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Jersey Number 1
Boobie Hobbs
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 180
- Position:
- DB
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- New Orleans, La.
- High School:
- Landry-Walker HS
- Prev School:
- Landry-Walker HS
Bio
UTAH: All-conference return specialist also played nickel back and cornerback… played in 50 games with eight starts … 71 career punt returns for 651 yards (9.2 average) … 71 career punt returns ranks third in school history … 651 punt return yards is fourth all-time at Utah … 9.17 career punt return average is ninth in school history … was the team’s fastest player his senior season, clocking a 4.38-second 40.
2017–Second-team All-Pac-12 return specialist … played in all 13 games with seven starts (6 at nickel back, 1 at cornerback) … 33 tackles (1.0 TFL) and 1 interception … two fumble recoveries was tied for third in the Pac-12 … tied for third on the team in pass breakups (5) and passes defended (6) … four tackles and a pass breakup against Colorado … three tackles and a fumble recovery against Arizona … two tackles and a fumble recovery vs. UCLA … two tackles and two pass breakups in the Heart of Dallas Bowl against West Virginia … 26 punt returns led the Pac-12 and tied for sixth in the nation … second in the league and ninth in the nation with 292 punt return yards … second in the Pac-12 and 12th in the nation with an 11.2 punt return average … 292 punt return yards ranks ninth in a season at Utah and 26 punt returns in a season is tied for ninth-most in a season at Utah … three punt returns for a career-high 95 yards against San Jose State … one punt return for 48 yards vs. Arizona … three punt returns for 46 yards vs. UCLA … three punt returns for 46 yards against West Virginia.
2016–Played in 13 games with one start at cornerback (Arizona) … three tackles … 35 punt returns led the nation … third in the Pac-12 and sixth in the nation in punt return yards (274) … sixth in the league in punt return average (7.8) … four punt returns for 73 yards against Oregon included a 55-yard touchdown … five punt returns in three games: 55 yards against Southern Utah, 42 yards vs. San Jose State and 35 yards against Indiana in the Foster Farms Bowl … honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic.
2015–Played in all 13 games ... eight total tackles and one pass breakup … season-high three tackles against Oregon State … secured a victory over California with a pass breakup on fourth down late in the fourth quarter … nine punt returns for 79 yards (8.8 ypr) … only punt return against Oregon resulted in a 69-yard touchdown on a trick play … two kick returns for 34 yards … honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic.
2014–Appeared in 11 games as a true freshman, mostly on special teams … checked in at nickel back against Fresno State and Colorado State … three total tackles included two against Fresno State and one at Oregon State … returned a punt for six yards in season opener against Idaho State … lettered.
HIGH SCHOOL: 4A first-team all-state cornerback by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) in 2013 … made nine interceptions his senior season … led Landry-Walker HS (La.)—a consolidation of two high schools, including O. Perry Walker High—to the 2013 Louisiana 4A state semifinals … named Top Defender at the National Select 7 on 7 Championships in July 2013 … made the 2012 all-district 9-4A team as a junior at O. Perry Walker High … New Orleans Metro Area 4A Player of the Week as a senior after a win over Easton HS, when he returned an interception 100 yards for a game-winning touchdown and also had four pass breakups and seven tackles ... team captain … also lettered in track.
PERSONAL: Son of Troy and Tonisha Hobbs … one brother and one sister … has a daughter (Paisley Edwards) … will receive a bachelor’s degree in sociology in spring 2018 … full name is Travonne (pronounced truh-von) Dawayne Hobbs, but prefers his nickname Boobie.
2017–Second-team All-Pac-12 return specialist … played in all 13 games with seven starts (6 at nickel back, 1 at cornerback) … 33 tackles (1.0 TFL) and 1 interception … two fumble recoveries was tied for third in the Pac-12 … tied for third on the team in pass breakups (5) and passes defended (6) … four tackles and a pass breakup against Colorado … three tackles and a fumble recovery against Arizona … two tackles and a fumble recovery vs. UCLA … two tackles and two pass breakups in the Heart of Dallas Bowl against West Virginia … 26 punt returns led the Pac-12 and tied for sixth in the nation … second in the league and ninth in the nation with 292 punt return yards … second in the Pac-12 and 12th in the nation with an 11.2 punt return average … 292 punt return yards ranks ninth in a season at Utah and 26 punt returns in a season is tied for ninth-most in a season at Utah … three punt returns for a career-high 95 yards against San Jose State … one punt return for 48 yards vs. Arizona … three punt returns for 46 yards vs. UCLA … three punt returns for 46 yards against West Virginia.
2016–Played in 13 games with one start at cornerback (Arizona) … three tackles … 35 punt returns led the nation … third in the Pac-12 and sixth in the nation in punt return yards (274) … sixth in the league in punt return average (7.8) … four punt returns for 73 yards against Oregon included a 55-yard touchdown … five punt returns in three games: 55 yards against Southern Utah, 42 yards vs. San Jose State and 35 yards against Indiana in the Foster Farms Bowl … honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic.
2015–Played in all 13 games ... eight total tackles and one pass breakup … season-high three tackles against Oregon State … secured a victory over California with a pass breakup on fourth down late in the fourth quarter … nine punt returns for 79 yards (8.8 ypr) … only punt return against Oregon resulted in a 69-yard touchdown on a trick play … two kick returns for 34 yards … honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic.
2014–Appeared in 11 games as a true freshman, mostly on special teams … checked in at nickel back against Fresno State and Colorado State … three total tackles included two against Fresno State and one at Oregon State … returned a punt for six yards in season opener against Idaho State … lettered.
HIGH SCHOOL: 4A first-team all-state cornerback by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) in 2013 … made nine interceptions his senior season … led Landry-Walker HS (La.)—a consolidation of two high schools, including O. Perry Walker High—to the 2013 Louisiana 4A state semifinals … named Top Defender at the National Select 7 on 7 Championships in July 2013 … made the 2012 all-district 9-4A team as a junior at O. Perry Walker High … New Orleans Metro Area 4A Player of the Week as a senior after a win over Easton HS, when he returned an interception 100 yards for a game-winning touchdown and also had four pass breakups and seven tackles ... team captain … also lettered in track.
PERSONAL: Son of Troy and Tonisha Hobbs … one brother and one sister … has a daughter (Paisley Edwards) … will receive a bachelor’s degree in sociology in spring 2018 … full name is Travonne (pronounced truh-von) Dawayne Hobbs, but prefers his nickname Boobie.
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