Drew Ebner

BYU

Sep 27 (Sat)

8:15 PM

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
5-11
Weight:
200
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Arvada, Colo.
High School:
Pomona

AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.-RS)-He joined the team as a walk-on for spring practices. He enters the fall as a reserve at the "Z" wide receiver position; he did not have any catches in the three main scrimmages.

2010 (Fr.)-He attended Colorado as a student, but was not a member of the football team; however, his NCAA "clock" started once he enrolled and started taking classes.

HIGH SCHOOL-He earned honorable mention All-State (Denver Post) and first-team All-Big 8 Conference honors as senior, when he had 45 receptions for 950 yards and three touchdowns; the 950 yards were the second most by a receiver in school history. He also averaged just over 10 yards on 15 punt returns. As a junior, he caught 35 passes for 520 yards and 15 touchdowns. Under coach Jay Madden, Pomona was 12-2 his senior season, losing in the state championship game to Mullen (27-24), and 10-2 his junior campaign. He also lettered four times in track (sprints, relays), with a team/personal best of 51.23 in the open 400-meter run as a senior, when he was a member of Pomona's record setting 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams; he also owned a personal best of 23.1 in the 200. PHS was a three-time league champion during his prep career and his 4x200 relay team went to state his senior year.

ACADEMICS-He is majoring in EBIO (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology) at Colorado, as he has aspirations of becoming a marine biologist. He was first-team Academic All-State performer his sophomore through senior years in high school.

PERSONAL-He was born May 1, 1992 in Arvada, Colo. His hobbies include playing most sports, waterskiing, fishing and video games and he was both a Cub Scout and Boy Scout. An older brother, Dustin, is junior receiver on the Buffaloes, with another older brother, Derek, a model and actor. An uncle, Skip Jeranko, and a cousin, Mark Jeranko, both played basketball at Fort Lewis College.