BYU Basketball Honors Late Jake Shoff At K-State Game
Feb 15, 2025, 8:10 PM
BYU basketball held a moment of silence for former Cougar Jake Shoff, who passed away in a car accident. (File photo: Jason Olson, Deseret News)
(File photo: Jason Olson, Deseret News)
PROVO, Utah – The BYU basketball program held a moment of silence for former player Jake Shoff during halftime of Saturday’s game against Kansas State.
BYU played a tribute video in honor of former BYU basketball player Jake Shoff. 💙 💙
Shoff tragically passed away in a car accident earlier this month. pic.twitter.com/kWzG6mhws5
— KSL Sports (@kslsports) February 16, 2025
Shoff tragically died in a car accident on I-15 on February 6. He was 46 years old.
Members of Shoff’s family stepped onto the Marriott Center at center court with BYU AD Tom Holmoe and Deputy AD Brian Santiago.
Above the Shoff family, BYU played a highlight video with clips of Shoff’s career playing in the BYU basketball program.
The capacity crowd held a moment of silence for the fallen BYU player, who is survived by his wife, Brooke, and four children.
His family held a funeral for the former BYU player on February 14 in Highland, Utah.
Shoff played at BYU from 2001 to 2004 and was an instrumental player in the Cougars reaching the NCAA Tournament in his two seasons he was eligible to play after transferring from Weber State University.
Our beloved husband, father, son, brother, uncle, cousin, nephew, and everyone’s best friend, Jacob William Shoff, 46, was called to return home to his Father in Heaven on February 6, 2025, after a tragic car accident. He was a giant of a man in every respect, larger than life… pic.twitter.com/h1sr6iPM20
— Ben Criddle (@CriddleBenjamin) February 10, 2025
From Shoff’s obituary, “Jake is one of only four BYU basketball players in history with a career FG% of at least 60%. His contributions were vital to the team’s success during his tenure. Jake was the type of player that you wish you had on every team, a competitor that brought “it” every single day. Jake was the ideal teammate on and off the court, always willing to do whatever it took to help his team win. He was the ultimate ‘Team Guy’.”
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for sports.ksl.com and hosts the Cougar Tracks Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and Cougar Sports Saturday (12–3 p.m.) on KSL Newsradio. Follow Mitch’s coverage of BYU in the Big 12 Conference on X: @Mitch_Harper.
