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Jersey Number 81
JJ Buchanan
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 225
- Position:
- TE
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Henderson, Nev.
- High School:
- Coronado HS
2025: Saw action in each of Utah’s 13 games, making his first start at Wyoming.
High School: Four-star recruit out of Coronado HS, rated the No. 4 prospect in Nevada.
- Brought in 26 catches for 427 yards and five touchdowns.
- Second among all freshman TEs nationally in receiving yards.
- Multiple receptions in nine of the last 10 games.
- Two receptions for a career-high 74 yards against K-State, including a 60-yard grab; upped that with four catches for 76 yards and a score in the Las Vegas Bowl.
- Hauled in two catches for 65 yards and a score, highlighted by a 58-yard reception, against Kansas.
- Logged two receptions for 35 yards and a touchdown against Colorado.
- Tallied three receptions for 41 yards at Baylor.
- Recorded 43 yards at No. 15 BYU, including a career-long 31-yard catch.
- Caught three passes for 32 yards and a touchdown at West Virginia.
- Tallied one reception at Wyoming, a 14-yard completion for his first-career touchdown.
- Caught three passes for 29 yards, including a long of 18 yards, against UCLA.
High School: Four-star recruit out of Coronado HS, rated the No. 4 prospect in Nevada.
- 2024 All-Conference Offensive MVP.
- Also earned first-team all-conference as an athlete, wide receiver and safety, and was second-team as a kick returner.
- Finished his senior season with 60 tackles (3.0 TFL, 2.0 sacks), a fumble recovery and two pass breakups, to go with 1,023 receiving yards (11 TD).
- Had 688 receiving yards on 38 catches (3 TD) as a junior, adding 35 tackles (1.0 TFL), four interceptions and nine passes defended.
- Piled up better than 2,000 all-purpose yards during his final two years of prep football.
- Was rated by ESPN as the No. 31 athlete in the country entering his senior season.
- Named Coronado’s Player of the Year by his coaches in 2023.
- Earned first-team all-conference and First-Team All-5A Division I honors as a safety in 2023.
- Also lettered in basketball.
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