The College of New Jersey Athletics

A newcomer under center in 2004, Jeff Struble collected one selection as the NJAC’s Offensive Rookie of the Week in his first season. The selection came following TCNJ’s 34-26 home victory over Western Connecticut State as he completed 16-of-23 pass attempts for 207 yards with a pair of touchdown passes (7 and 13 yards). He also carried the ball 11 times in the game and added a one-yard scamper to help the Lions erase a 26-14 halftime deficit.

Overall on the year, Struble threw for 100 plus yards in seven of the nine games he played in, while twice surpassing 200 throwing yards. His career best performance is a 224 yard effort against Rowan after he was 13-25 in the air with a long of 53 yards to Cory Schoonover. He was not picked off until the Lions’ sixth game of the year and finished the year with 1,157 passing yards.

He finished the season ranked fourth in the NJAC in pass efficiency with a 114.80 rating and returned ready to settle in under center as a returning starter in 2005.

On his follow-up campaign, he made 10 appearances for the Lions and proceeded to pass for five touchdowns and 1,039 passing yards. He added four rushing touchdowns to his resume on the season with a 91.37 pass efficiency rating and 103.9 yards passing per game, which ranked fourth among the NJAC’s returning quarterbacks. He finished with 108.1 yards per game of total offense on 286 plays.

As a junior in 2006, Struble was hampered by an early injury and would share time under center throughout the season with rookie signal caller, Chris James. Struble played in nine game and added 242 passing yards with a 42.2 completion percentage, while also seeing time as the team’s punter. As a punter, Struble racked up 977 yards on 28 punts, good enough for a 34.9 yards per punt average with a season-long performance of a 73-yard punt. Six times he placed the ball inside the opponent’s 20-yards line and was blocked only one all season. He will once again challenge for time as the Lions’ punter, while possibly seeing time on either offense or defense in his final collegiate season.

He brings a 47.1% career pass completion percentage into the year as well as 2,438 career passing yards in 28 games played. The athletic Struble has thrown for 12 career touchdowns, while rushing for another nine and now has 54 career points to his credit, while averaging 97.1 passing yards per game.

A graduate of Manchester Township High School, Struble was captain of both the football and baseball teams there and earned all-conference and all-state honors in both sports. He is majoring in health and exercise science at TCNJ.

Year By Year Statistics
Year       G     Effic.   Att-Cmp-Int   Pct.   Yds.     TD   Long   Avg/G   Rushes  Yds.  TD      Scoring
2004       9    114.80  160-82-6      51.2  1,157    5     53      128.6       90       68     4              24
2005     10      91.37  188-90-11    47.9  1,039    5     67      103.9       98       42     4              24
2006       9     71.76    64-27-4       42.2     242    2     67       26.9        31       -14    1                6
Totals    28      92.6   412-199-21  47.1   2,438  12     67      87.1        219      96     9              54