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HONORS: Second-Team All-Mountain West (2018); Phil Steele Second-Team All-Mountain West (2018); Academic All-Mountain West (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018). 

SINGLE-GAME RECORDS: Returned a fumble 97 yards for a touchdown at Washington (9/17/15), as that return ranks as the second-longest in school history, and tied for the fourth-longest fumble return for a touchdown in Mountain West history.

2018 (SR): Earned second-team all-Mountain West honors from both the league’s coaches and Phil Steele’s Magazine after starting all 13 games at safety... Finished the year with 73 tackles (31-solo, 42-assist), which included 2.0 sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss, to go along with four quarterback hurries, three interceptions, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one pass breakup... Ranked third on the team in interceptions, tackles for loss and sacks, and fourth on the team in tackles... Had a career-high 13 tackles against Air Force (9/22), which included a career-high-tying 2.0 tackles for loss... Also had 2.0 tackles for loss at BYU (10/5), while adding a sack, forced fumble and fumble recovery on the same play... Had interceptions in back-to-back games against UNLV (10/13) and Wyoming (10/20), and returned an interception 32 yards for a touchdown at Colorado State (11/17)... Had nine tackles, including 1.0 sacks, at No. 11 Michigan State (8/31).  

2017 (JR): Played in nine games and finished the season with 13 tackles (7-solo, 6-assist), while adding a forced fumble… Recorded three tackles in back-to-back games to start the season at No. 9 Wisconsin (9/1) and against Idaho State (9/7)… Had two tackles each against Wake Forest (9/16), UNLV (10/21) and Air Force (11/25)… Forced a fumble and added one tackle against New Mexico State (12/29) in the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl… Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.

2016 (SO): Played in the first eight games of the season, making six starts, before missing the rest of the year due to injury... Finished the season with 39 tackles (23-solo, 16-assist), which included 1.0 tackles for loss, while adding one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry, to go along with two interceptions to rank second on the team… Recorded a career-high 10 tackles, to go along with one pass breakup, at Colorado State (10/8)… Had four tackles, including his first career sack, at Boise State (10/1)… Intercepted his first career pass at USC (9/10) and intercepted another pass the following weekend against Arkansas State (9/16), returning it 19 yards… Had five-plus tackles in four games and at least two tackles in all eight games he played in.

2015 (RS-FR): Played in all 13 games and finished the season with 27 tackles (16-solo, 11-assist), which included 2.0 tackles for loss... Had a season-high six tackles at Utah (9/11) and added four stops and a season-high 2.0 tackles for loss at Fresno State (10/10)... Forced one fumble on the season against Colorado State (10/3) and returned a fumble 97 yards for a touchdown at Washington (9/17), as that return ranks as the second-longest in school history, and tied for the fourth-longest fumble return for a touchdown in Mountain West history... Recorded one pass breakup on the season against Wyoming (10/30)... Also scored a touchdown against Wyoming as he recovered a blocked punt in the end zone and was credited with a 14-yard punt return... Added three tackles in four other games... Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.

2014 (RS): Redshirted during his first season at Utah State.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned Texas Class 5A all-District 11 first-team honors at safety as a prep senior at McKinney (Texas) High School as he recorded 74 tackles, including 10.0 tackles for loss, to go along with four interceptions and three forced fumbles, as he was named his team’s Defensive MVP... Had a career-high 11 tackles against Allen HS... Returned three kickoffs for 48 yards (16.0 ypr)... Earned Texas Class 5A all-District 11 honorable mention honors as a junior... Was a three-year starter in football and a two-year starter on the Lions’ basketball team... Also competed in the long jump on the track & field team... Earned honorable mention academic all-district honors as a senior.

PERSONAL: One of three sons of Ron and Chenetha Rocquemore... Will graduate from Utah State in the spring of 2019 with dual degrees in sociology and political science with a law and society area studies certificate... Last name is pronounced Rock-uh-more. 

CAREER STATS

CAREER HIGHS - Tackles: 13, vs. Air Force (9/22/18); Sacks: 1.0, vs. three opponents; TFL: 2.0, vs. three opponents; INT: 1, vs. five opponents; FF: 1, vs. three opponents; FR: 1, vs. two opponents; PBU: 1, vs. three opponents; QBH: 2, vs. Tennessee Tech (9/13/18); TD: 1, vs. three opponents.