Tj Bush

Junior (2025) - Cal Leads the 2025 team with 5.5 sacks (-37 yards), while ranking second with 9.0 tackles for loss (-44 yards), with the yards lost for both also team highs. Has added 38 tackles, three quarterback hurries and one pass breakup. Has started all 12 games. Sophomore (2024) - Liberty Lombardi Award Midseason Watch List (nation’s top lineman or linebacker). Made a career high 58 tackles along with 9.5 TFL, 5.5 sacks and defended four passes. Freshman (2023) - Liberty FWAA Freshman All-American. Conference USA All-Freshman Team. Started all 14 games at defensive end as a true freshman. Finished the season with 32 tackles (11 solo, 21 assisted). Ranked third on the team with 7.0 tackles for a loss (22 yards). Also recorded two sacks for a loss of 11 yards). Ranked fourth on the team with five pass breakups. Also added three quarterback hurries. Helped Liberty finish the season ranked No. 9 in the country in turnovers gained (25), No. 21 in turnover margin (0.50) and No. 24 in rushing defense (116.7 yards allowed per game). Two tackles, including a tackle for a loss and a quarterback hurry, against Bowling Green in his first collegiate game. Two solo tackles, including a seven-yard sack, at Buffalo. Three assisted tackles and two quarterback hurries at Western Kentucky. Recorded a season-high six stops against Louisiana Tech, including three solo tackles and 1.5 tackles for a loss. Five stops against Old Dominion, including 1.5 tackles for a loss. Two tackles and a quarterback hurry during the CUSA Football Championship game against New Mexico State. Two tackles, including a pass breakup, against No. 8 Oregon in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. Prep Graduated from Freedom High School in Woodbridge, Va. Three-star recruit as ranked by 247Sports.com. Three-star recruit as ranked by Rivals.com. Helped Freedom High School to the state championship title during his senior season. Named District and Regional Player of the Year. Finished his senior year with 85 tackles, 33.0 tackles for a loss and 29.5 sacks. 2022 Class 6A Virginia State Defensive Player of the Year.