Hartwick College Athletics

Jason Boltus ’09 is one the most prolific offensive players in the history of college football. He led the country in both total offense and passing yards per game in each of his last two seasons with the Hawks.

In his senior campaign, Boltus was first in the nation in points responsible for, second in total passing yards, and third in passing efficiency.  In both his junior and senior years, Boltus was a Gagliardi Trophy Finalist, the Empire 8 Conference Offensive Player of the Year, and the D3football.com East Region Offensive Player of the Year. He was selected as an Associated Press Little All-American and was tabbed both the ECAC Division III Player of the Year and the ECAC Northwest Player of the Year his senior season. He captured the 2007 Melberger Award, which was given to the top football player in Division III, and was a two-time Hartwick Roy Chipman Memorial Award winner for Male Athlete of the Year.

Since his playing days at ’Wick, Boltus was invited to the National Football League’s Scouting Combine and has played professionally in the Canadian Football League for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the Arena Football League with the Utah Blaze, Spokane Shock, Orlando Predators, and Tampa Bay Storm, and the United Football League’s Omaha Nighthawks.

At the time of his induction, Boltus was the all-time NCAA Division III leader in career yards with a total of 14,231. His career passing yardage (13,276) ranked 3rd in Division III history and his 134 career touchdown passes was 4th all-time.