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Senior • 3L • 6-1 • 256 Jackson, Ky. • Breathitt County H.S. HONORS
• 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2012 - JUNIOR
• Games/Starts: 12/0 • Former fullback played at linebacker and on special teams • Posted 18 tackles in 12 games in first season on defense • Led team with 13 tackles on special teams • Has returned five kickoffs for 70 yards on short kicks • Three special teams tackles vs. #1 Alabama (10/20) • Three stops vs. #18 Florida (9/15), all on special teams • Career high six tackles along with a 0.5 TFL in most playing time of career in defense vs. Georgia State (9/8) • Made a tackle in opener vs. NC State (8/31)
2011 - Sophomore
• Games/Starts: 12/1 • Played in all 12 games in 2011 with one start at fullback • Saw extensive time on special teams, kick-block coverage, making one tackle • Made first special teams tackle of year vs. Vanderbilt (11/19) • Career high three catches for 17 yards vs. Montana (9/3) in fourth consecutive start • Shared Stucky Hard Knox Award for off-season physical & mental conditioning
2010 - Freshman
• Games/Starts: 13/5 • Saw action in every game, including five starts at fullback • Helped lead the way for Tauren Poole to rush for 1,034 yards, including six 100-yard games, which tied for the SEC lead • One of seven true freshmen to play in every game for UT • In first career start vs. South Carolina, Fugate hauled in a 4-yard reception on Tyler Bray’s first career scoring drive • Posted a 17-yard catch, his longest of the season, on UT’s final scoring drive vs. Kentucky • Also returned a kickoff eight yards vs. UAB
HIGH SCHOOL
• Practiced with Vols during mid-December lead in to Chick-fil-A Bowl, then enrolled at UT in January and participated in spring drills • Rated as No. 3 overall prospect in Kentucky by Rivals. com • Selected to PrepStar Magazine’s All-Region team • Finished senior season with 1,332 rushing yards and 17 touchdowns • Highlight of 2009 was rushing for 141 yards and four touchdowns to go with one receiving TD against Powell County • Rushed for 3,052 yards and 36 touchdowns as junior while sparking Breathitt County to Class AAA state runner-up finish
• During sophomore season, rushed for 1,727 yards and 30 touchdowns • Added 45 catches that year for 625 yards and five scores • Coach at Breathitt County High School: Mike Holcomb
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Bryce Channing Fugate • Pronunciation: FEW-git • Born: July 26, 1991 • Majoring in Special Education
CAREER STATISTICS Defense GP/GS UT AT TT Sack TFL FF FR PD Int High Tk 2011 12/0 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 1-Vand 2012 12/0 10 8 18 0-0 0.5-0 0 0 0 0-0 6-GSU Totals 37/6 11 8 19 0-0 0.5-0 0 0 0 0-0 6-GSU Receiving 2010 2011 Total
GENERAL STAFF PLAYERS REVIEW HISTORY
CHANNING FUGATE
GP/GS No Yds Avg Per/G TD Long High Yd 13/5 2 21 10.5 1.8 0 17-UK 17-UK 12/1 3 17 5.7 1.4 0 7-Mon 17-Mon 37/6 5 48 9.6 1.9 0 17-UK 17-UK
CAREER HIGHS Tackles Tackles For Loss Receptions Receiving Yards
7 vs. Georgia State, 9/8/12 0.5 vs. Georgia State, 9/8/12 3 vs. Montana, 9/3/11 17 vs. Kentucky, 11/27/10 & vs. Montana, 9/3/11
CAREER GAME-BY-GAME 2010 Opp. UT-Martin Oregon Florida UAB at LSU at Georgia Alabama at S. Carolina at Memphis Mississippi at Vanderbilt Kentucky UNC (Bowl)
Rec.-Yds.-TD, Lg. 2011 Opp. Rec.-Yds.-TD, Lg. 0-0-0 Montana 3-17-0, 7 0-0-0 Cincinnati 0-0-0 0-0-0 at Florida 0-0-0 0-0-0 Buffalo 0-0-0 0-0-0 Georgia 0-0-0 0-0-0 LSU 0-0-0 0-0-0 at Alabama 0-0-0 1-4-0, 4 S. Carolina 0-0-0 0-0-0 MTSU 0-0-0 0-0-0 at Arkansas 0-0-0 0-0-0 Vanderbilt 0-0-0 1-17-0, 17 at Kentucky 0-0-0 0-0-0
2012 Opp. U-A-T, Other vs. NC State 1-0-1 Ga. State 5-2-7, 0.5-0 tfl Florida 1-2-3 Akron 1-0-1 at Georgia 0-1-1 at Miss State 0-1-1
2012 Opp. U-A-T, Other Alabama 2-1-3 at So. Carolina 0-0-0 Troy 0-0-0 Missouri 0-0-0 at Vanderbilt 0-0-0 Kentucky 0-1-1
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