Jake Caputo
#6 -- Duke University -- Defensive Midfielder
Why I Use JackalJaw:
- "This will be my 3rd season wearing Jackal."
- "When we first got them, I thought it was just another chinstrap, but it's a lot more comfortable, it fits your face very well and with safety becoming a big part of the game, I just feel more safe and more secure wearing this chinstrap."
- "The chinstrap really hasn't been upgraded and it's a big improvement over the last one."
- "While I'm playing, it's formed to my face, so as a defensive midfielder, if I give him a hard jam or lean my head into his shoulder, I feel like my face is super steady, I'm not really moving around compared to the old chinstrap I felt like it was a little loose, and my head had some wiggle."
- "At the start, I wasn't sure about this extra pad right here, but once you put it on, you don't even notice it at all."
- "The material on the chinstrap is so much softer that you'll never scratched up like you do with some of the old ones."
- "If you look at a helmet from the 1970's, everything else has been modified, except the chinstrap and I think there was room for innovation and Jackal Jaw did a really good job hitting on all those main points."
Bio:
- Hometown: Apex, NC
- High School: Middle Creek
- College: Duke University
- Club: Team 91 Long Island
- International: U.S. U-21 Men’s National Team Gold Medalist
Strengths:
Caputo is part of a 4-piece SSDM unit that loves playing a ton of lacrosse: Causing TO's with two-handed jams, getting grounders, firing up and out, linking play. Jake's positioning is a real strength, he takes aggressive angles, covers distance, times well-weighted checks. His skill-level & IQ are focused. He's been helping the team for a long time. This is a Special Unit.
Player Profile:
2023:
All-ACC Academic Team
Played in all 19 games as a Defensive Midfielder, integral piece of the defense that ranked 2nd in the ACC
Caused 7 TO's
Scored 1 Goal & 2 Assists
8 Ground Balls
2022:
Played in 15 games as a Defensive Midfielder
Caused 7 TO's
Scored 4 goals
3 Ground Balls
2021:
Played in 16 games as a Defensive Midfielder
Caused 2 TO's
Scored 2 Goals & 1 Assist
15 Ground Balls
Duke defense ranked 2nd in the ACC and 19th nationally in scoring defense.
2020:
Played in 8 games as a Defensive Midfielder
Caused 1 TO
Scored 1 Goal
4 Ground Balls