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Jersey Number 40
Paul Fitzgerald
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 256
- Position:
- DE
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Idaho Falls, Idaho
- High School:
- Thunder Ridge HS
- Prev School:
- Utah State
2025: Played in four games during the regular season.
2024: Played in nine games, both on defense and special teams.
- Contributed 11 tackles (1.5 TFL, 0.5 sack).
- Season-high six stops came in the win over Cal Poly, making 1.5 TFL and 0.5 sack along the way.
2024: Played in nine games, both on defense and special teams.
- Four tackles on the season, with one apiece against ASU, Colorado, Iowa State and UCF.
- Started all 13 games in 2023, recording 46 tackles (9.0 TFL, 8.0 sacks) with a forced fumble and a pass breakup.
- Tied the school record for sacks in a bowl game with his career-best 3.0 against Georgia State in the Idaho Potato Bowl.
- Career-high seven tackles (1.0 sack) against Nevada.
- Also played in two games in 2022 as a true freshman.
- First-team all-state and all-area as a senior.
- Recorded 31 tackles (16.0 TFL, 7.5 sacks) with four forced fumbles, two blocked punts and a pass breakup his senior season.
- Also earned first-team all-conference his junior and sophomore seasons.
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