2016 Football Roster
Irwin, Jeromy
vs
Wyoming
Sep 20 (Sat)
8:15 p.m.
Jersey Number 76
Jeromy Irwin
- Position:
- Offensive Lineman
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 295
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Cypress, Texas
- High School:
- Cypress Fairbanks
Bio
AT COLORADO: Career: A sixth-year senior, he played in 46 career games with 36 starts (redshirted as a sophomore in 2013, received medical hardship waiver for 2015 season) … Because he was awarded an extra year due to injury after having played a significant amount in the first three games of what was to be his original junior year, he was one of those players who earned a rare five letters in one sport.
2017 (Sr.)— He earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors from the Associated Press (honorable mention by the league coaches) … Garnered first-team All-Colorado accolades from the state’s NFF chapter for the second straight year … He shared the team’s Offensive Trench Award with Gerrad Kough, presented by the coaches for outstanding play on the offensive line … Started 10 games, all at left tackle, playing every snap in eight of those for a total of 709 on the season … He earned a grade of 2.29 in CU’s grading system, best on the team (his best single game grade was a 2.21 against Oregon State and had five sub 2.30 games on the year) … He led the team with 26 knockdown blocks (15½ more than the next lineman), and tied for the team-high with 16 perfect plays on touchdown passes while also allowing a team-low one-and-a-half quarterback sacks (and just four pressures on other plays) … Also had 12 direct touchdown blocks and was flagged for seven penalties … After he missed the first two games of the season, he returned with a vengeance and recorded a team season-high eight knockdown blocks (with four perfect plays on TD passes) in the win over Northern Colorado … Playing in all 90 snaps in the Arizona game, when he earned his second-highest grade of the season at 2.23), he helped Phillip Lindsay set a school record with 41 rushing attempts (for 281 yards, fourth-most ever at CU); Lindsay also became CU’s all-time leader in career all-purpose yards during that Arizona game behind Irwin and the CU offensive line … He also had 5½ knockdowns against Southern California in his final game at Folsom Field … He was voted team captain for a second consecutive season, becoming one of 10 Buffs in program history to serve as captain twice … Was presented the Dick Anderson Award for outstanding toughness at the conclusion of spring practices … Lindy’s College Football, Phil Steele’s College Football and collegefootballnews.com all selected him as a preseason first-team All-Pac-12 performer while Athlon Sports and collegesportsmadness.com placed him on its second-team … Collegefootballnews.com rated him as the 12th best offensive tackle in the nation and the 24th-best overall player in the Pac-12 … Phil Steele’s College Football ranked him as the 23rd-best offensive tackle in the country.
2016 (Jr.-RS)—He started 12 games at left offensive tackle plus the Alamo Bowl (he missed the Arizona game due to illness), grading out as CU’s top offensive lineman ... Earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors from the league coaches, was a third-team pick of Phil Steele’s College Football and a first-team All-Colorado team pick by the NFF College Football Hall of Fame Colorado Chapter ... Was the recipient of CU's Offensive Trench Award, which the coaches present to the most outstanding offensive lineman ... In playing the second-most snaps on offense (896), he was credited with a team-high 20 knockdown blocks, 14 touchdown blocks (direct), 15 perfect plays on passing touchdowns while only allowing just a half sack and nine pressures on the season (CU attempted 431 passes on the year) … The Arizona State and Washington Stage games were his two best, grading out to a 2.23 score by the coaches, the best two games by any lineman on the year … Phil Steele’s College Football ranked him as the No. 41 offensive tackle in the nation entering the year, despite coming off a season-ending injury in 2015 when he played in just two games … He served as one of five team captains for the 2016 season by a vote of his teammates.
2015 (Jr.)—He suffered a torn ACL in the second quarter of the second game of the year (Massachusetts), underwent surgery in late September and was lost for the remainder of the season … Was in for just 119 snaps in just over five quarters and was on his way to having a great season: he was grading out to 85.7 percent overall at the time he was injured, with four knockdown and two touchdown blocks (no penalties or sacks allowed) … 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).
2014 (Soph.-RS)—He started 11 games at offensive left tackle; he missed the Arizona game after going down with an ankle sprain just 13 plays into the Washington game the previous week ... Was in for 819 snaps from scrimmage, and with 482 “plus plays,” he had a 58.9 plus play percentage on the season ... When accounting for 220 plays considered even, his season grade was 85.7 percent ... He had 40 knockdown blocks along with a team-best eight direct touchdown blocks, with 26 perfect plays on touchdown passes … Allowed just three quarterback sacks guarding the quarterbacks’ blind side ... His top game grades came against Oregon State (72.0 plus percentage, 94.8 overall) ... He was 100 percent healed from a foot injury from the previous summer when he suffered a stress fracture of his fifth metatarsal on March 22, forcing him to miss the remainder of spring practice ... The coaches presented him with the Tyronee “Tiger” Bussey Award after the season for inspiration in the face of physical adversity.
2013 (Soph.)—Redshirted; he suffered a broken bone in his foot doing some yard work on July 30, and was originally expected to be out the first few games but it was slow to heal … He ended the spring listed second at both left tackle and left guard and figured to be either a starter or a regular in the rotation before the injury.
2012 (Fr.)—He saw action in 10 games on the season (no starts), as he played for the first time in the third game of the year and then played the rest of the way; he was in on offense for seven games … Played 72 total snaps on the year (at guard), grading to 75.0 percent (54 plus plays); he had five “will-breaker” blocks, with his best game grade when he had 10 or more plays coming against Oregon (71.4 percent) ... Also played 27 snaps on the field goal/PAT unit on special teams.
HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, he was ranked the No. 47 offensive guard in the nation by ESPN.com and the No. 89 offensive tackle nationally by Scout.com; he earned Texas Top 100 honors from The Houston Chronicle ... As both a junior and a senior, he was a unanimous first-team selection to the All-5A District 17 team, after earning honorable mention distinction as a sophomore ... A three-year starter at left guard, he only gave up one sack in his entire prep career, and that came during his sophomore season ... Played a key role in Cy-Fair averaging over 250 rushing yards per game in his senior season, as the team ran for well over 3,000 yards in 13 games; that included one of his top personal performances that year, when in a 52-7 win over Cypress Springs, he helped pave the way for an offensive attack that gained 398 yards on the ground ... One of his most memorable moments came in a 21-14 win over Cinco Ranch in the playoffs, a victory that sent Cy-Fair to the 5A Division I Regional Finals … 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 ... Also lettered in track and field (shot put), advancing to regionals as a junior; his personal best throw was 51-0 ... He played basketball early in high school but gave it up to concentrate on football.
ACADEMICS—He graduated in May 2017 with dual degrees in both Communication and History from Colorado.
PERSONAL—He was born July 8, 1993, in North Little Rock, Ark. … He is the youngest of a set of triplets, born moments after his brothers John and Sean; Sean also was a member of CU’s 2012 recruiting class and after lettering four seasons at CU, had a tryout with the Jacksonville Jaguars in May 2017 … A grandfather (Roby Irwin) played football at TCU, and an uncle (Jack McClelland) ran track at Texas … Hobbies include playing computer games, working out and eating … He serves his community through PALS, an organization that mentors kids and does other projects such as feeding the homeless.
2017 (Sr.)— He earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors from the Associated Press (honorable mention by the league coaches) … Garnered first-team All-Colorado accolades from the state’s NFF chapter for the second straight year … He shared the team’s Offensive Trench Award with Gerrad Kough, presented by the coaches for outstanding play on the offensive line … Started 10 games, all at left tackle, playing every snap in eight of those for a total of 709 on the season … He earned a grade of 2.29 in CU’s grading system, best on the team (his best single game grade was a 2.21 against Oregon State and had five sub 2.30 games on the year) … He led the team with 26 knockdown blocks (15½ more than the next lineman), and tied for the team-high with 16 perfect plays on touchdown passes while also allowing a team-low one-and-a-half quarterback sacks (and just four pressures on other plays) … Also had 12 direct touchdown blocks and was flagged for seven penalties … After he missed the first two games of the season, he returned with a vengeance and recorded a team season-high eight knockdown blocks (with four perfect plays on TD passes) in the win over Northern Colorado … Playing in all 90 snaps in the Arizona game, when he earned his second-highest grade of the season at 2.23), he helped Phillip Lindsay set a school record with 41 rushing attempts (for 281 yards, fourth-most ever at CU); Lindsay also became CU’s all-time leader in career all-purpose yards during that Arizona game behind Irwin and the CU offensive line … He also had 5½ knockdowns against Southern California in his final game at Folsom Field … He was voted team captain for a second consecutive season, becoming one of 10 Buffs in program history to serve as captain twice … Was presented the Dick Anderson Award for outstanding toughness at the conclusion of spring practices … Lindy’s College Football, Phil Steele’s College Football and collegefootballnews.com all selected him as a preseason first-team All-Pac-12 performer while Athlon Sports and collegesportsmadness.com placed him on its second-team … Collegefootballnews.com rated him as the 12th best offensive tackle in the nation and the 24th-best overall player in the Pac-12 … Phil Steele’s College Football ranked him as the 23rd-best offensive tackle in the country.
2016 (Jr.-RS)—He started 12 games at left offensive tackle plus the Alamo Bowl (he missed the Arizona game due to illness), grading out as CU’s top offensive lineman ... Earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors from the league coaches, was a third-team pick of Phil Steele’s College Football and a first-team All-Colorado team pick by the NFF College Football Hall of Fame Colorado Chapter ... Was the recipient of CU's Offensive Trench Award, which the coaches present to the most outstanding offensive lineman ... In playing the second-most snaps on offense (896), he was credited with a team-high 20 knockdown blocks, 14 touchdown blocks (direct), 15 perfect plays on passing touchdowns while only allowing just a half sack and nine pressures on the season (CU attempted 431 passes on the year) … The Arizona State and Washington Stage games were his two best, grading out to a 2.23 score by the coaches, the best two games by any lineman on the year … Phil Steele’s College Football ranked him as the No. 41 offensive tackle in the nation entering the year, despite coming off a season-ending injury in 2015 when he played in just two games … He served as one of five team captains for the 2016 season by a vote of his teammates.
2015 (Jr.)—He suffered a torn ACL in the second quarter of the second game of the year (Massachusetts), underwent surgery in late September and was lost for the remainder of the season … Was in for just 119 snaps in just over five quarters and was on his way to having a great season: he was grading out to 85.7 percent overall at the time he was injured, with four knockdown and two touchdown blocks (no penalties or sacks allowed) … 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).
2014 (Soph.-RS)—He started 11 games at offensive left tackle; he missed the Arizona game after going down with an ankle sprain just 13 plays into the Washington game the previous week ... Was in for 819 snaps from scrimmage, and with 482 “plus plays,” he had a 58.9 plus play percentage on the season ... When accounting for 220 plays considered even, his season grade was 85.7 percent ... He had 40 knockdown blocks along with a team-best eight direct touchdown blocks, with 26 perfect plays on touchdown passes … Allowed just three quarterback sacks guarding the quarterbacks’ blind side ... His top game grades came against Oregon State (72.0 plus percentage, 94.8 overall) ... He was 100 percent healed from a foot injury from the previous summer when he suffered a stress fracture of his fifth metatarsal on March 22, forcing him to miss the remainder of spring practice ... The coaches presented him with the Tyronee “Tiger” Bussey Award after the season for inspiration in the face of physical adversity.
2013 (Soph.)—Redshirted; he suffered a broken bone in his foot doing some yard work on July 30, and was originally expected to be out the first few games but it was slow to heal … He ended the spring listed second at both left tackle and left guard and figured to be either a starter or a regular in the rotation before the injury.
2012 (Fr.)—He saw action in 10 games on the season (no starts), as he played for the first time in the third game of the year and then played the rest of the way; he was in on offense for seven games … Played 72 total snaps on the year (at guard), grading to 75.0 percent (54 plus plays); he had five “will-breaker” blocks, with his best game grade when he had 10 or more plays coming against Oregon (71.4 percent) ... Also played 27 snaps on the field goal/PAT unit on special teams.
HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, he was ranked the No. 47 offensive guard in the nation by ESPN.com and the No. 89 offensive tackle nationally by Scout.com; he earned Texas Top 100 honors from The Houston Chronicle ... As both a junior and a senior, he was a unanimous first-team selection to the All-5A District 17 team, after earning honorable mention distinction as a sophomore ... A three-year starter at left guard, he only gave up one sack in his entire prep career, and that came during his sophomore season ... Played a key role in Cy-Fair averaging over 250 rushing yards per game in his senior season, as the team ran for well over 3,000 yards in 13 games; that included one of his top personal performances that year, when in a 52-7 win over Cypress Springs, he helped pave the way for an offensive attack that gained 398 yards on the ground ... One of his most memorable moments came in a 21-14 win over Cinco Ranch in the playoffs, a victory that sent Cy-Fair to the 5A Division I Regional Finals … 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 ... Also lettered in track and field (shot put), advancing to regionals as a junior; his personal best throw was 51-0 ... He played basketball early in high school but gave it up to concentrate on football.
ACADEMICS—He graduated in May 2017 with dual degrees in both Communication and History from Colorado.
PERSONAL—He was born July 8, 1993, in North Little Rock, Ark. … He is the youngest of a set of triplets, born moments after his brothers John and Sean; Sean also was a member of CU’s 2012 recruiting class and after lettering four seasons at CU, had a tryout with the Jacksonville Jaguars in May 2017 … A grandfather (Roby Irwin) played football at TCU, and an uncle (Jack McClelland) ran track at Texas … Hobbies include playing computer games, working out and eating … He serves his community through PALS, an organization that mentors kids and does other projects such as feeding the homeless.
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