Upcoming Event: Football versus Cal Poly on September 6, 2025 at 4 p.m.

UTAH: Utah's leading rusher and starting running back in 2013 moved to slot receiver in 2015 … two-time honorable mention Academic All-Pac-12 Conference.
2015-Played in all 13 games with seven starts (six at receiver, one at running back) ... 24 catches for 145 yards … nine rushes for 26 yards and one touchdown … season-high 34 receiving yards at Arizona … 23 receiving yards against Colorado, 22 against Michigan and 21 against UCLA.
2014-Played in 11 games with five starts at running back … team's third-leading rusher with 49 carries for 211 yards (4.3 average) … also third on the team with three rushing touchdowns … 12 receptions for 93 yards … returned three punts for 30 yards (10.0 average) … tied career receiving high at Michigan with 75 yards on three catches, including a season-long 67-yard reception … also rushed nine times for 40 yards against the Wolverines … six carries for 42 yards and a touchdown, two receptions for 18 yards and two punt returns for 30 yards in season opener against Idaho State … season-high 54 rushing yards on 13 carries against Fresno State … honorable mention Academic All-Pac-12.
2013-Played in 12 games with nine starts at running back … Utah's leading rusher had 149 carries for 607 yards and two touchdowns … two 100-yard rushing games (Oregon State, Stanford) … 29 receptions for 229 yards … second on the team in all-purpose yards (956 yards, 79.7 average) … 25 carries for a career-high 117 yards and a touchdown against Oregon State … also had seven catches for 70 yards against the Beavers … 22 rushes for 111 yards vs. Stanford … added a season-high 75 yards receiving on seven catches vs. Stanford … 18 carries for 96 yards vs. BYU included a season-best 65-yard rush … all of his 82 yards in punt returns-and four of his five total punt returns-came against Weber State … two kick returns for 38 yards were both against Utah State … honorable mention Academic All-Pac-12.
2012-Redshirt.
PRIOR TO UTAH: First-team All-Southern Conference as a freshman at Saddleback College … led the team with 305 yards rushing on 57 attempts (5.4 average) … four rushing touchdowns … also caught 23 passes for 282 yards and two touchdowns … returned a punt 32 yards for a touchdown … Saddleback played in the 2011 Golden State Bowl … ran a leg on the school-record setting 4x400 relay team (3:14.76) … first-team all-state, Northwest League Offensive MVP and first-team all-conference as a senior at Cimarron Memorial HS (Nev.) … 1,678 rushing yards with 20 touchdowns as a senior … also lettered three years in track, twice earning team MVP honors.
PERSONAL: Son of TJ Poole and Jeanetta Edmond … two sisters … finished a bachelor's degree in communication the summer before his senior year and added bachelor's in sociology in December, 2015 … full name is James Marquez Poole, but prefers his nickname Bubba … born April 2, 1992