Jake Willcox

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Class:
Fifth Year
Position:
QB
Height:
6-2
Weight:
215
Hometown:
Everett, Mass.
High School:
Milton Academy
Concentration:
Psychology

CAREER: At the completion of his career, Willcox ranked among Brown’s all-time leaders in numerous passing categories, including passing yards (2nd/7,218), completions (2nd/708), touchdown passes (4th/42), and completion percentage (4th/.637). He also finished his career with 7,702 yards of total offense, which ranked second all-time at the time of his graduation, in addition to ranking eighth with 5.88 yards of total offense per play.

2024: Served as a team captain…Honorable Mention All-Ivy League selection…Phil Steele Fourth Team All-Ivy…Started all 10 games at quarterback…Led the Ivy League and ranked fourth in FCS with 24.6 completions per game and ranked second in the league and 24th nationally with 2,497 passing yards...His 249.7 passing yards per game ranked 13th in the nation…Ranked second in the league and ninth nationally with 281.9 yards of total offense per game…Threw 11 touchdown passes and rushed for two more…Ended the year with a 121.68 QB rating…Completed 246 out of 383 passes, for a completion rate of 64.23%...Completed an 87-yard touchdown pass on the first play of the season in a win at Georgetown (9/21)…Earned the NEFW Gold Helmet Award after leading Brown to a comeback win over Harvard (9/28), when he was 21-for-34 for 288 yards and three touchdowns, while adding a season-high 57 yards rushing…Threw for a season-high 316 yards on 35-for-49 passing in a win over Cornell (10/26)...Completed 70.6 percent of his passes for a pair of touchdowns and hauled in a 33-yard reception against Penn (11/2).
Preseason: Named to the Walter Payton Award Watch List…Phil Steele Second Team Preseason All-Ivy.

2023: Walter Payton Award finalist…Second Team All-Ivy selection…Third Team Phil Steele All-Ivy selection…Earned two NEFW Gold Helmet weekly awards following his performances against Bryant and Princeton…Played in 10 games…Ranked second in all of FCS Football with 28.50 completions per game, 292.4 passing yards per game, and 301.7 total yards of offense per game…Second in the Ivy League with 18 touchdown passes…Ranked 11th nationally and led the Ivy League with 2,924 passing yards…Went 36-for-49 for 257 yards and three touchdowns in the come-from-behind, season-opening win at Bryant (Sept. 16)...Threw for 386 yards and four touchdowns against Central Conn. State (Sept. 30)...Had three touchdown passes in an overtime win against Princeton (Oct. 14)...Went 28-for-39 with three touchdowns and added 40 rushing yards in a win at Penn (Oct. 27).

2022: Played and started seven games at quarterback…Went 176-for-271 through the air for 1,786 yards and 12 touchdowns…Ranked second in the Ivy League with 255.14 passing yards per game…Rushed for a total of 56 yards…Threw for three touchdowns in each of the first two games against Bryant and Harvard…Threw for a season-high 356 yards in the season-opening win over Bryant…Completed a season-high 41 passes for 339 yards and two touchdowns at Princeton (10/14)…Completed 14 of his 15 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown before departing in Brown’s upset win over Penn (10/29).

2021: Appeared in seven games, seeing time at quarterback and on special teams…Made five tackles on special teams…Completed his lone pass attempt of the season for an 11-yard touchdown in the season finale against Dartmouth (11/20).

2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

Before Brown: All-State selection … Two-time Boston Globe All-Scholastic … Threw for 28 touchdowns as a junior and 20 touchdowns his senior year … Two-time Boston Herald All-Scholastic … Combined for over 4,000 yards in his junior and senior seasons … Also played basketball.

Personal: The son of Kelly and Dennis Willcox … Has a sibling, Shea … Enjoys playing video games and fishing.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown because of the world-class education and the opportunity to play football at a high level. Coach Perry and the rest of coaching staff made me feel at home from my very first visit while I was still in high school.”