2025 Football Roster
Retzlaff, Jake
Jersey Number 12
Jake Retzlaff
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Corona, CA
- High School:
- Centennial HS
- Prev School:
- BYU
Bio
Prior to Tulane: Transferred from BYU during the summer of 2025
BYU Highlights
BYU Highlights
- Co-Captain (2024)
- All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Big 12 Coaches, College Football Network; 2024)
- Named to Davey O'Brien Award Midseason Watch List (2024)
- Named to Maxwell Award Mid-season Watchlist (2024)
- Named to Davey O'Brien Great 8 list and a Manning Award Stars of the Week honoree for guiding BYU to comeback 38-35 win over Oklahoma State
- Named Midseason Big 12 Quarterback of the Year and First Team All-Big 12 (College Football Network)
- Passed for a BYU career-high 348 yards, three touchdowns and 197.1 passer rating while completing 20 of 30 passes and finding 10 different receivers in 41-13 win over Southern Illinois to open 2024.
- Parents are Steve and Max Retzlaff
- Brother played WR at Riverside City College with him
- Considers himself the best ping pong player on the team
- Played high school football with Arizona wide receiver Malachi Riley
- Played JUCO football with Arizona State offensive lineman Kyle Scott
- Transfer from Riverside City College
- Ranked No. 1 quarterback in ESPN's Junior College 50 for 2023 and No. 46 overall
- Completed 312 of 493 passes for 4,596 yards and 44 touchdowns with an efficiency rating of 165.4 in 2022
- Also ran for 515 yards and six touchdowns in 2022
- Named All-California First-Team Offense at Riverside City College
- Posted nine games with 300+ passing yards, including six 400-yard games and two with 500+
- Threw for five or more touchdowns in six games at RCC
- Broke RCC record passing for 529 yards and six touchdowns in 59-36 win over Mt. San Jacinto (2022)
- Led RCC to California Community College State Championship game and a 12-1 record in 2022
- As a freshman at Golden West, completed 243 of 409 passes for 3,302 yards and 23 touchdowns while running for 380 yards and nine touchdowns
- Led the Rustlers to an 11-1 record and Southern League championship in 2021
- Had five 300-yard games at Golden West
- Earned All-California First-Team selection at Golden West as a freshman
- National Southern League Offensive Player of the Year in 2021
- Named Region III Player of the Year
- Prepped at Centennial High School in California coached by Matt Logan
- Threw for 1,067 yards in 2019 with eight touchdowns, adding three on the ground but had no senior season in 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic
Tulane Tuesday: WR Shazz Preston - 9/16/25
Tuesday, September 16
Tulane Tuesday: Spear TJ Smith - 9/16/25
Tuesday, September 16
Tulane Tuesday: HC Jon Sumrall - 9/16/25
Tuesday, September 16
Postgame: LB Dickson Agu - 9/14/25
Sunday, September 14
