2017 Football Roster
Patterson, T.J.
vs
Wyoming
Sep 20 (Sat)
8:15 p.m.
Jersey Number 18
T.J. Patterson
- Position:
- Quarterback/Holder
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Boulder, Colo.
- High School:
- Boulder
- Prev School:
- Wyoming
Bio
AT COLORADO: 2017 (Sr.)—He appeared in all 12 games as the holder on placement kicks, the only one to do so for all 59 snaps on the field goal/PAT unit … CU made all 36 extra point kicks and was 17-of-22 on field goal tries, with the other play a fake at UCLA where he threw an incomplete pass … He helped kicker James Stefanou make nine consecutive field goal attempts from Sept. 1-30, which tied for the second-longest streak in school history … Stefanou went on to be a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award.
2016 (Jr.)—He did not see any game action, but did dress for two games (Colorado State and Utah).
2015 (Jr.)—He did not see any game action, but did dress for the final two games after the injury to Sefo Liufau and he thus made the travel squad ... Joined the team as a walk-on in time for spring drills (he practiced regularly but did not appear in any of the four major spring scrimmages) … Transferred to CU from Wyoming in June 2014 and after making up some credits, he fully enrolled in school for the spring semester; however, he was out of football the 2014 season.
AT WYOMING: 2013 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he did not see any action but practiced at quarterback … Spent one week during the 2014 spring practices with the Cowboys with their new coaching staff, but decided he wanted to transfer and secured his release to look at other schools.
HIGH SCHOOL—He lettered three times in football – his senior year at Boulder High, his freshman and sophomore years at rival Fairview (he had to sit out 2011, his junior season, due to transfer rules) ... He was BHS’s offensive most valuable player and team captain, and earned honorable mention All-North Metro League honors as a senior despite missing nearly half the season ... Ahead of his senior season, he was invited to three prestigious quarterback camps: at the National Underclassmen Combine Top Prospect Elite Camp, hosted by the University of Oklahoma, he placed in the top five among the 20 quarterbacks invited (after earning MVP honors at the regional combine the month before; and at the Ultimate 100 Camp in Los Angeles, he placed in the top three among 25 quarterbacks ... As a senior, he played in just five full games and a little over a quarter of a sixth, as he missed the better part of five contests after fracturing his right fibula in the second game of the season ... Completed 110-of-189 passes for 1,558 yards and 21 touchdowns (58.2 completion percentage); he threw eight interceptions ... Threw for over 200 yards in four games and three or more TDs five times ... Top games as a senior: he essentially saved his best for last, as in his final game as a prep performer in a 49-35 win over Thornton, he completed 28-of-32 passes for 403 yards and six touchdowns (no interceptions; that worked to a efficiency rating of 270.3); he set school records in that one for completion percentage (87.5), yards and TD passes ... In the game he was injured in, a 58-20 win over Prairie View, he completed all four of his passes for 71 yards – all for touchdowns (25, 6, 25 and 15 yards) – before leaving the game in the second quarter ... In a 56-35 loss to Arvada West, he was 29-of-54 for 393 yards (4 TD/3 INT) … At Fairview, he was a reserve quarterback and appeared on a limited basis ... Under coach Jeff Santee, Boulder was 3-7 his senior year; under coach Tom McCartney, FHS was 4-6 his sophomore year and 12-1 his freshman season, the Front Range League champions, reaching the state semifinals.
ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado.
PERSONAL—He was born Nov.10, 1994 in Boulder ... Hobbies include playing video games, golf, watching movies and spending time with friends and family ... Father (Tim) was a four-year letterman in skiing at Wyoming from 1977-80; a grandfather (Richard Patterson) was a pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals; a cousin (Nate Matlock) played defensive end at Willamette from 2001-04 ... First name is Timothy.
2016 (Jr.)—He did not see any game action, but did dress for two games (Colorado State and Utah).
2015 (Jr.)—He did not see any game action, but did dress for the final two games after the injury to Sefo Liufau and he thus made the travel squad ... Joined the team as a walk-on in time for spring drills (he practiced regularly but did not appear in any of the four major spring scrimmages) … Transferred to CU from Wyoming in June 2014 and after making up some credits, he fully enrolled in school for the spring semester; however, he was out of football the 2014 season.
AT WYOMING: 2013 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he did not see any action but practiced at quarterback … Spent one week during the 2014 spring practices with the Cowboys with their new coaching staff, but decided he wanted to transfer and secured his release to look at other schools.
HIGH SCHOOL—He lettered three times in football – his senior year at Boulder High, his freshman and sophomore years at rival Fairview (he had to sit out 2011, his junior season, due to transfer rules) ... He was BHS’s offensive most valuable player and team captain, and earned honorable mention All-North Metro League honors as a senior despite missing nearly half the season ... Ahead of his senior season, he was invited to three prestigious quarterback camps: at the National Underclassmen Combine Top Prospect Elite Camp, hosted by the University of Oklahoma, he placed in the top five among the 20 quarterbacks invited (after earning MVP honors at the regional combine the month before; and at the Ultimate 100 Camp in Los Angeles, he placed in the top three among 25 quarterbacks ... As a senior, he played in just five full games and a little over a quarter of a sixth, as he missed the better part of five contests after fracturing his right fibula in the second game of the season ... Completed 110-of-189 passes for 1,558 yards and 21 touchdowns (58.2 completion percentage); he threw eight interceptions ... Threw for over 200 yards in four games and three or more TDs five times ... Top games as a senior: he essentially saved his best for last, as in his final game as a prep performer in a 49-35 win over Thornton, he completed 28-of-32 passes for 403 yards and six touchdowns (no interceptions; that worked to a efficiency rating of 270.3); he set school records in that one for completion percentage (87.5), yards and TD passes ... In the game he was injured in, a 58-20 win over Prairie View, he completed all four of his passes for 71 yards – all for touchdowns (25, 6, 25 and 15 yards) – before leaving the game in the second quarter ... In a 56-35 loss to Arvada West, he was 29-of-54 for 393 yards (4 TD/3 INT) … At Fairview, he was a reserve quarterback and appeared on a limited basis ... Under coach Jeff Santee, Boulder was 3-7 his senior year; under coach Tom McCartney, FHS was 4-6 his sophomore year and 12-1 his freshman season, the Front Range League champions, reaching the state semifinals.
ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado.
PERSONAL—He was born Nov.10, 1994 in Boulder ... Hobbies include playing video games, golf, watching movies and spending time with friends and family ... Father (Tim) was a four-year letterman in skiing at Wyoming from 1977-80; a grandfather (Richard Patterson) was a pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals; a cousin (Nate Matlock) played defensive end at Willamette from 2001-04 ... First name is Timothy.
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