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Jersey Number 5
TJ Pledger
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 196
- Position:
- RB
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Pacoima, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Oklahoma
Twitter: @uno_tj | Instagram: @tj_pledger2
2021: Saw action in all 14 games with five starts, finishing second on the team in carries (104), rushing yards (694) and rushing touchdowns (6), adding 10 receptions for 107 yards.
2021: Saw action in all 14 games with five starts, finishing second on the team in carries (104), rushing yards (694) and rushing touchdowns (6), adding 10 receptions for 107 yards.
- Season-high 117 rushing yards against Washington State (10 carries), scoring his first touchdown as a Ute.
- Career-high 25 carries at Arizona, rushing for 119 yards and a season-best two touchdowns, adding a career-long 43-yard reception.
- Recorded four carries and 107 yards (26.8 ypc) and a 96-yard rushing touchdown against Stanford.
- His 96-yard rushing touchdown against Stanford was the longest rush from the line of scrimmage in Utah history and the fifth-longest in the FBS this season.
- Recorded 13 carries for 103 yards (7.9 ypc) against Colorado.
- Had eight carries for 61 yards (7.6 ypc) against UCLA.
- Seven carries for 49 yards (7.0 ypc) and a touchdown against No. 18 Arizona State, adding a reception for eight yards.
- 10 carries for 46 yards against No. 3 Oregon.
- Seven carries for 23 yards against Ohio State in the Rose Bowl.
- Nine games with five starts in 2020, rushing for 451 yards on 95 carries (6 TDs); 10 games in 2019 with 10 carries for 65 yards and 15.1 yards per kickoff returns (8 returns).
- Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week after career-high 131 rushing yards on 22 carries and two touchdowns against Texas in 2020.
- Career-best 22 carries in back-to-back 100-yard rushing games in 2020 against Texas and TCU, racking up 122 against TCU.
- Career-long 28-yard rush against Baylor in 2020.
- U.S. Army All-American, Mission League Offensive Player of the Year.
- 4,034 rushing yards on 547 carries (7.4 ypc) and 69 rushing touchdowns through three seasons at Chaminade HS in West Hills, Calif. prior to transferring to IMG Academy his senior season.
- 231 carries for 1,881 yards (8.7 ypc) with 32 touchdowns and 10 100-yard rushing games as a junior; 191 carries for 1,331 yards (7.0 ypc) with 26 touchdowns as a sophomore.
Utah: 45, Cincinnati: 14 | POST GAME PRESS CONFERENCE
Saturday, November 01
Head Coach Kyle Whittingham weekly press conference - 10.27.25
Monday, October 27
Utah: 53, Colorado: 7 | POST GAME PRESS CONFERENCE
Saturday, October 25
Crimson Corner with Bill Riley - ESPN's Fran Fraschilla
Wednesday, October 22
