Gerrad Kough

BYU

Sep 27 (Sat)

8:15 PM

Photo by: Tony Harman

Position:
Offensive Lineman
Height:
6-4
Weight:
295
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Pomona, Calif.
High School:
Pomona

AT COLORADO: 2017 (Sr.)—He started all 12 games for the Buffs at left guard and played in the most snaps from scrimmage of anyone on offense (907 of a possible 909, and 144 more than the next lineman); he played every snap in 11 games and added another 18 on the field goal/PAT unit on special teams … He shared the team’s Offensive Trench Award with Jeromy Irwin, presented by the coaches for outstanding play on the offensive line … Also won the Hammer Award for the hardest legal hit of the year … He earned a grade of 2.31 in CU’s grading system, second-best on the team (best single game grade was a 2.20 at Utah, the best game grade of the year by any lineman) … Also had solid 2.26 grades against Arizona and Oregon State … He had team-highs of 14 direct touchdown blocks and 16 perfect plays on touchdown passes … Had 10½ knockdown blocks (second-most), allowed just 2½ quarterback sacks, and pressures on just four other plays … Flagged for six penalties on the year … Played all 90 snaps against Arizona to help Phillip Lindsay set a school record with 41 rushing attempts (for 281 yards, the fourth-most ever at CU); Lindsay also became CU’s all-time leader in career all-purpose yards during that game behind Kough and the CU offensive line … Phil Steele’s College Football selected him as a preseason third-team All-Pac-12 performer and at No. 42 on his list of the top offensive guards.
2016 (Jr.)—He started the first 10 games of the season before sitting out the last three with an ankle injury ... Returned from injury to start in the Alamo Bowl … Collected honorable mention All-Pac-12 honors by the league coaches (he earned midseason All-Pac-12 honors from ESPN.com) … Played 669 snaps and graded out as the second-best lineman on the team with a 2.35 figure (with his best grade of 2.28 coming in the opener against Colorado State) … He was credited with 10 touchdown blocks (direct), 10 perfect plays on passing touchdowns and eight knockdown blocks … Was in for just 17 plays at Arizona before getting hurt; he also played another 39 snaps on the field goal/PAT unit on special teams … Athlon Sports selected him as a fourth-team All-Pac-12 preseason team member.
2015 (Soph.)—He saw action in 10 games (all starts), missing the Oregon State, Stanford and Southern Cal games due to wrist and concussion issues … Was in for 562 snaps from scrimmage, owning an overall grade of 82.2 percent and a plus-play percentage of 53.8; he had 17 knockdown and seven touchdown blocks along with seven perfect plays on TD passes … His top overall game grade came at UCLA with an 87.2 percent mark, and his high plus-play game came against Nicholls State (61.8) … Was called for five penalties, allowed six-and-half quarterback sacks and 14 pressures … Played another 45 snaps on the field goal/PAT unit on special teams … In the spring, the coaches selected him as the recipient of the Joe Romig Award, presented to the most improved offensive lineman.
2014 (Fr.-RS)—He saw action in 10 games, including three on offense with two starts (the latter against UCLA and Arizona ... In 215 snaps from scrimmage, he recorded 102 plus plays for a 51.4 plus-play percentage; he had another 57 graded at even to give him an overall grade of 74.0 percent ... Had eight knockdown and two touchdown blocks, while not allowing a quarterback sack and only gave up two pressures … Played every snap against UCLA (91) and Arizona (75), and was in for just more than half (49) at Southern California ... In addition, he was in for 51 plays on special teams on the field goal/PAT unit.
2013 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he practiced all fall as an offensive lineman … Missed all of spring ball after undergoing surgery (March 8) to repair a broken bone in his foot he injured in conditioning drills … He signed in the 2012 class but grayshirted, enrolling at CU in January … Spent the fall working out, and gained 25 pounds to bulk up to 295 from the 270 he weighed on signing day.

HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, he was ranked the No. 113 offensive tackle in the nation by ESPN.com and as the No. 99 player overall in California ... Earned first-team All-CIF Southern Section Mid-Valley Division honors as an offensive lineman, and also made the Inland Empire All-Star team … In both his junior and senior seasons, he earned recognition as a first-team All-Valle Vista League performer as a starter both years at tackle … As a senior, he compiled over 50 pancake blocks as he paved the way for an offense that averaged 217 rushing yards per game … He also played defensive tackle, totaling 38 tackles and recovering two fumbles … Despite losing 24-7, one of his most memorable games as a senior came against Monrovia in the playoffs when he had four tackles … Another top performance from his senior season came in a 45-14 win versus Northview when he had eight tackles and two sacks on defense, and Pomona rushed for 240 yards offensively … Under coach Anthony Rice, Pomona went 11-10 combined in his junior and senior seasons; he had followed Rice to Pomona from Colony High School (Ontario, Calif.), which had gone 10-2 his sophomore year and won the Mount Baldy League title … As a sophomore, he was named second-team All-League as an offensive lineman and also played varsity as a freshman. He also lettered in track (shot put).

ACADEMICS—He graduated in December 2016 with bachelor degrees in Communications and Ethnic Studies … He was presented with the 2016 Clancy A. Herbst Award at CU’s annual Academic Recognition Breakfast for overcoming personal, academic and emotional challenges to succeed both academically and athletically.

PERSONAL—He was born March 26, 1994, in La Habra, Calif. … Hobbies include fishing and playing most sports … An older brother, Robert, played defensive end at Army from 2010-14 … While at Colony, he teamed with former CU defensive back Jered Bell as CU’s roots are deep at Pomona: they join Buffalo alumni Jo Jo Collins (1984-88), J.J. Flannigan (1986-89) and Lamarr Gray (1986-90) on that list. (Name is pronounced jair-ed koh)