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James Hudson Season 2020

PositionOL
Weight310 lbs
Height6-5
ClassJunior
HometownToledo, Ohio
Previous SchoolMichigan
Pronunciation1L
CAREER HONORS
• Invited to 2021 NFL Combine
• Selected for 2021 Reese’s Senior Bowl
• No. 83 on The Athletic’s 2021 Top-300 NFL Draft Big Board
• 2020 First-Team All-American Athletic Conference
 
2020: Draft-eligible junior gave up his final two years of eligibility to enter the 2021 NFL Draft ... a First-Team All-American Athletic Conference selection at tackle, Hudson helped bookend an offensive line which was tabbed as a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award ... UC averaged an AAC-best 5.6 yards per carry this season and ran for 212.4 yards per game on the ground ... UC allowed an AAC low nine sacks during the regular season.
 
2019: Made his UC debut in the Birmingham Bowl against Boston College, starting on the offensive line and playing the first three quarters ... helped the Bearcats grind out a season-best 343 rushing yards in a dominant win … sat out the remainder of the season after having a hardship waiver denied following his transfer from Michigan.
 
2018 (Michigan):  Appeared in his first game as a Wolverine by playing as a reserve right tackle against Western Michigan (Sept. 8) ... played snaps at right tackle and on special teams against Nebraska (Sept. 22) ... contributed at right tackle against Maryland (Oct. 6)
 
2017 (Michigan): Redshirted.
 
PREP: Attended Toledo Central Catholic High School (2017) coached by Greg Dempsey ... registered 80 tackles, 34 TFLs and 8 sacks as a senior ... recorded 82 tackles, 25 TFLs and 8.5 sacks as a junior ... ESPN four-star recruit, ranked as the No. 30 DE nationally and No. 14 player in Ohio ... 247.com four-star prospect and rated as the No. 13 strongside DE in the nation ... Rivals four-star recruit, rated as the No. 240 player nationally and No. 8 prospect in Ohio ... PrepStar four-star recruit and ranked as the No. 323 prospect nationally ... 2016 Associated Press First Team All-Ohio, 2015 Special Mention selection ... PrepStar Top 350 All-America selection and named to All-Midwest region ... played in the 11th annual Offense-Defense All-American Bowl ... named a first-team MaxPreps/JJHuddle All-Ohio Big School selection as a senior ... named to the Associated Press Northwest Ohio All-District first team his last two seasons ... chosen as All-Three Rivers Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year as a senior and was a first-team All-Conference pick as a senior and junior ... high school teammate of UC running back Michael Warren II.
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Sophomore
2019

Offensive Line
6-5 / 305 lbs