2017 Football Roster
Sep 20 (Sat)
8:15 p.m.
Bryce Bobo
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Covina, Calif.
- High School:
- Charter Oak
AT COLORADO: Career—In Colorado history, he finished seventh in receptions (150), 11th in receiving yards (1,638) and tied for 17th in touchdown receptions (10) … Also was 92nd all-time in scoring with 64 points, as he also had two 2-point conversions … At the time, he became the 16th player in Colorado history to record 100 career receptions, doing so in the second game (Texas State) as a senior … Earned a total of 81 first downs in his career (79 receiving, two passing), including 25 on third and/or fourth downs … Had three 100-yard receiving games … He was 2-of-2 passing in his career, for 78 yards and two touchdowns; that was a gaudy passer rating of 757.6 … He played in 50 games (including the Alamo Bowl) and made 28 starts in a CU uniform, missing just one game his junior year … “Terrorized” the state of Oregon in back-to-back years, making the game-winning TD catch in Eugene as a junior then in Corvallis as a senior.
2017 (Sr.)—He earned second-team All-Colorado honors from the state’s NFF chapter … Was invited to and played in the East-West Shrine Game in the postseason (no stats recorded) … He led the team in receiving with team-highs of 62 receptions, 693 yards and five touchdowns; he averaged 11.2 yards per catch … He had seven catches for 20-plus yards and 32 of 10 yards or longer, the latter the team-best … Third on the team with 35 first downs earned (34 receiving, one passing) … He threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Steven Montez in the 36-33 win at Oregon State, his only passing attempt of the season (second of his career) … In that game, he caught the game-winning TD pass from Montez that covered 13 yards with 1:34 to play … Also had one rush for 9 yards (at UCLA) … He went over the 1,000-yard mark for his career in the win over Texas State, when he had a team-high seven catches for 75 yards and a TD (one of those grabs was a one-handed, 28-yard reception that was named the Opus Bank #12 Best Play of the Week) … He caught at least two passes in every game, with six or more in six games … In the win at Oregon State, he posted a career-high 126 yards receiving on nine catches with two TDs – the first two-touchdown game since his freshman season … Matched his career-high with 10 receptions for 113 yards against USC, his second 100-yard game of the season … He was one of 45 players on the preseason watch list for the Biletnikoff Award (nation’s top receiver) … Phil Steele’s College Football selected him as a preseason third-team All-Pac-12 performer.
2016 (Jr.)—He earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 honors from the league coaches ... Played and started in 12 of 13 games, in addition to the Alamo Bowl, missing only the Utah contest due to injury … Ranked third on the team in receiving yards with 523 and was fourth in receptions with 41 ... Had two touchdowns on the year, including a game-winning, body-twisting, one-handed 31-yard touchdown catch that lifted the Buffaloes to a 41-38 win at Oregon and landed him with the No. 1 play on SportsCenter's Top 10 that night (one of two Top 10 plays he was featured with on SportsCenter during the year – the other at No. 3 for a one-handed 46-yard reception against Colorado State) ... Had a season/career-high 10 receptions against USC that went for 83 yards and one touchdown and he also threw a 67-yard touchdown - on his first career passing attempt - against the Trojans … Earned CU Athlete of the Week honors for his performance against the Trojans ... Caught six passes for a season/career-high 110 yards in a win over Arizona State and included in that was a career-long 66-yard reception ... Opened the season with five catches for 99 yards in the win over Colorado State ... He earned 25 first downs on the year (24 receiving, 1 passing).
2015 (Soph.)—He played in all 13 games, including a pair of starts, which came at Oregon State and against Stanford ... Finished sixth on the team with 24 receptions, which covered 207 yards (8.6 per, no touchdowns) with a long of 23, while earning 11 first downs ... Caught a season-high six passes for 51 yards against Arizona, and four receptions on two other occasions (Arizona State, Stanford) ... Had one solo tackle on special teams duty ... Sat out spring ball as he completed rehabilitation from shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum.
2014 (Fr.-RS)—He played in all 12 games (one start, versus UCLA), as he hauled in 23 receptions for 215 yards and three touchdowns, averaging 9.4 yards per catch ... Had three catches of 20 or more yards and five for 10 yards or longer, with 10 of his grabs earning first downs ... His best game of the year came in his one start, as he had four catches for 54 yards and two scores against UCLA, both touchdowns coming in a dramatic fourth quarter comeback that sent the game into overtime ... His first was a 38-yard play on fourth down, and the second, a 3-yard catch, pulled the Buffs to within 31-28 ... Caught a season-high five passes at Massachusetts (for 54 yards), and he had two receptions for 36 yards at California, including a 30-yard touchdown catch with 21 seconds left in regulation that forced overtime ... He had a huge spring game, catching five passes for 132 yards and a touchdown, the latter covering 67 yards in the Black’s 21-17 win over the Gold; all told, he had nine grabs for 215 yards, 23.9 per catch, with two touchdowns in the four main scrimmages ... The coaches selected him as the recipient of the Bill McCartney Award for the spring, presented to the most improved special teams player.
2013 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he practiced at wide receiver the entire year.
HIGH SCHOOL—He earned PrepStar All-West Region honors at wide receiver as a senior, when he was also a SuperPrep Preseason All-Far West selection (the No. 101 overall player in the California-Hawai’i-Nevada region) ... He earned first-team All-San Gabriel Valley as a senior and was a first-team All-Sierra League performer and his team’s most valuable receiver his junior and senior years … As a senior, he caught 56 passes for 1,041 yards and 10 touchdowns, averaging 18.6 yards per reception ... Had four 100-yard and three multiple TD games (seven and five, respectively, for his career) ... He also had 190 return yards, three kickoffs for 99 (33.0 per, with a long of 54) and five punts for 91, an 18.2 average ... Caught 53 passes for 834 yards and nine touchdowns his junior year, when he had his career-long reception of 87 yards ... Also started at cornerback as a senior, recording 28 tackles (15 solo), with three interceptions (three others were called back due to penalties); he also had a quarterback sack and a fumble recovery ... He was a reserve on defense other seasons, playing corner and safety at times ... Top games as a senior: in a 41-13 win over Chino Hills, he caught five passes for 181 yards (36.2 average), three for touchdowns including a 55-yarder; he had a season-high seven catches for 136 yards in a 52-7 win over Los Osos; and in a 38-7 win over South Hills, he caught three balls for 116 yards and two scores ... Top games as a junior: in a 38-7 win over Chino Hills, he caught a career-high eight passes for 114 yards, and a week later in a 63-21 rout of Santiago, he caught six for 119 yards and three touchdowns ... Under Coach Lou Farrar, Charter Oak was 10-2 his junior and senior seasons, winning the Sierra League title both years, and was 6-2 his sophomore year ... He also lettered three years in basketball (forward), averaging about 15 points per game as a junior; he did not play as a senior.
ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado.
PERSONAL—He was born June 21, 1995 in Pasadena, Calif. … A cousin and high school teammate (Khari Garcia) is a senior safety at Montana State ... He overcame tragedy at an early age, as his half-brother accidentally shot and killed his father when he was 4-years-old; he then started to play most sports at that young age, starting with football, soccer, baseball and basketball. (Last name is pronounced bo-bo.)
