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2024 Football Roster

Profile

  • RB
    Position
  • Junior
    Class
  • Bellville, Texas
    Hometown
  • 5'6
    Height
  • 185
    Weight
  • Bellville HS
    High School
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Robert Briggs
#2
Robert Briggs Jr.
RB
Position
Junior
Class
Bellville, Texas
Hometown

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Biography

HONORS 
Mountain West Freshman of the Week (8/27/22).

CAREER NOTES 
Played in 24 games with four starts … rushed for 861 yards on 163 carries (5.3 ypr) and three touchdowns … caught 16 passes for 80 yards (5.0 ypr) and returned two kickoffs for 59 yards (29.5 ypr) … had one career 100-yard rushing game.

2024 (JUNIOR SEASON)
Started the season opener against Robert Morris (8/31) and had 126 all-purpose yards … rushed for 88 yards on nine carries, including a long rush of 55 yards, and caught a career-high-tying three passes for a career-best 38 yards, including a career-long reception of 18 yards against the Colonials … missed the remainder of the season due to injury.

2023 (SOPHOMORE SEASON)
Played in 11 games with three starts and finished the season gaining 420 yards on 80 carries (5.3 ypr) and two touchdowns … caught six passes for 11 yards and had one kickoff return for 50 yards during the year … posted his first-career 100-yard rushing game against Idaho State (9/9) as he gained 101 yards on nine carries, including scoring his first rushing touchdown of the season and the second of his career on a career-long 58-yard run … rushed for 80 yards on a career-high 19 carries against Colorado State (10/7) … scored what proved to be the winning touchdown in the second overtime at San Diego State (11/4) on a 20-yard run ... rushed for 59 yards on nine carries against the Aztecs and added a career-long 50-yard kickoff return … gained 69 yards on 11 carries against Nevada (11/11).

2022 (FRESHMAN SEASON) 
Played in each of the first 10 games of the season before missing the final three due to injury ... finished the season second on the team in rushing as he carried the ball 74 times for 353 yards (4.8 ypc) and one touchdown … caught seven passes for 31 yards (4.4 ypr) and returned one kickoff for nine yards … named the Mountain West Freshman of the Week following his performance against UConn (8/27) in the season opener as he set the school record for rushing yards by a true freshman in their first-ever game, gaining 85 yards on 10 carries, including a 23-yard touchdown … had a career-high 19 carries for a season-best 87 yards, including a season-long rush of 24 yards, against New Mexico (11/5) … rushed for 46 yards on 10 carries at No. 19 BYU and rushed for 28 yards on 10 carries at No. 1 Alabama … had a career-long 16-yard reception against UConn and a 15-yard reception against Weber State (9/10) … his nine-yard kickoff return was against UNLV (9/24).

HIGH SCHOOL 
Three-star recruit by 247Sports.com … named the Texas District 12-4A-II Utility Player of the Year as a junior in 2020 … earned Texas 12-4A-II first-team All-District honors at both running back and returner as a sophomore in 2019 … named the Texas District 12-4A-II Offensive Newcomer of the Year as a freshman in 2018 … totaled over 3,300 rushing yards on 318 carries across four years at Bellville (Texas) High School, scoring 43 touchdowns while adding 68 catches for 1,357 yards and 20 touchdowns … had 11 career 100-yard rushing games and one career 100-yard receiving game ... had 790 career kickoff return yards, 611 career punt return yards and 301 career interception return yards ... returned four punts and two kickoffs for touchdowns ... added 110 career tackles and eight interceptions as a defensive back, to go along with 18 pass breakups ... returned four interceptions for touchdowns ... rushed 124 times for 1,381 yards and 22 touchdowns as a senior, adding 21 catches for 562 yards and eight touchdowns to lead Bellville HS to a 12-1 season and a first-place finish in the 4A-2 Region III 12 District … had six 100-yard rushing games as a senior, including a career-high 216 yards on 10 carries and a career-high four touchdowns against Sweeny HS ... played basketball as a freshman and sophomore at Bellville HS … set the school record at Bellville HS for the 100 meters in 2019 with a time of 10.91 seconds.

PERSONAL 
Son of Robert and Christa Briggs, and Tremaine Williams ... has one brother and two sisters ... majoring in kinesiology.

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