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9 J. Michael Sturdivant

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Weight 213
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Overland Park, Kan.
  • Highschool Marcus

Biography

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COLLEGIATE HONORS
  • FWAA First Team All-American (2022)
  • All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (2022)
  • CFN First-Team Freshman All-American (2022) 
ACADEMIC HONORS
  • Two-time PAC-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll (2023-24)

2025 SEASON: Joined the Gators as a transfer at the beginning of the spring semester.
  • vs LIU: Made his Gator debut and started at wide out. Finished with two catches for seven yards and a touchdown. 

Prior to Florida
2024 at UCLA:
Played in 11 of 12 games with eight starts… Finished with 22 receptions for 315 receiving yards (14.32 yards per catch) with two touchdown catches... Had two 100-yard receiving performances against USC (117) and Minnesota (107) to total five all-time in his career… Made six receptions of 20 yards plus.

2023 at UCLA: Appeared in all 13 games with 10 starts at wide receiver… Placed second on the team in receptions (36), receiving yards (597), touchdowns (4) and receiving yards per game (45.92)... Achieved two 100-yard receiving performances and multiple catches in 10 games… Had at least one reception in each game and closed the season with one reception in each of his last 25 games played… Collected 50 receiving yards in six games… His mark of 16.58-yard average per reception ranked sixth in the Pac-12… Set a career-high with 142 receiving yards in the 2023 LA Bowl victory versus Boise State.   

2022 at Cal: Started all 12 games at wide receiver… First on the team in receptions (65) and touchdown catches (7) while second in yards (755) and receiving yards per game (69.92)... Led all FBS freshmen in receptions (65), receptions per game (5.4) and receiving yards (755) while second in receiving yards per game (62.9) and tied in touchdown catches (7)... Ranked 6th in the conference in touchdown receptions, 8th in receptions per game, 10th in receiving yards per game and 12th in receiving yards… Caught three passes and at least 45 yards in each game with six receptions in game four times… Notched his first-career 100-yard receiving game against Washington with 104 yards.

2021 at Cal: Played in four games as reserve receiver and special teams performer while earning a redshirt… Totaled three tackles… Made his collegiate debut at Stanford and collected a tackle. 

High School
Prepped at Marcus High School (Flower Mound, Texas) … played four seasons of varsity football … set a school record for career receptions with 188 catches for 2,303 yards and 23 touchdowns ... as a senior in 2020, recorded64 receptions for 788 yards and nine touchdowns ... team captain for a squad that finished 9-1 overall, won the Texas 6A Region I District 6 title with a perfect 6-0 record and reached the opening round of the Texas 6A D2 state playoffs ... earned Under Armour All-American recognition prior to his senior season ... ranked as the No. 25 player in Texas in June 2020 according to 247Sports ... set a single-season school record for receptions as a junior in 2019 when he had 87 catches for 1,125 yards and 10 touchdowns ... team was 11-2 overall, won the Texas 6A Region I District 6 title with a perfect 7-0 record and reached the third round of the Texas 6A D2 state playoffs ... played one game in 2018 as a sophomore and contributed six catches for 46 yards and one touchdown ... as a freshman in 2021, made 31 receptions for 344 yards and three touchdowns ... also a track and field standout in the sprints and jumps.  Competed in four events as a senior at the Texas 6A state track and field meet as a senior in May 2021. Placed seventh in the long jump (22-10 1/4), eighth in the 200 meters (21.23, 1.8 wind), and ninth in the 100 meters (10.39, 5.7 wind aid). Also ran anchor for fifth-place 4x100 relay team. Ran a non-wind-aided 10.49 100 and 20.99 at regionals in April 2021.
 
Personal
Son of Melodie and Michael Sturdivant ... dad played in the NFL, while mother is in the Hall of Fame at Bradley University ... nephew of Pro Football and College Football Hall of Famer, the late Floyd Little, who was an All-Pro and five-time Pro Bowl running back who played nine seasons in the NFL for the Denver Broncos (1967-75) after being a three-time collegiate All-American at Syracuse (1964-66) ... played for the USA Football program.

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