Uryan Hudson

Wyoming

Sep 20 (Sat)

8:15 p.m.

Position:
Cornerback
Height:
5-9
Weight:
170
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Manvel, Texas
High School:
Manvel

AT COLORADO: 2019 (Jr.)—Converted to safety while also playing cornerback, nickel, special teams positions... Had nine tackles combined in the two scrimmages and spring game … Had a solid spring game with six tackles, all solo, with one breakup and one third down stop.

2018 (Soph.-RS)—Played primarily Special Teams while tallying one special teams point, a knockdown or springing block on a kickoff return. He also saw his first career action on defense at cornerback against Colorado State.

HIGH SCHOOL—He was a 3-sport varsity athlete (Football, Basketball, and Track). Coached by current Syracuse QB coach Kirk Martin at Manvel High School ... Houston Vype 2016 6A Defensive Player of the Year, all-state honorable mention and two-time all-district honoree who helped lead the Manvel Mavericks to three straight regional finals his three years at Manvel High School… While playing all all secondary positions: cornerback, nickel, safety, his senior year posted 57 tackles (48 solo, nine assisted), which ranked fourth on the team … Picked off five passes that he returned for 105 yards (21.0 per) and also was credited with a team-high nine pass breakups … Returning 13 punts, he averaged 19.3 per return with a long of 75 yards for a touchdown in a 56-0 win over Pasadena; he also had 251 kickoff return yards … His top games as a senior came in a 43-40 win over North Shore when he had a season-high eight tackles, two pass breakups and an interception on a two-point conversion attempt that he returned 100 yards to result in a scoring two points as a safety for his team, a four-point swing in the game the Mavericks won by three. He finished his high school career by being named Vype Greater city of Houston Defensive Player of the Year and All-State honorable mention. With all success on the field, he was apart of the National Honor Society off the field.

ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Economics with a minor in business at Colorado and set to graduate in Spring 2020 … At the 26th Annual Student-Athlete Academic Recognition Banquet on April 3, 2018, he was one of three Buffs within the athletic department honored with the Most Improved Student-Athlete Award and made the athletic dean's list three times.

PERSONAL—His uncle, Chris Hudson, was a consensus first-team All-American at CU and the 1994 winner of the Jim Thorpe Award presented to the nation’s top defensive back. Loves Smoothie King. (First name is pronounced you-ryan)