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Jersey Number 1
Cam Ross
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 181
- Hometown:
- Newark, Del.
- High School:
- St. John's College
- Previous:
- UConn
- Major:
- Sport and Recreation Leadership
Bio
2024:
Prior to JMU:
High School:
Personal:
- Third Team All-Sun Belt return specialist
- VaSID Second Team All-State
- Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 28)
- Played in all 13 games, making nine starts at wide receiver
- Also served as team's primary kick returner
- Had 37 receptions for 443 receiving yards and three touchdowns
- Also had four carries for 56 rushing yards
- Averaged 28.2 yards per kickoff return on 13 attempts with one touchdown
- Had 94-yard kickoff return for a touchdown vs. Southern Miss (Oct. 26) while also making five catches for 39 yards and a touchdown
- Seven receptions for 107 receiving yards and a touchdown at North Carolina (Sept. 21)
- Had five catches for 40 yards at Georgia Southern (Oct. 19)
- Had two receptions for 53 yards and a career-long 41-yard run in opener at Charlotte (Aug. 31)
- Also had a touchdown reception vs. Ball State (Sept. 28)
- Season-high 149 all-purpose yards in UNC win (10 rush, 107 receive, 32 return)
- Made three or more catches in six games
- Had a 30+ yard kickoff return in five games
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2024)
Prior to JMU:
- Transferred to JMU after four seasons at UConn (2019-23)
- Played in 28 career games for the Huskies
- Tallied 114 receptions for 1,356 receiving yards and six touchdowns
- 2019 Pro Football Focus Honorable Mention Freshman All-American
- Played 12 games in 2023, making 44 catches for 552 yards and two touchdowns while also rushing for nine yards
- Also averaged 16.3 yards per kick return and 6.2 per punt return in 2023
- Had two catches for 21 yards while an injury limited him to three games in 2022
- Recorded eight catches for 60 yards and averaged 11.0 yards per punt return, as a season-ending injury held him to just two games in 2021
- Made 60 receptions for 723 yards and four touchdowns while rushing for 27 more in 2019
- Played JMU once previously, recording four catches for 91 yards with a long of 44, as well as a 27-yard kickoff return on Nov. 11, 2023
- Two career 100-yard games at UConn
- Two career catches over 50 yards at UConn, including career-long 94-yarder vs. ECU (2019)
- Career-high nine receptions vs. Houston (2019) and at UMass (2019)
- Career-high 169 receiving yards vs. ECU (2019)
- Career-high two receiving touchdowns vs. ECU (2019)
- UConn career-long 27-yard kickoff return at JMU (2023)
- Career-long 19-yard punt return at Fresno State (2021)
- UConn career-long 14-yard rush vs. USF (2023)
High School:
- 2018 Washington Post Second Team All-Metro
- 2018 USA Today All-USA DC Second Team
- 2018 First Team All-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference and Honorable Mention in 2017
- Accumulated over 2,000 all-purpose yards and 18 touchdowns in career
- Helped St. John’s College to WCAC championship in 2017
- Played 2015 and 2016 seasons at St. Elizabeth School in Wilmington, Del., earning 2016 First Team All-Delaware Catholic Conference honors both at wide receiver and return specialist
Personal:
- Son of Sheila Dean Ross and Gerald Ross III
- Has two brothers, Brandon and Jarrett
- Both of his brothers played football at Maryland, with Brandon playing 2011-15 and Jarrett 2013-16
- Graduated from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in finance in December 2022
- Pursuing master's degree at JMU in sport and recreation leadership
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