2023 USC Football Roster
Roster
Jake Jensen
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Pleasant Grove, Utah
- High School:
- Pleasant Grove HS / BYU / Contra Costa JC
2024: Jensen will compete for playing time at quarterback as a redshirt junior in 2024.
2023: Jensen saw action in 1 game (the Holiday Bowl against Louisville) as a redshirt sophomore in 2023. He recorded 1 carry for 1 yard.
2022: Jenson did not see action as a sophomore quarterback in 2022.
JUNIOR COLLEGE: He completed 155-of-268 passes (57.9%) for 1,970 yards with 22 touchdowns and 9 interceptions and rushed for 105 yards on 64 carries (1.6 avg) with 4 TDs while starting 10 games as a 2021 freshman quarterback at Contra Costa Junior College in San Pablo (Calif.). He also had 1 tackle.
BYU: He spent the spring of 2021 at BYU as a quarterback before transferring to Contra Costa. He originally committed to BYU out of high school, but never enrolled in 2019 before heading on a 2-year Mormon mission to Argentina that was cut short a year because of the COVID pandemic.
HIGH SCHOOL: In his 4-year (2015-18) career as a quarterback at Pleasant Grove (Utah) High (starting his final 3 seasons), he hit 460-of-822 passes (56.0%) for 7,423 yards with 61 touchdowns and 29 interceptions. He made the 2018 All-State 6A Second Team as a senior when he was 144-of 244 (57.8%) for 2,431 yards with 21 TDs and 7 interceptions.
As a 2017 junior, he hit 158-of-294 passes (53.7%) for 2,304 yards with 20 TDs and 11 interceptions.
He was 158-of-280 (56.4%) for 2,671 yards with 20 TDs and 10 interceptions as a 2016 sophomore.
He completed 3-of-4 passes (75.0%) 17 yards with an interception as a 2015 freshman.
PERSONAL: He earned his associate’s degree from Contra Costa in 2021. He is majoring in Real Estate Development at USC. He is married, and his wife’s name is McKayla.
