2014 Football
Roster
J.J. Hubbard
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- 168
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Tampa, Fla.
All-Big South Conference candidate as a return man again in 2014 … Shifty, versatile back with plenty of speed on offense … Runs the 40-yard dash in 4.4 seconds … Ranks seventh nationally in active career leaders in kickoff return yards per game … Has returned two kickoffs for touchdowns during his career and has totaled 2,421 career all-purpose yards … Also ranks among the national career leaders in kickoff returns, punt return average and punt returns per game … Has returned 72 career kickoffs for 1,616 yards (22.4 average) … Has 24 career punt returns for 200 yards (8.3 average) … Has rushed 111 times for 442 yards and four touchdowns … Has 23 career receptions for 163 yards.
2013 at Gardner-Webb: Earned second-team All-Big South Conference honors from College Sports Madness as a kickoff return specialist … Returned 24 kickoffs for 579 yards and a career-best average of 24.1 yards per return … Took a kickoff back 87 yards for a touchdown vs. No. 12 Charleston Southern (11/16) … Played in all 12 games, seeing action at running back and as a return specialist … Returned 15 punts for 63 yards, with a long return of 14 yards … Carried 63 times for a career-high 269 yards and two touchdowns … Caught 18 passes for 152 yards … Ranked second on the team with 1,063 all-purpose yards …Had four carries for 43 yards and a 51-yard kickoff return to set up the game-winning field goal vs. No. 11 Richmond (9/14) … Carried seven times for 33 yards and caught a nine-yard pass in the win at No. 8 Wofford (9/21) … Had five carries for 26 yards and three catches for 33 yards at Presbyterian (11/23). 2012 at GWU: Earned second-team All-Big South Conference honors as a punt and kickoff return specialist … Led the Big South with an average of 15.2 yards per punt return, and ranked third by averaging 22.1 yards per kickoff return … Led the league in kickoff return yardage and total returns … Had 109 yards rushing on 32 carries with two touchdowns … Caught four passes for 13 yards … Ranked sixth in the Big South and led Gardner-Webb with 98.0 all-purpose yards per game … Finished with 1,078 all-purpose yards … Had a 47-yard touchdown run at No. 10 Stony Brook (10/20) … Had seven carries for a season-high 63 yards in that game … Returned six kickoffs for 106 yards against the Seawolves … Had two carries for 21 yards and a touchdown at Liberty (10/6) … Carried three times for 21 yards vs. Coastal Carolina (11/3) … Had a 12-yard carry vs. No. 10 Wofford (9/1) … Named CFPA National Punter Returner of the Week after posting three returns for 77 yards in the win over VMI (10/27) … Had a 50-yard punt return vs. Mid America Nazarene (10/13) … Had five kickoff returns for 123 yards at Pittsburgh (9/22), including a 69-yard effort that set up an early field goal … Returned five kicks for a season-high 141 yards at Richmond (9/8) … Had a 73-yard return in that game. 2011 at GWU: Saw action in seven games … Finished with 16 carries for 64 yards, averaging 4.0 yards per rush … Averaged 19.8 yards per return on 11 kickoffs … Logged his first game action vs. Liberty (10/8), returning a pair of kickoffs for 36 yards … Carried nine times for a career-best 45 yards vs. Charleston Southern (10/29) … Had four carries for 18 yards vs. Virginia State (11/3) … Had a 79-yard kickoff return for a touchdown at VMI (11/17) in the season finale.
High School: Played at Robinson (Fla.) High under Coach Mike DePue … Runner up for Florida’s Class 2A State Player of the Year award in 2010 … A Class 2A All-State selection ... Nicknamed “Water Bug” ... A first-team All-Hillsborough County choice by the Tampa Bay Tribune … A first-team All-Suncoast selection by the St. Petersburg Times … Rated as a two-star prospect by Rivals.com … Selected to play in the Hillsborough County All-Star Game … Rushed 138 times for 1,447 yards and 27 touchdowns as a senior … Caught one touchdown pass and averaged 32.1 yards and scored two touchdowns on 10 kickoff returns … Helped squad finish with a 10-3 record and led team to the third round of the Class 2A playoffs … Had 135 yards i the second half of a 21-7 win over Tampa Jesuit ... Had 187 yards total in that game on just 19 carries ... Rushed for more than 400 yards in the playoffs … Ran for 766 yards and 11 touchdowns as a junior … Also returned two kickoffs for touchdowns that season … Chose Gardner-Webb over South Alabama … Also recruited by Western Kentucky, Bethune-Cookman, Massachusetts and Towson, among others.
