2026 Football Roster
Jersey Number 59
Jake Renfro
- Position:
- OL
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 320
- Hometown:
- Mokena, Ill.
- High School:
- Providence Catholic
- Prev School:
- Wisconsin
2026 Senior
- Ranked as the #241 overall transfer and #13 transfer center by 247Sports
2025 Junior (Wisconsin)
- Missed most of the season due to multiple injuries
- Started four games at center
- Participated in Big Ten Media Days in Las Vegas
- Rimington Trophy Watch List
2024 Sophomore (Wisconsin)
- Started all 12 games at center
- Allowed only one sack and 10 pressures across 375 pass rushing opportunities, according to PFF
- 68.9 PFF run blocking grade, tied for the fifth-best mark in the Big Ten
- Part of an offensive line that allowed the third-fewest sacks and fourth-fewest tackles for loss in the Big Ten
2023 Sophomore (Wisconsin)
- Redshirted
- Did not play in a game during the regular season due to injury
- Started the ReliaQuest Bowl at center
2022 Sophomore (Cincinnati)
- Missed the 2022 season due to injury
2021 Freshman (Cincinnati)
- Started 13 of 14 games at center
- All-American Athletic Conference First Team
- Led Cincinnati to the College Football Playoff
- Led the Cincinnati offensive line that paved the way for the nation’s ninth-most yards per play (6.71)
- Cincinnati finished second in the AAC in yards per rush (5.2)
- Cincinnati offensive line gave up only 53 tackles for loss, the seventh-fewest in the nation
- Cincinnati averaged 36.9 points per game to rank second in the AAC and No. 11 in the nation
- Cincinnati set the program’s single-season records for touchdowns (70) and points (516)
2020 Freshman (Cincinnati)
- Played in seven games and made six starts at center as a true freshman
- Cincinnati offensive line was named a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award
- Cincinnati 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
- Composite three-star recruit
- Played for head coach Mark Coglianese at Providence Catholic
- CCL/ESCC Green All-Conference
- First-Team All-Area 22 team on the offensive line
- Daily Southtown First-Team All-Area
- IHSA Class 6A All-State Academic Team
- National Honor Society
Personal
- Son of Rick and Christine Renfro
- Father, Rick Renfro, played football at Illinois and was a letterwinner on the 1983 Big Ten championship team that played in the 1984 Rose Bowl Game
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