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BJ Emmons Signs with the Seahawks
5/1/2021 8:56:00 PM | Football
BOCA RATON, Fla. – On Saturday, BJ Emmons became the second 2020 Florida Atlantic University football alum to sign during the NFL Draft free agency period. Emmons is slated to join the Seattle Seahawks.
Emmons becomes the 53rd Owl to sign a professional football contract since 2004, an average of nearly three a season.
The 6-0, 220-pound running back joined the Owls in January of 2019 after a freshman season with Alabama and then Hutchinson Junior College. Emmons began his FAU collegiate career versus Oklahoma, unfortunately just a few plays in, the North Carolina native suffered a broken ankle. He would rejoin the Owls with four games remaining in the 2019 season and rushed the Owls to a Conference USA Championship and a Boca Raton Bowl victory. In his last four games, he found the end zone six times and averaged 4.1 yards per carry. Emmons carried the ball 51 times in 2019 for a total of 237 yards. He closed out his final season, playing four 2020 games, in a COVID-19 stop-start season. Emmons rushed for total of 116 yards and one score his senior campaign. His FAU career totals include nine games played, 88 carries, 353 yards and seven rushing touchdowns.
While he is the 53rd FAU player to work with a NFL team, he is just the second to join the Seattle Seahawks. Brandin Bryant, a defensive lineman and current member of the New York Jets, was the first back in 2016. Emmons joins teammate Leighton McCarthy as a 2021 undrafted free agent (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
Emmons becomes the 53rd Owl to sign a professional football contract since 2004, an average of nearly three a season.
The 6-0, 220-pound running back joined the Owls in January of 2019 after a freshman season with Alabama and then Hutchinson Junior College. Emmons began his FAU collegiate career versus Oklahoma, unfortunately just a few plays in, the North Carolina native suffered a broken ankle. He would rejoin the Owls with four games remaining in the 2019 season and rushed the Owls to a Conference USA Championship and a Boca Raton Bowl victory. In his last four games, he found the end zone six times and averaged 4.1 yards per carry. Emmons carried the ball 51 times in 2019 for a total of 237 yards. He closed out his final season, playing four 2020 games, in a COVID-19 stop-start season. Emmons rushed for total of 116 yards and one score his senior campaign. His FAU career totals include nine games played, 88 carries, 353 yards and seven rushing touchdowns.
While he is the 53rd FAU player to work with a NFL team, he is just the second to join the Seattle Seahawks. Brandin Bryant, a defensive lineman and current member of the New York Jets, was the first back in 2016. Emmons joins teammate Leighton McCarthy as a 2021 undrafted free agent (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
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