Biography
2022
Missed season due to injury.
2021
Saw action in all 10 games with three starts as a junior wide receiver … Listed as both a starter and backup at wide receiver during the year and saw extensive action on special teams … Ranked No. 7 on the team in receptions (13) with 124 receiving yards, a 9.5 average yards per catch and 12.4 yards receiving per game … Long reception was a 29 yard catch vs. Harvard … Also made four tackles (four solo) on special teams … Caught two passes for 16 yards vs. Brown (Nov. 13) … Finished with a career-best four receptions for a career-high 43 yards with a career-long of 29 yards vs. Harvard (Nov. 6) … Caught a then-career-high three passes for 33 yards with a long of 12 at Yale (Oct. 30) … In start, finished with two receptions for 19 yards with a long of 10 at Dartmouth (Oct. 22) … Caught one pass for 11 yards vs. Penn (Oct. 16) … Made a career-high three tackles on special teams at Central Connecticut State (Oct. 9) … Made first career start at wide receiver and finished with one catch for two yards in season opener vs. Marist (Sept. 18).
2020
Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
2019
Saw action in six games as a first-year wide receiver and on special teams … Listed on depth chart as a backup wide receiver … Earned varsity letter … Concluded season with one reception for four yards on offense and contributed three tackles (one solo) on special teams … Caught first career pass, a four-yard catch vs. Brown (Nov. 16) … Saw action in the season’s final six games: Penn (Oct. 19), at Dartmouth (Oct. 25), at Yale (Nov. 2), Harvard (Nov. 9), Brown (Nov. 16) and at Cornell (Nov. 23).
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2019 graduate of Grapevine High School in Grapevine, Texas, where he earned two varsity letters in football for head coach Mike Alexander … Named Texas Class 5A All-State selection by the Associated Press … Unanimous First Team Class 4-5A All-District selection as a tight end following his senior year … Named to the Texas High School Coaches Association All-State Academic honorable mention team … Earned the “G” award for athletics’ highest honor for leadership, dedication, character and elite skills as a senior … Played wide receiver and tight end and was named a team captain as a senior in 2018 … Led the Mustangs to three straight state playoff appearances, second round of playoffs in 2016 and 2017 and third round of playoffs in 2018 … In two-year career, caught 74 passes for 1,202 yards and 14 touchdowns … Caught 34 passes for 661 yards, eight touchdowns and averaged 19.5 yards per catch as a senior tight end/wide receiver … Led the Mustangs to a 10-3 overall record, state playoff appearance and third place finish in District 4-5A as a senior … Returned short kickoff for touchdown … Made 40 receptions for 541 yards and six touchdowns as a junior … Led Mustangs to a 9-3 record and 98 Bi-District championship during junior season … Two-time qualifier in summer shootout at Quarterback Ranch as a junior and sophomore … Also played baseball and competed in track and field … Competed in the 400-meter dash, high jump and discus in track and field … Four-time letterman in track and field … Placed second in the district and 5A regional qualifier in the 4x400-meter relay as a sophomore … Helped guide Mustang track and field team to back-to-back district titles as a sophomore and junior … Personal bests including 40-yard (4.69), 400-meter dash (53.7) … Also competed in the sprint relays (4x200 and 4x400) … National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, National Math Honor Society and National Science Honor Society member … Seven-time Advance Academic Award-winner including AP Language & Composition, AP US History, AP Chemistry, AP World History, AP Art History and AP Physics … Involved in volunteer activities including Special Olympics, Math Tutor, St. Francis Catholic Church Youth Ministry, Keep Grapevine Beautiful and Carter Blood Center.
PERSONAL
Born Jack Maverick Lee Ertz on October 31, 2000 in Arlington, Texas … Son of Fred and Stephanie Ertz … Has a sister Piper … Grandfather received a Master’s degree and PhD from Princeton … Nickname is Maverick or Mav, his middle name … Hobbies and interests include listening to music, Planet Earth, bonsai trees and nature and astronomy … Role model is Nate Poppell, the GM at Quarterback Ranch … Favorite sports figure: Bo Jackson … Favorite sport other than football: sand volleyball … One word that describes him: committed … Chose Columbia for its institutional purpose, passionate students, caring professors and location in New York City … Committed to Columbia on September 14, 2018 … Selected Columbia over offers from Cornell, Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth, William & Mary, Princeton, SMU, Rice, Trinity, Tufts, St. Asylum, Dordt and Louisiana Tech … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Psychology.
