The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2016 Football Roster
Roster
Brandon Hodges
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 310
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Aberdeen, Miss.
- High School:
- Aberdeen
A third-year offensive lineman who has played in 11 games with nine starts … redshirted in 2015 after transferring from East Mississippi Community College (EMCC) where he was one of the top-rated players in the JUCO ranks.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2016)
Played in 11 games and started nine ... made starts against Notre Dame, UTEP, Cal, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, West Virginia, Kansas and TCU ... made his first career start in the home opener versus No.10 Notre Dame and helped the offense to 50 points and 517 total yards ... started against UTEP ... started his third consecutive game to begin the season at California ... paved the way for the offense to register a season-high 567 yards on 90 plays in a week three loss at Cal ... rushing attack totaled 307 yards and four touchdowns ... each running back went over 100 yards in the game ... passing attack had 261 yards and a score ... Longhorns offense once again registered 568 total yards at Oklahoma State ... UT had a season-high 339 yards on the ground and had two running backs over 100 yards for the second straight game ... started against Oklahoma and helped the offense to 245 passing yards and 180 rushing yards ... scored 40 points for the fourth time in five games ... at Kansas State, offense recorded 344 total yards ... in a 45-37 road victory at Texas Tech, paved the way for the offense to record 658 yards, the sixth-most in a single-game in school history ... led the way to 414 rushing yards, including 341 (third-most in school history) by running back D'Onta Foreman ... helped Foreman average 10.3 yards per carry and UT to average 8.3 yards per carry as a team ... led the way for D'Onta Foreman's 11th straight 100-yard game ... offense totaled 536 yards against No. 11/10 West Virginia, breaking the school record with their seventh game of 500 yards or more ... paved the way for D'Onta Foreman's third 250-yard game on Saturday at Kansas ... helped the offense total 407 yards against TCU in the regular season finale.
JUNIOR (2015)
Redshirted.
BEFORE TEXAS
Named National Junior College Athletic Association All-Region XXIII in 2014 … ranked No. 26 JUCO (No. 5 OT) nationally by Scout … rated No. 87 (No. 15 OT) JUCO nationally by 247Sports … helped EMCC to back-to-back NJCAA Championships in 2013 and 2014 … helped EMCC to a 12-0 record and the NJCAA title in 2014 … part of an EMCC offense that ranked fourth nationally in scoring (53.8 ppg) and fifth in total offense (537.1 ypg) as a sophomore … also ranked second in passing (365.1 ypg) and eighth in yards per rush (5.6 ypc) … EMCC tallied over 500 yards of total offense in seven of 12 games … also scored at least 42 points in 11 of 12 games and had 49 or more in nine games … aided the offense in recording 635 total yards, including 393 passing and 242 rushing, in a 52-14 win over Southwest Mississippi … helped the offense set a season high with 669 total yards, including 392 yards passing and 277 yards rushing, in an 83-7 win over Coahoma … helped set a season high in passing with 484 yards in a 51-0 win over Itawamba … helped post 592 yards of total offense, including 381 passing and 211 rushing, in a 65-0 win over Mississippi Delta … helped EMCC to a 12-0 record and a NJCAA National Championship in 2013 … part of an offense that led the NJCAA in both scoring offense (62.2 ppg) and total offense (610.6 ypg) as a freshman … also ranked third in passing yards (356.7 ypg) and second in yards per rush (6.5) … the offense accumulated over 500 total yards in 11 of 12 games, scored 50 or more points in 10 of 12 games and scored no fewer than 45 points in any game … helped the offense compile a four-game stretch where it averaged 676.8 ypg and 72.0 ppg, capped by a 90-7 win over Coahoma with 755 total yards … played high school football at Aberdeen (Miss.) … helped the team to an 11-3 record, a District 3A Region 2 title and an appearance in the State 3A playoff quarterfinals in 2012 … also played basketball as a senior.
