2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 74
J.C. Davis
- Position:
- OL
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 335
- Major:
- Communication
- Hometown:
- Oakland, Calif.
- High School:
- McClymonds
- Prev School:
- New Mexico
 2025 Phil Steele All-America Fourth Team |
 Two-Time All-Big Ten |
2025 Senior
- Phil Steele All-America Fourth Team
- All-Big Ten First Team (coaches)
- All-Big Ten Second Team (media)
- AP All-Big Ten First Team
- 49 consecutive starts to end his college career
- No. 3 graded LT in the nation during the 2025 regular season, according to PFF
- Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten First Team
- Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten Fourth Team
- Outland Trophy Preseason Watch List
2024 Senior
- All-Big Ten Third Team (Coaches)
- All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (Media)
- Fighting Illini Male Newcomer of the Year
- Started all 13 games at left tackle
- AP All-Bowl Team after zero pressures allowed in Illinois' win over #14 South Carolina in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl (12/31/24)
- No. 7-pass-blocking grade tackle in the country during the postseason according to PFF (87.6, min. 40 snaps) after Illinois' win in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl over #14 South Carolina (12/31/24)
- No. 8-graded run-blocking lineman according to PFF (72.1, min. 54 snaps) in win at Northwestern (11/30/24)
- No. 4-graded pass-blocking lineman in the country according to PFF (89.1, min. 71 snaps) in win at Rutgers (11/23/24)
- Highest-graded tackle in the nation to return to college football, according to PFF (min. 600 snaps)
- PFF Preseason All-America Third Team
- Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten Third Team
- Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten Fourth Team
- 2025 Senior Bowl Watch List
- Top 100 newcomer in college football by ESPN
- Transferred to Illinois in January 2024 with one year of eligibility remaining
2023 Junior - New Mexico
- Started all 12 games at left tackle
- All-Mountain West First Team
- No. 4-graded tackle in the nation and No. 1 in the Group of 5 (84.6), according to PFF (min. 600 snaps)
- No. 6 run blocking grade in the nation among tackles and No. 1 in Group of 5 (83.7), according to PFF
- Played 827 snaps at left tackle, nearly every snap of the season
2022 Sophomore - New Mexico
- Started all 12 games at left tackle
- All-Mountain West Honorable Mention
- Mountain West All-Academic
- Played 704 snaps at left tackle, nearly every snap of the season
- New Mexico's highest-graded offensive lineman
2021 Freshman - Contra Costa College
- Played for head coach Otis Yelverton at Contra Costa College
- All-CCCA First Team
High School
- Played for head coach Michael Peters at McClymonds
- All-conference second team as a senior
- All-city second team as a junior
Personal
- Born October 9, 2003
- Majoring in communication
- Majored in business at New Mexico
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