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Hometown 5'10 Height 190 Weight Escambia High School Wade Denniston/USU Athletics Wade Denniston/USU Athletics Wade Denniston/USU Athletics Wade Denniston/USU Athletics Brian Losness-USA TODAY Sports #1 Gerold Bright RB Position Senior Class Pensacola, Fla. Hometown Season Career Season Stats Season: 2019 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 There are no statistics for this selected season available for this player. There are no statistics for this selected season available for this player. Career Stats Career Statistics Biography Summary Biography INDIVIDUAL HONORS: Honorable Mention All-Mountain West (2019). CAREER RECORDS: Tied for seventh all-time in school history in both rushing touchdowns (22) and total touchdowns (28), and is 10th all-time in school history in both rushing yards (2,145) and yards per carry (5.9)... Finished his career with eight 100-yard rushing games. SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS: Averaged 6.3 yards per carry during the 2018 season, which is tied for the sixth-best yards per carry average in school history. SINGLE-GAME RECORDS: Had a career-long 83-yard touchdown reception at No. 21 Boise State (11/24/18), which is the 13th-longest pass play in school history. 2019 (SR): Earned honorable mention all-Mountain West honors as he started 11 of the 13 games he played in... Finished the season rushing for a team-best 921 yards on 182 carries (5.1 ypc/70.8 ypg) and nine touchdowns... Also caught 35 passes for 230 yards (6.6 ypr) and one touchdown, and returned five kickoffs for 79 yards... Ranked fifth on the team in receptions and sixth in receiving yards... Led the team with 1,230 all-purpose yards... Had three 100-yard rushing games and four rushes of at least 20 yards during the season... Also had two receptions of at least 20 yards… Rushed for a career-high 179 yards on a career-best 36 carries against Colorado State (9/28)... Gained 126 yards on 15 carries and had a season-high two touchdowns against Nevada (10/19)... Also had a season-long 67-yard rush against the Wolf Pack... Rushed for 113 yards on 19 carries and one touchdown at New Mexico (11/30)... Gained 94 yards on 21 carries and had one rushing touchdown against Kent State (12/20) in the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl... Had a career-high four receptions in four different games, including four catches for 54 yards against BYU (11/2)... Added four receptions for 30 yards at Wake Forest (8/30) and had four receptions for 23 yards against KSU in the bowl game... Finished the season ranking sixth in the MW and 66th in the nation in rushing touchdowns with nine (0.7 pg), sixth in the MW and 89th in the nation in total touchdowns with 10 (0.77 pg), eighth in the MW and 79th in the nation in rushing yards (70.8 ypg), ninth in the MW in all-purpose yards (94.6 ypg), and 10th in the MW and 85th in the nation in yards per carry (5.1). 2018 (JR): Played in all 13 games, making four starts… Finished the season rushing for 888 yards on 141 carries (6.3 ypc) and 10 touchdowns… Also caught 22 passes for 232 yards (10.5 ypr) and three touchdowns, and returned four kickoffs for 64 yards (16.0 ypr)… Was second on the team with 1,184 all-purpose yards… Posted four 100-yard rushing games and had nine rushes of at least 20 yards… Also had two receptions of at least 20 yards… Rushed for a season-high 134 yards on 14 carries, including a 51-yard touchdown run, against New Mexico State (9/8)… Rushed for 101 yards on 11 carries, including a season-long 70-yard touchdown run, against Air Force (9/22)… Carried the ball a season-high 16 times for 121 yards and scored a career-high three touchdowns at Hawai’i (11/3)… Carried the ball 16 times for 103 yards and scored two touchdowns against North Texas in the New Mexico Bowl (12/15)… Also had a season-high-tying three receptions for 20 yards against the Mean Green… Had a career-long 83-yard touchdown reception at No. 21 Boise State (11/24), which is the 13th-longest pass play in school history… Caught three passes for 30 yards, including a 24-yard touchdown, against San José State (11/10)... Finished the season ranking third in the MW and 25th in the nation in yards per carry (6.3), fourth in the MW and 57th in the nation in rushing touchdowns with 10 (0.8 pg), fifth in the MW and 40th in the nation in total touchdowns with 13 (1.0 pg), sixth in the MW and 88th in the nation in rushing (68.3 ypg), and ninth in the MW in all-purpose yards (91.1 ypg). 2017 (SO): Played in 12 games… Carried the ball 29 times for 249 yards (8.6 ypc) and two touchdowns… Had his first-career 100-yard rushing game at Air Force (11/25) as he carried the ball nine times for 102 yards, including a career-long 75-yard touchdown… Had a season-high 11 carries for 48 yards against New Mexico State (12/29) in the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl… Carried the ball eight times for 93 yards, including a 60-yard touchdown, against Hawai’i (11/18)… Added 10 receptions for 186 yards (18.6 ypr) and two touchdowns during the year… Had a season-long 77-yard touchdown catch at Wake Forest (9/16) and a 43-yard touchdown reception at San José State (9/23)… Tied his career high with three receptions at No. 9 Wisconsin (9/1) for 23 yards, and returned one kickoff for 21 yards against the Badgers. 2016 (R-FR): Played in nine games and finished the season with 326 all-purpose yards… Carried the ball 11 times for 87 yards and one touchdown, had five receptions for 56 yards, and returned nine kickoffs for 183 yards… Scored his only touchdown during the year on a 41-yard run at Colorado State (10/8) as he had two carries for 40 yards in the game… Had a season-high three carries for 32 yards at Nevada (11/19) and added three carries for 10 yards against Arkansas State (9/16)… Had a season-high three receptions for 43 yards, to go along with one kickoff return for 23 yards at Nevada, as he finished the game with a season-high 98 all-purpose yards… Returned a career-best four kickoffs for a career-high 69 yards against San Diego State (10/28)… Added a career-long 29-yard kickoff return at CSU. 2015 (RS): Redshirted during his first season at Utah State. HIGH SCHOOL: Earned Florida Class 6A first-team all-state honors at running back as a prep senior at Escambia High School in Pensacola, Fla., as he helped lead the Gators to a 9-2 record and a District 1 Championship with a 5-0 mark... Rushed for 1,520 yards on 164 carries (9.3 ypc/138.2 ypg) with 21 touchdowns and completed 51-of-80 passes (.638) for 719 yards (14.1 ypc/65.4 ypg) with eight touchdowns and three interceptions... Had eight 100-yard rushing games, including a career-best 311 yards on 30 carries with four touchdowns against Milton HS... Earned Florida Class 6A third-team all-state Elite Team honors as an athlete as a junior in 2013 as he rushed for 1,538 yards on 167 carries (9.2 ypc/153.8 ypg) with 18 touchdowns, completed 5-of-17 passes for 104 yards, and caught nine passes for 181 yards (20.1 ypc)... Posted nine 100-yard rushing games as a junior, which included two 200-yard games, as he gained a season-best 209 yards on just nine carries with three touchdowns against Rutherford HS... Had a career-long run of 92 yards against Rutherford HS... Rushed for 347 yards on 77 carries (4.51 ypc/34.7 ypg) with one touchdown and caught six passes for 70 yards (11.7 ypr) with one touchdown as a sophomore. PERSONAL: One of four children of Timothy Bright and Chandra Gorham... Graduated from Utah State University in the fall of 2019 with a degree in general studies with a minor in sociology. RUSHING G/GS Rush Yds Avg TD LG 2016 (R-Fr.) 9/0 11 87 7.9 1 41 2017 (So.) 12/0 29 249 8.6 2 75 2018 (Jr.) 13/4 141 888 6.3 10 70 2019 (Sr.) 13/11 182 921 5.1 9 67 TOTAL 47/15 363 2,145 5.9 22 75 CAREER HIGHS - Rushes: 36, vs. Colorado State (9/28/19); Yards: 179, vs. Colorado State (9/28/19); Long Rush: 75, at Air Force (11/25/17); TD: 3, at Hawai’i (11/3/18). RECEIVING Rec Yds Avg TD LG 2016 (R-Fr.) 5 56 11.2 0 18 2017 (So.) 10 186 18.6 2 77 2018 (Jr.) 22 232 10.5 3 83 2019 (Sr.) 35 230 6.6 1 35 TOTAL 37 474 2.8 5 83 CAREER HIGHS - Catches: 4, vs. four opponents; Yards: 83, at Boise St. (11/24/18); Long Catch: 83, at Boise St. (11/24/18); TD: 1, vs.six opponents. KICKOFF RETURNS Ret Yds Avg TD LG 2016 (R-Fr.) 9 183 20.0 0 29 2017 (So.) 1 21 21.0 0 21 2018 (Jr.) 4 64 16.0 0 22 2019 (Sr.) 5 79 15.8 0 21 TOTAL 19 347 18.3 0 29 CAREER HIGHS - Returns: 4, vs. San Diego St. (10/28/16); Yards: 69, vs. San Diego St. (10/28/16); Long Return: 29, vs. Colorado St. (10/8/16).