Torrance Burgess

2024 (Redshirt junior) Enrolled at Texas State in January 2024 … Played for Texas State running backs coach Barrick Nealy at UTEP from 2022-23 … An all-purpose back with experience at running back and wide receiver in his JUCO and collegiate career … Had over 1,000 all-purpose yards at UTEP in 2023 and at Tyler JC in 2021. Played in 12 games, making his lone start in the First Responder Bowl... Was third on the team with 367 rushing yards on 60 carries... Had 2 TDs... Added 111 receiving yards... Registered 5 kickoff returns for 109 yards... Finished 4th on the team with 367 yards of total offense and was 6th with 587 yards of total offense. PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE UTEP (2022-23) 2023 (Redshirt sophomore) All-CUSA Honorable Mention as a running back and punt returner … Played in 11 games … Team’s second-leading rusher with 620 yards on 124 carries … Also scored 2 rushing touchdowns … 17 receptions for 227 yards … Third on the team in receiving yards … 202 kick return yards (9 returns) and 67 punt return yards (3 returns) and a touchdown … 1,116 all-purpose yards … Averaged 101.5 all-purpose yards per game, which was 2nd in CUSA … 3 total touchdowns (2 rushing, 1 punt return) … 4 games of 80+ rushing yards … 4 games of 100+ all-purpose yards … 22 rushing yards and 78 receiving yards at Arizona on Sept. 16 … Season-high 99 rushing yards on 19 attempts along with a touchdown vs. UNLV on Sept. 23 … Finished the UNLV game with 183 all-purpose yards (99 rushing, 30 receiving, 54 kick return) … 52 rushing yards on 13 carries along with 2 kick return yards for 71 yards at Sam Houston on Oct. 25 ... 54-yard punt return touchdown at Middle Tennessee on Nov. 18 … Was only one of 2 CUSA players to have a punt return in 2023. 2022 (Sophomore) Played in 2 games … Redshirt … 4 rushes for 3 yards (long: 6) … one rush for 5 yards at Oklahoma on Sept. 3 … 3 rush attempts vs. FIU on Nov. 19 … Late offer signee by UTEP in the summer of 2022. Tyler JC (2021) 2021 (Freshman) Played in 12 games … 494 rushing yards on 62 attempts with 4 touchdowns … Averaged 8.0 yards per carry (long: 75 yards) … 42 catches for 493 yards and 2 touchdowns … Averaged 11.7 yards per catch … 11 kick returns for 226 yards (average: 20.5) … 1,214 all-purpose yards … Season-high 186 rushing yards on 14 carries with 2 touchdowns at Kilgore College on Nov. 13 … Also had 118 receiving yards on 9 catches against Kilgore on Nov. 13 … Scored 3 total touchdowns with 304 all-purpose yards in that game ... 102 rushing yards on 6 carries at New Mexico Military Institute on Nov. 20. High School Attended Dawson High School (TX) … 2020 District 23-6A Utility Player of the Year … First team all-district running back as a senior … 651 rushing yards on 98 carries with a touchdown in his senior season in 2020 … Also had 207 receiving yards on 16 catches with a touchdown … 989 all-purpose yards … Helped Dawson win a district championship in his senior season … 1,018 rushing yards on 119 carries as junior in 2019 … 485 rushing yards on 62 carries in 2018 as a sophomore … More than 2,500 all-purpose yards in 3 seasons in his high school career.