Sean Irwin

Wyoming

Sep 20 (Sat)

TBA

Photo by: Tony Harman

Photo by: Associated Press

Position:
Tight End
Height:
6-3
Weight:
250
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Cypress, Texas
High School:
Cypress Fairbanks

AT COLORADO:

Appeared in 49 games in his Colorado career with 18 starts.

2016 (Sr.)—He played in 13 games (three official starts, but he was CU’s starter as in most games the Buffs opened in a four-wide set; he missed the Oregon State game due to an injury). Though he did not catch any passes in the regular season (was only thrown to a few times), he was one of the top tight ends in the Pac-12 Conference due to his blocking abilities (he also had three knockdown blocks on special teams duty and played 47 snaps on the field goal/PAT unit). Against Oklahoma State in the Alamo Bowl, he did have a reception for 15 yards. The coaches presented him with the team's Hammer Award for the hardest legal hit of the year. With his blocking he helped the Buffalo offense average 469.9 yards per game, which ranks as the sixth-highest average in CU history (and the highest average since 1996). Colorado produced six games totaling over 500 yards of offense, tying the most in a season in school history. He was ranked in the preseason as the No. 38 tight end in the country by Phil Steele’s College Football (which selected him third-team preseason All-Pac-12). He was Colorado’s nomination for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award (for the most outstanding offensive player with ties to the state of Texas). The coaches selected him as the co-recipient of the Eddie Crowder Award for outstanding leadership during spring practices.

2015 (Jr.)—An honorable mention All-Pac-12 performer, he played in all 13 games (11 starts, the other two games CU opened in difference formations). Used primarily as a blocker, when he was the target he caught 15 passes for 248 yards for a team-best 16.5 yards per reception. That 16.5 yards per catch was the most by a CU tight end with 10 or more receptions in school history, and the best by the team’s leading tight end since 1988. He was third on the team in both catches for 10-plus (9) and 20-plus (5) yards, with 11 of his grabs earning first downs. He had career-highs of three receptions (at Utah) and 52 yards (against Arizona), with his career-long reception of 47 yards coming against the Wildcats. His other four plays of 20-plus yards covered 42 (at Arizona State), 31 (at UCLA), 22 (at Oregon State) and 20 (versus USC). He once again played every snap on the field goal/PAT unit on special teams (65), and on the kickoff return unit, he recorded two knockdown blocks.

2014 (Soph.)—He saw action in all 12 games (three starts) on both offense and special teams. The tight end was used primarily in a blocking role in the offensive scheme, though he did make seven catches for 67 yards (9.6 per), with one touchdown. He caught two passes in three different games, against Colorado State (for 19 yards), Oregon State (32 yards, including a 22-yard catch and run for a score) and at Southern California (for 19 yards). Four of his catches earned first downs. He played an additional 63 snaps of the field goal/PAT unit and another 86 on the kickoff return unit, when he had a team-best 14 knockdown blocks clearing the path for the return man. He was the recipient of the team’s Hammer Award, for the hardest legal hit of the year. He caught three passes for 28 yards in the main spring scrimmages, two of which went for touchdowns. The coaches selected him as the recipient of the Daniel Graham Award for the spring, presented to the most improved “big skill” player.

2013 (Fr.-RS)—He played in all 12 games, including one start (against California) but was utilized primarily in a reserve role on offense; he had one reception on the year (a 7-yard grab against Oregon). He played all 56 snaps on the field goal/PAT unit on special teams. He caught six passes for 37 yards in the four main spring scrimmages.

2012 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced at tight end the entire fall.

HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, he only played in four games after an ankle injury sustained during two-a-days caused him to miss the Bobcats’ first nine games. However, he was still ranked the No. 39 tight end in the nation by Scout.com despite missing the majority of the year with ESPN.com tabbing him as the No. 72 tight end nationally and as the No. 210 player overall from the state of Texas. As a junior, he was named first-team All-Greater Houston by The Houston Chronicle and also earned first-team All-5A District 17 honors. For his career, he made 24 receptions for 495 yards and four touchdowns, the bulk of which came during his junior season (16 catches, 305 yards, two touchdowns); he also was of the best blocking tight ends in the state of Texas. One of his top games as a senior came in the 5A Division I Regional Finals versus Fort Bend Hightower: with Cy-Fair trailing 14-0, he caught a 20-yard touchdown pass to put the Bobcats on the board and provide the team some momentum, but ultimately they it lost 21-14 to a school that reached the state championship game. Top outings from his junior season came in a 31-7 win over Cypress Falls in which he had several pancake blocks, and in a 28-14 loss to Cy-Woods, when he had two catches for 30 yards. A two-year starter and three-year lettermen at tight end, he played a key role in Cy-Fair’s turnaround as under coach Ed Pustejovsky, Cy-Fair improved dramatically each season: 0-10 as a sophomore, 9-3 as a junior, 12-1 as a senior, winning the District 17 championship his senior season after sharing it his junior year. He also lettered in basketball as a sophomore and threw the discus on the track and field team.

ACADEMICS—He graduated in December 2016 with a degree in both Classics and History.

PERSONAL—He was born July 8, 1993, in North Little Rock, Ark. He is the middle of a set of triplets, born moments after his brother, John, and before his brother, Jeromy; Jeromy was also is a member of CU’s 2012 recruiting class. A grandfather (Roby Irwin) played football at TCU, and an uncle (Jack McClelland) ran track at Texas. His hobbies include playing computer games and paintballing.