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Jersey Number 4
BJ Emmons
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Morganton, N.C.
- Prev School:
- Hutchinson CC
- High School:
- Freedom
- Major:
- Public Safety
- Birthday:
- 7/3/1997
Bio
Redshirt Senior (2020)
At FAU
Junior (2019)
Sophomore (2017)
Freshman (2016)
- Drew the start in a deep running back room for the Charlotte contest, a game that he had just four carries before being sideline with an injury
- Tallied 13 yards in his four Charlotte game carries
- Returned in the WKU game after missing two game due to injury and had 56 yards on 14 carries and added a two-yard reception as well as a solo tackle
- Carried the ball 11 times for a total of 22 yards and added a seven yard reception in the Owls' 38-19 win over FIU in the XIX Shula Bowl
- Had eight carries for 25 yards and a TD in the Owls 24-2 victory over UMass and added a five-yard reception
At FAU
Junior (2019)
- Joined the Owls in January and began working with the squad
- Honored as a 2019 C-USA Preseason Third Team Offense selection by Athlon Sports Magazine
- Earned third team preseason Conference USA honors by Phil Steele's Magazine
- Recorded one carry, for a one-yard gain, at Ohio State prior to suffering breaking his ankle also had a catch for minus two yards
- Saw his first action after recovering from a broken ankle suffered in the first game of 2019...had a team high 10 carries in the UTSA win contributing 53 yards and two scores
- Instrumental in the Owls' 34-17 win over USM with 11 carries, 71 yards, including a 40-yard run, and a score
- Had a team high 12 carries among nine players that had at least one carry and tallied 40 yards and two scores in the Owls' 49-6 win over USA in the C-USA title game
- Led the Owls with 72 rushing yards on 17 carries and a score in FAU's Cheribundi Bowl win over SMU...also had two receptions for a total of 13 yards
Sophomore (2017)
- Saw action in 12 games in 2017
- Tallied 694 yards, on 150 carries, for an average of 4.62 per carry
- Rushed for a total of 10 touchdowns
- 247Sports ranked him as the No. 9 junior college running back and No. 33 prospect from
Freshman (2016)
- Worked with the Tide in the summer of 2016 through the end of the 2017 spring
- The top running back recruit nationally coming out of high school
- Appeared in eight games as a freshman before a season-ending injury
- Rushed 35 times for 173 yards and one score with a long play of 17
- Also registered two receptions for 20 yards with a 17-yard reception for his long
- Totaled three tackles on kickoff coverage
- Returned one kickoff for 26 yards on the season
- Earned playing time in the Crimson Tide backfield and also on special teams versus USC
- Finished his time on offense with six rushes for 18 yards with a long of six yards
- Added one tackle on kickoff return
- Rushed six times versus Western Kentucky for 41 yards with his first career touchdown, longest rush of 14 yards
- Added his second special teams tackle of the season on kickoff coverage
- Totaled career-highs versus Kent State with eight rushes for 51 yards and a career-long rush of 17 yards against the Golden Flashes
- Hauled in his first catch of the season, going for 17 yards and a first down
- Added his third tackle of the season on kickoff coverage.
- In his first SEC game, Kentucky, he registered three rushes for 16 yards with a long of eight, also caught one pass for three yards against the Wildcats
- Rushed three times versus Arkansas for nine yards with a long rush of five against the Razorbacks
- Rushed a season-high nine times versus Tennessee for 38 yards with a long of 14 yards, also saw his first time on kickoff return, taking one kick for 26 yards
- Accounted for 64 all-purpose yards against the Vols
- Played on special teams against Texas A&M as a kick returner but did record a stat
- The top-ranked running back in the nation by Rivals.com and ESPN.com
- A unanimous four-star prospect
- Participated in the 2016 Under Armour All-America Game
- Associated Press North Carolina All-State selection
- The consensus No. 2 player in the state of North Carolina
- No. 33 in the Rivals100
- No. 33 in the ESPN300 and No. 17 player in the Southeast region
- No. 40 in the Scout300 and No. 4 running back by Scout.com
- Ranked No. 35 in the 247Composite
- Member of the Prepstar Top 150 Dream Team as the No. 113 player nationally
- Rushed for 2,417 yards and 41 total touchdowns during his senior season
- Ran for 2,348 yards and 38 touchdowns as a junior in 2014
- Rushed for 1,834 yards and 22 touchdowns in his sophomore campaign\
- All told, totaled 6,573 career rushing yards with 101 touchdowns
- Participated in the 2015 Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas
- Played for head coach Brandon Allen at Freedom High School
- Chose Alabama over Georgia, Florida and Tennessee
- Public safety is his intended major
- Born July 3, 1997
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