Fresno State becomes the first Mountain West team to have the Freshman of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year honored in the same season
2012 (Junior): Honorable mention All-Mountain West ... named to the 2012 Mountain West Academic All-Conference team ... played in all 13 games and made eight starts on the year ... caught 20 passes for 339 yards and four touchdowns on the season ... averaged a team-best 17.0 yards per catch for any receiver with more than three receptions ... caught two, one-yard touchdown passes in a 48-15 win over Air Force that clinched the MW championship for Fresno State ... finished Air Force game with three catches for 46 yards and had a season-long catch of 44 yards in the contest ... caught three passes for 42 yards and one touchdown in a win at Nevada, Nov. 10 ... hauled in a 32-yard pass on the very first play of the season against Weber State on Sept. 1 ... caught three passes for 47 yards with one 21-yard touchdown catch in a win at New Mexico, Oct. 27.
2011 (Sophomore): Selected to the Academic All-WAC team ... played in 10 games, making one start at No. 10 Nebraska ... caught two passes on the year for 16 yards, including a one-yard touchdown reception at Idaho, Sept. 24 ... was second on the team with three blocked kicks, helping the Bulldogs tie a program record with 10 blocked kicks on the year.
2010 (Redshirt Freshman): Appeared in two games.
2009 (Freshman): A member of the 2008 signing class who sat out the fall semester due to an injury and joined the team in the spring as a defensive lineman.
High School: As a senior defensive end, helped team to a Solano County Athletic Conference championship with an 11-2 record ... named honorable mention all-league after missing nearly half the league games ... invited to the all-star game ... also a standout basketball player who lettered for three years as a power forward and center ... sparked his senior squad to their second-straight league championship and section runners with a 26-7 record, which marked 17 more victories than the two seasons prior ... named defensive basketball player of the year, league most valuable player runner-up, first-team all-league and first team all-city.
Personal: Born Feb. 12, 1990 ... parents are Mark and Carolyn ... has one olderbrother, Mark ... former high school teammates that also play Division I football, James-Michael Johnson (Nevada), Michael Johnson (UNLV), Jarrett Smith (Cal Poly) and Ryan Garmer (Colorado State) ... enjoys watching sports, listening to music, playing video games, reading and watching the news and hanging out with friends ... lists favorite athlete as Dwight Howard because he is always exciting to watch, looks like he's having fun and is very dominant ... most admires his parents and God because if it weren't for them he wouldn't be half the man he is today ... chose to attend Fresno State because of the coaching staff, team atmosphere, the environment and especially the opportunities athletically and educationally ... majoring in criminology corrections.
Last updated on April 9, 2013
