

Jake Renfro
Honors and Awards 2024: Academic All-Big Ten 2021: All-AAC First Team 2024 Season: Started all 12 games at center for the Badgers … part of an offensive line that allowed only 13.0 sacks, the third-fewest in the Big Ten … the unit gave up only 47.0 TFLs, good for the fourth-fewest in the conference … posted a 68.9 PFF run blocking grade, tied for the fifth-best mark in the Big Ten … allowed only one sack and 10 pressures across 375 pass rushing opportunities 2023 Season: Played in one game, starting the ReliaQuest Bowl at center 2022 (Junior at Cincinnati): Missed the 2022 season due to injury 2021 (Sophomore at Cincinnati): Made 13 starts … anchored the UC offensive line that paved the way for the offense to average the ninth-most yards per play (6.71) in the nation … UC finished second in the AAC in yards per rush (5.2) … the offensive line gave up only 53 tackles for loss all season, the seventh-fewest in the nation … Cincinnati set single-season records for touchdowns (70) and points (516) in 2021 … the Bearcats averaged 36.9 points per game to rank second in the AAC and No. 11 in the nation 2020 (Freshman at Cincinnati): Played in seven games at center as a true freshman, making six starts … part of a UC offensive line that was tabbed as a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award … UC averaged an AAC-best 5.6 yards per carry, running for 212.4 yards per game and allowing an AAC-low nine sacks during the regular season High School/Personal Composite three-star prospect out of Providence Catholic Earned CCL/ESCC Green All-Conference honors as a senior Named to the All-Area 22 First Team on the offensive line Earned Daily Southtown First-team All-Area accolades in 2019 Member of the National Honor Society Father played football at Illinois
- SignedUnknown · 7/8/26, 11:03 PMJake Renfro (OL) signed with an agency
- TransferredPortal · 1/29/26, 10:12 AMJake Renfro (OL) officially transferred from University of Wisconsin-Madison to University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
| YR | SCHOOL | GP | GS | OFF SNAPS | PROD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 2 | 2 | 117 | -- |
| 2025 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 5 | 4 | 211 | -- |
| 2024 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12 | 12 | 768 | -- |
| 2023 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | University of Cincinnati | 13 | 13 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | University of Cincinnati | 7 | 6 | -- | -- |
| Career | 40 | 38 | 1,096 | -- |
Valuation
Profile last updated Sep 23, 2026










