quarterback and Ash started in the Holiday Bowl against California. In that game he completed 14 of 23 passes for 142 yards and one touchdown while also catching a 4-yard touchdown pass from Jaxon Shipley, and was named the games offensive MVP.

2012 season

During the 2012 Texas spring game, Ash began the game with the Horns team to start the game and flipped between the Horns and Texas team throughout the scrimmage. However, Ash only threw seven passes, of which six were completed for 87 yards, including one touchdown. Ash also ran for only six yards on five attempts. The Texas team won the scrimmage 35–28.[17] After the spring game and throughout the offseason, it was undecided whether Case McCoy or Ash would be the Longhorns' starting quarterback, with both appearing in preseason drills.[18] However, on August 22, 2012, Ash was finally named the starting quarterback for Texas over McCoy.[19]

Ash made his first start of the 2012 season against Wyoming on September 1.[20] In the season opener, Ash completed 74.1% of his passes for 156 passing yards.[21] Ash's single touchdown came on a 16-yard strike to wide receiver Jaxon Shipley. The quarterback also ran three times for eight yards, helping the team to a 37–17 victory to begin the 2012 season.[20]

Against New Mexico, Ash once again threw no interceptions and completed a 72.7% completion percentage. Ash also threw for two touchdowns, including a 45-yard shovel pass to Daje Johnson in the third quarter,[22] and a personal best of 221 yards.[14] Through the first 10 games, Ash led Texas to 8 wins, including gutsy road wins against #22 Oklahoma State and #20 Texas Tech. In the Oklahoma State game, he led Texas on back-to-back 75 yard drives in the last ten minutes of the game for the win. In a losing effort against TCU he injured his ribs and kept playing, but then was forced to sit out the next week against Kansas State. He led the horns to 8–4 regular season which was good for third place in the Big 12 and an appearance in the 2012 Valero Alamo Bowl against Oregon State. Ash threw for 2 touchdowns and rushed for another as the horns won the Alamo Bowl 31–27 to finish the season ranked #18.

2013 season

Ash's 2013 season got off to a quick start against New Mexico as Ash threw for 343 yards and 4 touchdowns, and also ran 91 yards and a touchdown as #15 Texas defeated New Mexico State 56–7. However, in the next game Ash threw for 251 yards and 2 touchdowns before suffering a concussion late in the 4th quarter against a BYU team that would ultimately upset the Longhorns 40–21. After missing the 3rd game of the year against Ole Miss, Ash returned to game action and threw for 166 yards and 1 touchdown in the first half against Kansas State before re-aggravating his concussion in the 31–21 victory. Ash's concussion turned out to be more severe the 2nd time around as Ash was unable to return to the Longhorns for the remainder of the 2013 season.

2014 season

Ash was given a medical hardship for the 2013 season, meaning that he entered 2014 with two years of remaining eligibility. At the end of spring training, he suffered a Jones fracture in his foot, an injury that required surgery.[23]

In the first game of the 2014 season, he threw for 190 yards and 1 TD as Texas beat North Texas 38–7.[24] He played almost the entire game and reported no concussion symptoms during it, but later that evening, he reported experiencing headaches and dizziness and was brought in for further evaluation. Ash reported believing that the first hit in that game triggered a recurrence of the symptoms that caused him to miss most of the 2013 season. As a result, Tyrone Swoopes was named the starter for the next game against BYU. On September 17, 2014, Ash announced that he would be walking away from football due to multiple concussions in his career.[25]

Statistics

David Ash's college career passing statistics
Season Team GP† Rating Att Comp Pct Yds TD Int
2011 Texas 13 107.4 99 174 56.9 1,079 4 8
2012 Texas 13 153.3 214 318 67.3 2,669 19 8
2013 Texas 3 156.3 53 87 60.9 760 7 2
2014 Texas 1 112.5 34 19 55.9 190 1 0
Totals: 30 138.6 385 612 62.9 4,728 31 18
† Games played
David Ash's college career rushing statistics
Season Team Att Yds TD
2011 Texas 73 103 1
2012 Texas 51 141 2
2013 Texas 31 152 1
2014 Texas 7 −17 1
Totals: 162 379 5

Awards

Results
  Won
  Honorable mention
  Nominated
David Ash's college career awards
Award Date Team Last Played Source(s)
2011 Holiday Bowl Most Valuable Offensive Player December 28, 2011 California (W 21–10) [14]
University of Texas Athletics Director's Honor Roll†‡ Spring 2012
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 [14]
Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week September 17, 2012 Ole Miss (W 66–31) [26]
College Football Performance Awards National Quarterback of the Week September 17, 2012 Ole Miss (W 66–31) [14]
Davey O'Brien Quarterback of the Week September 17, 2012 Ole Miss (W 66–31) [14]
Manning Award Quarterback of the Week (Nominated) September 17, 2012 Ole Miss (W 66–31) [14]
Offensive Player of the Game†‡ October 1, 2012 Oklahoma State (W 41–36) [14]
College Football Performance Awards Honorable Mention National Quarterback of the Week October 1, 2012 Oklahoma State (W 41–36) [14]
Manning Award Player of the Week (Nominated) October 1, 2012 Oklahoma State (W 41–36) [14]
Offensive Player of the Game† October 8, 2012 West Virginia (L 45–48) [14]
† Awarded by own team
‡ Shared

Records

Personal life

Ash is the son of Stephen and Lynn Ash and one of six children. His father, Stephen is a principal at Academy High School in Little River, Texas.[1] Ash is also a devout Christian and participates in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Young Life at the University of Texas. Growing up his sports hero was Colt McCoy.[14] He completed undergraduate study to obtain Bachelor of Science in Communications, then furthered his study to confer the prestigious Master of Science in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin, May 2016.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Four selected to be on Wall of Honor at BHS". The Belton Journal. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  2. ↑ MaxPreps.com. "Belton 2008 Football Schedule". CBS Interactive. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  3. ↑ MaxPreps.com. "Belton 2009 Football Schedule". CBS Interactive. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  4. ↑ Staff and Wire Reports (16 December 2010). "Class 5A all-state football team". The Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  5. ↑ Inside Texas Staff (13 February 2010). "Texas Has a QB for 2011 as Belton's David Ash is Commit No. 5". Inside Texas. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "2011 Texas Longhorns Depth Chart [vs. Rice]" (pdf). CBS Interactive. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "Rice Owls vs. Texas Longhorns – Box Score – September 03, 2011 – ESPN". Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "Backups ride to rescue for Longhorns". Austin, Texas. Associated Press. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  9. ↑ "Brigham Young Cougars vs. Texas Longhorns – Box Score – September 10, 2011 – ESPN". Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  10. ↑ Strickland, Carter (11 September 2011). "McCoy, Ash rotation leads to win". Entertainmment and Sports Programming Network. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  11. ↑ Eberts, Wescott (12 September 2011). "Case McCoy, David Ash Co-Starters, Garrett Gilbert Demoted". Vox Media, Inc. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  12. ↑ "Texas Longhorns vs. UCLA Bruins – Box Score – September 16, 2011 – ESPN". Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  13. ↑ "Texas Longhorns vs. Iowa State Cyclones – Box Score – October 01, 2011 – ESPN". Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 University of Texas at Austin. "David Ash – 2013 Football". Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  15. ↑ "Oklahoma Sooners vs. Texas Longhorns – Box Score – October 08, 2011 – ESPN". Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  16. ↑ "Oklahoma Sooners vs. Texas Longhorns – Recap – October 08, 2011 – ESPN". Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  17. ↑ "Scoring Summary (Final) 2011 University of Texas Football Horns vs Texas (Apr 01, 2012 at Austin, Texas)" (PDF). Columbia Broadcasting System Sports. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  18. ↑ Dave Miller (15 August 2012). "No quarterback separation in Austin". National Football Post. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  19. ↑ Strickland, Carter (23 August 2012). "Texas' David Ash to start at QB". Austin, Texas. Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  20. 1 2 University of Texas (1 September 2012). "Scoring Summary (Final) 2012 University of Texas Football Wyoming vs #15 Texas (Sept 1,2012 at Austin, Texas)". CBS Interactive. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  21. ↑ "David Ash Game By Game Stats (2012)". Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  22. ↑ University of Texas (8 September 2012). "Scoring Summary (Final) 2012 University of Texas Football New Mexico vs #15 Texas (Sept 8,2012 at Austin, Texas)". CBS Interactive. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  23. ↑ Olson, Max (April 11, 2014). "Texas QB David Ash fractures foot". espn.com. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  24. ↑ "Texas wins Strong debut 38–7 over North Texas". espn.com. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  25. ↑ Wire, SI (September 17, 2014). "Texas coach Charlie Strong says QB David Ash done playing football". SportsIllustrated.com. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  26. ↑ "Ash, Hasley and Lockett Selected Big 12 Football Players of the Week". Big 12 Conference. September 17, 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2013.

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