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2023 Football Roster

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1 Rickie Johnson

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 202
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Murrieta, Calif.
  • Highschool Vista Murrieta HS

Biography

At Utah Tech 2022 (Junior): Played in all 11 games with six starts including five of the last six games overall ... posted career highs of 697 yards on 40 receptions (17.4 YPC) with six touchdowns ... registered a career night in the Trailblazers' Homecoming win over rival Southern Utah (11/5) with a NCAA era school record 277 yards on nine catches with three touchdowns (tied school record), including a career long 79-yard TD reception ... finished the year with five 50+ yard receiving games and scored at least one touchdown in four starts overall.

At Utah Tech Fall 2021 (COVID Sophomore): Played in all 11 games and started the final eight overall … led the Trailblazer receiving corps with 38 receptions for 387 yards (10.2 ypc) and one touchdown … caught five passes for a career high 92 yards at Montana (10/9) … recorded a career-high six receptions for 44 yards vs. Tarleton State (10/16) … snared his second career TD pass in the win vs. Fort Lewis (11/13)
 
At Utah Tech Spring 2021 (Sophomore): Did not play in the spring. 
 
At Utah Tech 2019 (Freshman): Played in nine games with three starts ... caught a season high three passes for 34 yards at South Dakota Mines (9/28) ... scored his first collegiate touchdown on a 16-yard pass at Western Colorado (10/19). 
 
Before Utah Tech: Earned three varsity letters in football at Vista Murrieta High School ... caught 23 passes for 323 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior … earned second team All-Conference honors … graduated in June 2019. 
 
More on Rickie: Born in Murietta, California … mother is Desseri Saucedo ... also recruited by the United States Naval Academy ... currently majoring in recreation and sports management. 
 
Why Rickie chose Utah Tech: “I chose Utah Tech because it is not too far from home and football was something I wanted to do here.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 80

    2019Freshman

    WR
    6'2" 182 lbs
    80
  • 13

    2020Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 200 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2021Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 200 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2022Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'3" 202 lbs
    13
  • 1

    2023Senior

    Wide Receiver
    6'3" 202 lbs
    1