| Jacob Scarfone | |
| Image Upright: | 1 |
| Position1: | Wide receiver |
| Birth Date: | 10 April 1994 |
| Birth Place: | London, Ontario |
| Cis: | Guelph |
| High School: | St. Thomas Aquinas |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lbs: | 204 |
| Cfldraftedyear: | 2017 |
| Cfldraftedround: | 6 |
| Cfldraftedpick: | 47 |
| Cfldraftedteam: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| Playing Team1: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| Playing Team2: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats* |
| Playing Team3: | Ottawa Redblacks |
| Playing Years4: | – |
| Playing Team4: | BC Lions |
| Career Footnotes: | |
| Cfl: | jacob-scarfone/163197/ |
Jacob Scarfone (born April 10, 1994) is a former Canadian football wide receiver.
Scarfone played U Sports football for the Guelph Gryphons from 2013 to 2017, although he missed the 2016 season due to injury.[1] In four seasons with the Gryphons, he recorded 109 receptions for 1,789 yards and 17 touchdowns.[2] He was named a U Sports Second Team All-Canadian in 2017.[3]
Scarfone had missed his entire fourth year of U Sports eligibility in 2016, but was still drafted in the sixth round, 47th overall, by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the 2017 CFL Draft and signed with the team on May 24, 2017.[4] He began the season on the team's practice roster and was released on July 31, 2017, in order to complete his university playing career.[5] On December 7, 2017, it was announced that he had re-signed with the Tiger-Cats to a two-year contract.[6] However, he was released with the final 2018 training camp cuts on June 10, 2018.[7]
On July 3, 2018, Scarfone signed a practice roster agreement with the Ottawa Redblacks, but he was released shortly after on July 8, 2018.[8] [9] He was then re-signed on September 18, 2018, and played in his first career regular season game on October 5, 2018, against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.[2] [9] He played in four regular season games that year and also played in his first Grey Cup game, but the Redblacks lost the 106th Grey Cup championship to the Calgary Stampeders.[2]
Scarfone began the 2019 season on the injured list and played in a week 4 game against the Blue Bombers before moving to the practice roster.[2] [10] He returned to the active roster later in the season and recorded his first career reception on August 24, 2021, against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.[2] He finished the year with seven games played and had three catches for 17 yards.[2] He became a free agent on February 11, 2020, following the expiration of his contract, but did not sign with any team as the 2020 CFL season was ultimately cancelled.[11]
On January 27, 2021, it was announced that Scarfone had signed with the BC Lions, re-uniting him with former Redblacks coach, Rick Campbell.[12] He scored his first career touchdown on a 32-yard reception from Michael Reilly on October 30, 2021, against the Toronto Argonauts in overtime.[13] On May 3, 2023, Scarfone retired from professional football.[14]