2018 Football Roster
Bryce Huff
- Position:
- LB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 245
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Mobile, Ala.
- Prev School:
- St. Paul's Episcopal
Career
Has played in 52 games, making 25 starts … Has 136 total tackles (95 solo), including 39.5 TFL (182 yards) and 18.0 sacks (115 yards) … Has 27 QB hurries, three PBU, four forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries … Has 30 multi-tackle games … Has two kick return for 21 yards ... Invited to the East-West Shrine Bowl Game.
Honors (Academic/Athletic)
2016-17 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... 2019 Bednarik Award and Nagurski Trophy watch lists … 2018 and 2019 All-American Athletic Conference second team ... Two-time American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week (9/2/19; 12/2/19) … 2018 Most Improved Defensive Player (Highland Hundred).
On The Charts
Career: Tied for sixth in sacks (18.0) … Fourth in TFL (39.50 … Fourth in TFL yardage (182 yards) ... Season: Seventh in sacks (9.5) ... Fourth (19.0; 2018) and tied for 10th (15.5; 2019) in TFL ... Tied for sixth (80; 2018) and eighth (74; 2019) in TFL yardage.
2019 (Senior)
Started all 14 games … Moved from linebacker in 2018 to the defensive line in 2019 … Led the team in TFL (15.5), TFL yardage (74), sacks (6.5), sack yardage (43), QB hurries (16) and forced fumbles (2) … Seventh on the team in total tackles (52) and solo hits (33) … Posted 12 multi-tackle games … Had one fumble recovery … Ranked among the American Athletic Conference leaders in TFL (6th), TFL yardage (6th), sacks (8th) and sack yardage (9th) … Logged season-highs for total tackles (8), TFL (3.5), sacks (2.0) and forced fumbles (2) to help Memphis wrap up The American West Division crown with a regular-season finale win over Cincinnati … His TFL (23) and sack (20) yardage were career-highs … Had a tackle for no gain late in the third quarter on a fourth-and-1 play that forced Cincinnati to turn the ball over on downs (UofM led 20-17) … Had two sacks that caused Bearcats’ fumbles in the fourth quarter (UC recovered both) … His seven solo tackles vs. Cincinnati tied a career-high … Credited with six total tackles and 1.5 sacks vs. Tulsa … Had five tackles apiece in wins over Navy and Louisiana Monroe … Tied a career-high with three QB hurries vs. Louisiana Monroe … Logged five solo stops, two TFL and one sack in the season-opening win over Ole Miss … His sack and safety of Rebels QB Matt Corral in the end zone with more than six minutes left in the game proved to be the game-winning play for the Tigers … Safety gave Memphis a 15-10 lead and the ball back with 6:21 left … The Tigers offense ran out the clock for the victory … Finished career with five tackles and 0.5 TFL/sack vs. Penn State in the 84th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.
2018 (Junior)
Played in all 14 games ... Made eight starts ... Squad’s 10th-leading tackler with 49 total hits (35 solo) ... Posted 13 multi-tackle performances ... Led team in TFL (19), TFL yardage (80), sacks (9.5) and sack yardage (53) ... Had five games with double-digit TFL yardage ... Tied for team lead with seven QB hurries ... Ranked among American Athletic Conference leaders in TFL (2nd), TFL yardage (2nd), sacks (3rd) and sack yardage (3rd) ... Among FBS leaders, ranked in total TFL (T10th), TFL/game (19th), TFL yardage (18th), total sacks (19th) and sacks/game (29th) ... Also had two PBU and one forced fumble ... Logged a season-high two QB hurries in a home win over Georgia State ... Had two TFL/sacks (10 yards) vs. the Panthers ... Registered career-highs for total tackles (9), solo hits (7) and TFL (5) at Tulane ... Credited with two sacks vs. the Green Wave ... Followed Tulane game with six total stops (5 solo), 2.5 TFL (10 yards) and one QB hurry ... Collected a career-high two PBU in the regular-season match-up with UCF ... In a key late-season game at SMU, posted four total tackles (3 solo), 3.5 TFL (19 yards), 2.5 sacks (17 yards) and one forced fumble ... The 2.5 sacks were a career-best ... The 19 TFL yards and 17 sack yards both were season-highs ... His second solo sack vs. SMU came in the second quarter with the Mustangs driving ... The sack came on a third-and-10 play and forced SMU to punt ... Also forced a fumble on the sack, but the Mustangs recovered ... His shared sack came in the fourth quarter with Memphis holding a 21-12 lead ... Joined Joseph Dorceus on the sack on a third-and-15 play and forced SMU to punt from deep in its territory (Memphis scored a TD on its next possession for a 28-12 lead) ... Also registered a kick return for six yards vs. the Mustangs ... Had two TFL (11 yards) in the win over Houston that clinched the American Athletic Conference West Division title ... Credited with three total tackles (2 solo) vs. UCF in The American Championship Game ... Had four total stops (2 solo) and one QB hurry vs. Wake Forest in the Birmingham Bowl.
2017 (Sophomore)
Saw action in 12 games … Made three starts … Missed the AutoZone Liberty Bowl due to injury … Earned his first collegiate start in the home win over UCLA … Logged 30 total tackles (23 solo), including 5.0 TFL (28 yards) and two sacks (19 yards) … Also had four QB hurries, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one PBU … Picked up his first collegiate QB hurry and fumble recovery in the season-opening win over Louisiana Monroe … Fumble recovery halted a Warhawks’ drive deep in Memphis territory just before halftime … Had four total stops (3 solo), including his first collegiate TFL … Credited with season-highs for total tackles (8) and solo hits (6) in a home win over Navy … Also recorded his first career forced fumble vs. the Midshipmen … Registered first collegiate sack (13 yards) in a home win over Tulane … Had five total stops (3 solo), one PBU and one QB hurry in the comeback road win at Houston.
2016 (Freshman)
Played in 11 games, including the Boca Raton Bowl … Only games missed were back-to-back mid-season contests vs. Temple and Tulane … Saw most of his game action on special teams … Logged five total tackles (4 solo) … Had one multi-tackle game … Recorded his first collegiate tackle, a solo hit, in a home win over Bowling Green … Had a season-high two tackles, both solo stops, vs. Tulsa … Credited with first kick return vs. Western Kentucky in the Boca Raton Bowl … Had one kick return for 15 yards … Member of the Tigers special teams that were fifth nationally on kick returns (26.57 ypr) and second nationally on kick return defense (16.04 ypr) … Memphis special teams unit had three kick returns for TD and allowed opponents no kick return for TD … The three kick return TD set a program season record.
Personal
Son of Colette Huff ... Has a brother Jordan, who was an All-Mid-American Conference (MAC) running back at Northern Illinois, and a sister, Kennedi ... Birthday is April 17 ... Interdisciplinary studies major.
