2021 Football Roster
Jersey Number 72
Jack Badovinac
- Position:
- OL
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 300
- Hometown:
- Wilmette, Ill.
- High School:
- Loyola Academy
- Prev School:
- Colgate
2021 Senior
- Played in all 12 games with eight starts
- NFF Hampshire Honor Society
2020 Senior (Colgate)
- Ended Colgate career with 33 starts on the offensive line
- 2020-21 All-Patriot League first team (Coaches)
- Season moved to spring and two games played
2019 Junior (Colgate)
- All-Patriot League first team (Coaches)
- Phil Steele All-Patriot League first team
- Missed opening game because of injury but then started final 11 games
- Helped Raiders lead Patriot League in time of possession at 32:14 per game
2018 Sophomore (Colgate)
- Sophomore All-America Hero Sports
- All-Patriot League First Team (Coaches, Phil Steele)
- Ended season with 20 consecutive starts -- most of any returning offensive player
- Helped Raiders lead Patriot League in rushing for 11th time in last 12 seasons
- Part of Raiders unit that led Patriot League in scoring offense at 27.0 points per game and total offense at 344.3 yards per game
2017 Freshman (Colgate)
- Earned first career start against Furman 9/23/17
- Part of offensive line unit that sparked Raiders to 185.3 rushing yards per game, top in Patriot League
High School
- Team captain his senior year
- 98 pancake blocks his senior season
- Helped team to back-to-back CCL Blue championships in 2015 and 2016
- Won the 2015 8A Illinois State Championship
- Chicago Tribune All-State first team, along with All-State Academic team
- USA Today All-State first team
- All-CCL Blue first team and All-Northshore first team
- Twice earned school’s Rev. Michael I. English SJ Memorial Coaches’ Award and was named Ramblers’ Offensive MVP
- Also played baseball
Personal
- Born March 27, 1999
- Son of Pete and Kathy Badovinac
- Has one brother, Sam, who played football at Butler University
- Chose Illinois because, “It has always been a dream of mine to play Big Ten football in my home state, and I am really excited with what Coach Bielema and his staff are doing here. I had great conversations with the coaches and it truly felt like a family.”
- Graduated with a degree in political science from Colgate in 2021
- Enrolled in the strategic brand communication master’s program
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