Carson McMurtrey

Height:
6-3
Weight:
200
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Folsom, CA
High School:
Folsom HS

Listed No. 1 on the preseason depth chart at Z-Back (wide receiver) position this fall.

2015 -- Played in all 11 games as a backup to Willie Tucker and Roland Jackson Jr. at X-Back (wide receiver) as a junior ... will move to the Z-Back position this fall ... did not make any catches ... caught two passes for 13 yards in 2016 Spring Game.

2014 -- Played in all 12 games as a backup wide receiver and made three catches for 26 yards ... two receptions against South Dakota State and one against Northern Arizona ... caught a pair of passes for 40 yards in 2015 Spring Game, including a 29-yarder from Andrew Barna.

2013 -- Played in eight games with four starts as a redshirt freshman ... four catches for 62 yards, including three receptions in final game of season at Northern Colorado ... also caught a pass in Weber State game ... expected to back up the Z-Backs (wide receivers) this fall ... no catches in 2014 Spring Game.

2012 -- Redshirt ... made two catches for 23 yards in 2013 Spring Game ... one of the receptions was a 16-yarder from Vince Moraga for a touchdown.

High School -- In eight games under head coach Kris Richardson at Folsom High School, McMurtrey caught 51 passes for 987 yards and eight touchdowns ... missed several early season contests due to a hamstring injury ... caught 12 passes for 224 yards and a touchdown -- a 99-yarder from Tanner Trosin -- in the CIF-Sac-Joaquin Section Division II championship game against Vacaville, won by Vacaville 39-35 ... also caught nine passes in games against Grant and Elk Grove and caught four passes, all for touchdowns, for 200 yards against Rio Linda ... Folsom finished 11-3 overall and second in the Delta River League at 4-1 ... played in the Battle of the Bay All-Star Game in December 2011 ... a teammate of Trosin since seventh grade, McMurtrey caught 12 passes for 160 yards and one score as a junior at Folsom ... Bulldogs were 14-1 and state Division II champions in 2010 ... also lettered in baseball as a freshman and sophomore.

Personal -- Son of Mike and Michelle McMurtrey ... father played football at New Mexico State ... one brother, Jarrod ... enjoys going to the beach and Folsom Lake as hobbies ... claims he "could beat Tiger Woods in a round of golf in his prime" and "I can cook Minute Rice in 59 seconds" ... born January 12, 1994, in Folsom, Calif. ... majors in business administration.