Josiah Deguara Season 2016

Name pronounced DUH-gwah-ruh.

• Selected by the Green Bay Packers with the 94th pick in the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft. (RELEASE)

2019
• First-Team All-American Athletic Conference.
• Earned UC's Claude Rost Sr. Most Valuable Player award.
• Participated in the 2020 Senior Bowl and NFL Combine.
• Team captain capped one of the best seasons for a tight end in school history, leading the team with 39 receptions for 504 yards and seven TDs. 
• Averaged almost 13 yards per catch (12.9) and became only the second tight end in UC history to eclipse 1,000-yards receiving for his career (1,117) along with Brent Celek (1,135). 
• His 92 career receptions is the most in school history for a tight end and he’s just the second tight end in school history with 500 or more yards receiving in a season, along with Travis Kelce who tallied 722 yards in 2012.
• Inducted into UC Athletics' Legion of Excellence.
• Took part in the NCAA Career in Sport Forum (STORY)

2018
• Earned Second-Team All-AAC honors in 2018. 
• UC’s second-leading receiver on the year with 38 receptions for 468 yards and five touchdowns. Those numbers are the best for a UC tight end since Travis Kelce finished with 45 receptions for 722 yards and 8 TDs in 2012. 
• Entered the season with 15 catches for 145 yards and no scores. He had a career-best 112-yard day with a TD at UConn, had a reception in every game and caught three or more balls in seven games.

2017
• Saw action in seven games ... had 11 catches for 98 yards ... caught his first two balls of the season at Miami (OH) ... added a 14-yard grab at Navy ... set career marks with four catches for 30 yards against Marshall ... had a season-long 28-yard snag vs. UCF ... caught three balls for 17 yards at USF.

2016
• Played in all 12 games, mostly on special teams and as a reserve tight end.
• Finished with four receptions for 47 yards.
• Had a season-best 28-yard grab against Houston.
• Tallied a pair of catches for 15 yards in the season finale at Tulsa.

2015
• Redshirted.

PRIOR TO UC
• Former two-star tallied 240 receptions for 3,274 yards and 42 touchdowns as a prep, including 114 receptions for 1,671 yards and 24 scores as a senior.
• Earned MaxPreps California Division I All-State Football Team honors at TE and grabbed Sacramento Bee First-Team All-Metro honors as a hybrid back in 2014.
• Bulldogs went 30-1 over the 2013-14 campaigns, won the CIF State Division I Championship in 2014 and took home three-straight San Joaquin Section Division 2 Championships.