NFF National Scholar-Athletes
Jake Majors, C – Texas
3.65 GPA – Business Management
Head Coach: Steve Sarkisian | Athletics Director: Chris Del Conte
Faculty Athletics Representative: Michael Clement
Recipient of James J. Campbell Scholar-Athlete Award, Endowed by William V. Campbell
At 6-foot-3 and 315 pounds, Jake Major has dominated opponents on the Texas offensive line for the past four seasons while excelling in the classroom. The Prosper, Texas, native, now becomes the 13th NFF National Scholar-Athlete from Texas.
A 2023 CSC Second Team Academic All-American, Majors graduated in May 2023 with a 3.65 GPA, majoring in business management. A member of the 2024 NFF Hampshire Honor Society, Majors has been selected three times as a First-Team Academic Big-12 Member, landing on the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll seven times. He is continuing his postgraduate studies in sports management.
Playing in 49 games with 48 starts, Majors helped Texas win the Big 12 title in 2023, earning a berth in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Sugar Bowl. The team finished 12-2 and No. 3 in the final rankings. He helped the 2022 team to an Alamo Bowl appearance and a final No. 25 ranking. The 2024 Longhorns currently rank No. 5 in the polls with a 6-1 record, and the four-year starter is closing in on the Longhorns' all-time record for career starts which stands at 55.
A 2023 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention pick, Majors is one of four returning starters from last year's Joe Moore Award semifinalist unit that ranked ninth in total offense (477.5), 15th in scoring offense (35.8 ppg), 17th in passing offense (289.1) and 24th in rushing offense (188.4.) The unit helped Jonathon Brooks rush for 1,139 yards and 10 touchdowns while Quinn Ewers passed for 3,479 yards and 22 touchdowns. In 2022, Majors was part of the offensive line that blocked for Doak Walker Award winner Bijan Robinson, who rushed for 1,580 yards.
This season, Majors has been the center on an UT offense that ranks 17th in the nation in scoring offense (39.1 ppg), 15th in total offense (461.9 ypg) and 16th in passing offense (295.7 ypg). He is a semifinalist for the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year award as well as being tabbed the Outland Trophy National Player of the Week and SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week after Texas' victory at Michigan.
Majors has been a member of the Texas Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for three years and is an active member of the Silver Spurs, which encourages students to be positive agents of change as they care for BEVO, the school's official mascot. Majors' numerous volunteer activities include Hungry Souls, packing food for the underprivileged; Mobile Loaves & Fishes, a social outreach ministry for the homeless; and participating in activities with the Salvation Army and at the Dell Children's Medical Center.
(All stats as of Oct. 23, 2024)
