.jpg) Licata in 2013 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1992-11-16)November 16, 1992 (age 33) Williamsville, New York, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Williamsville South (Williamsville, New York) |
| College | Buffalo |
| NFL draft | 2016: undrafted |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Coaching | |
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| Head coaching record | |
| Career | 12–33 (.267) (high school) |
Joseph Gilbert Licata (born November 16, 1992) is an Americanfootball coach and formerquarterback. He playedcollege football atBuffalo. He was signed by theCincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2016.
Licata attendedWilliamsville South High School inWilliamsville, New York, where he played both football andbasketball. As a basketball player, he set theNew York State Public High School Athletic Association record for careerthree-point field goals made with 343.[1] He set the school's career record for passing yards, and was namedBuffalo News Player of the Year in 2010.[2][3][4] Licata received scholarship offers to playcollege football forSyracuse,Akron andBuffalo in addition to interest from other schools.[5] Licata committed to theUniversity at Buffalo, saying it "was a dream to represent Buffalo"[5] and play for his hometown team in front of his friends and family.[6][7][8]His little sister, Grace, plays Division III basketball atBuffalo State College.[9]
Licata was redshirted as a freshman in2011. He entered the2012 season as the backup quarterback to Alex Zordich, but earned the starting job midway through the season and led the team to a 3–1 record over the final four games of the season.[10] In2013, Licata and the Bulls had one of the finest team seasons in school history, as he led the team to an 8–5 record and an appearance in the2013 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, the second bowl appearance in school history.[11] During the2014 season, Licata posted one of the finest passing seasons in Buffalo school history, throwing for 2,647 passing yards, and a school single-season record 29 passing touchdowns. The2015 season saw Licata finish his college career by passingDrew Willy to become Buffalo's career leader in both passing yards (9,485) and passing touchdowns (76).[12][13][14]
| Buffalo Bulls | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
| GP | GS | W | L | Comp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 2012 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 86 | 163 | 1045 | 7 | 3 | 117.1 | 28 | -54 | -1.9 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 233 | 402 | 2824 | 24 | 8 | 132.7 | 34 | -64 | -1.9 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 224 | 305 | 2647 | 29 | 11 | 150.7 | 34 | -6 | -0.2 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 280 | 449 | 2969 | 16 | 15 | 123.0 | 33 | -60 | -1.8 | 1 | |
| Total | 45 | 40 | 21 | 19 | 823 | 1359 | 9,485 | 76 | 37 | 132.2 | 129 | -184 | -1.4 | 4 | |
| Source:[15] | |||||||||||||||
After going undrafted in the2016 NFL draft and receiving a pro tryout from theBuffalo Bills, on May 16, 2016 Licata was signed as an undrafted free agent by theCincinnati Bengals.[16] In theNFL preseason, he completed three of ten passes and threw two interceptions.[17] Licata was released on August 29.[18][19]
On July 14, 2017, Licata accepted a position atBishop Timon – St. Jude High School inSouth Buffalo, Buffalo, New York as head coach and athletic director.[20] Here, he had the worst winning percentage of any football coach in Timon history with a record of 7–30 in 4 seasons. He also helped developed junior varsity players for Jason Rowe's varsity basketball program.[citation needed] On May 28, 2021, Licata accepted a position to return to the University at Buffalo as an offensive analyst on the staff of new Bulls head coachMaurice Linguist.[21] On March 9, 2022, Licata returned to Williamsville South High School as their football head coach.[22]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Timon – St. Jude Tigers(Monsignor Martin Athletic Association)(2017–2020) | |||||||||
| 2017 | Bishop Timon – St. Jude | 0–9 | 0–5 | 6th | L Monsignor Martin First Round | ||||
| 2018 | Bishop Timon – St. Jude | 2–9 | 1–3 | 5th | L Monsignor Martin Class B Final | ||||
| 2019 | Bishop Timon – St. Jude | 3–6 | 2–2 | 4th | W Monsignor Martin Class B Final | ||||
| 2020 | Bishop Timon – St. Jude | 2–4 | 2–3 | 2nd | |||||
| Bishop Timon – St. Jude: | 7–28 | 5–13 | |||||||
| Williamsville South Billies(NYSPHSAA Section VI)(2022–present) | |||||||||
| 2022 | Williamsville South | 5–5 | 2–3 | 6th | |||||
| 2023 | Williamsville South | 7-3 | 4-3 | 4th | W Class B Chuck Funke Bowl | ||||
| 2024 | Williamsville South | 5-4 | 4-1 | 5th | L Class B Quarterfinal | ||||
| 2025 | Williamsville South | 7-1 | 7-0 | 1st | Class B Playoffs | ||||
| Williamsville South: | 24–13 | 17–7 | |||||||
| Total: | 31–41 | ||||||||