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2025 Football Roster

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
  • Instagram duckedoffjc
  • Twitter Jcdavis56

Biography

Big Ten Logo white 2024 All-Big Ten

2025 Senior

  • Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten First Team
  • Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten Fourth Team
  • Outland Trophy Preseason Watch List
  • Enters 2025 with 37 consecutive starts
  • Announced return to Illinois on Jan. 4, 2025

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

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 74

    2024Senior

    OL
    6'5" 320 lbs
    74
  • 74

    2025Senior

    OL
    6'5" 335 lbs
    74