2016 Honors Candidate
5 • Joe Protheroe
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Fullback • 6-0 • 225 • Junior • Concord, CA • Clayton Valley Charter School
Opens Fall Camp No. 1 on the preseason depth chart at fullback, backed up by Jared Mohamed and Reagan Enger ... named to 2016 All-Big Sky Conference Preseason Team.
2015 -- A breakthrough sophomore campaign with 779 yards and six touchdowns on the ground en route to first-team AllBig Sky Conference and third-team STATS FCS All-American accolades ... four 100-yard games in his first five contests of the year ... played in nine games with seven starts, missing the Idaho State and Southern Utah games with minor injuries ... season-high 156 yards and one touchdown on 27 carries against Montana State ... also rushed for 130 yards and one score at Arizona State, 121 yards and two touchdowns at Eastern Washington and 112 yards at Montana ,,, averaged 4.6 yards per carry for the season ... also made single catches against Montana State and UC Davis ... needs 37 yards to reach 1,000-yard mark in career rushing ... rushed seven times for nine yards in 2016 Spring Game, capping opening drive with Career Single-Game Highs three-yard touchdown run. Rushes: 30 vs. Eastern Washington, 2015 Rushing Yards: 156 vs. Montana State, 2015 Rushing TDs: 2 vs. Sacramento State, 2014; vs. Eastern Washington, 2015 Longest Rush: 62 vs. Sacramento State, 2014 Receptions: 1 vs. Montana State, 2015 vs. UC Davis, 2015 Receiving Yards: 16 vs. UC Davis, 2015 Receiving TDs: 0 Longest Reception: 16 vs. UC Davis, 2015
2014 -- Played in all 12 games as a true freshman reserve fullback behind Brandon Howe ... rushed for 184 yards on 29 carries (6.3 yards per carry) and two touchdowns ... scored both touchdowns against Sacramento State on runs of 62 and 2 yards ... season-high 72 yards on just four carries in Sacramento State game ... added 32 yards on five trips at Idaho State ... made five tackles on special teams ... rushed seven times for 25 yards in 2015 Spring Game ... also caught one pass for 15 yards ... earned apot on 2014 Big Sky Conference All-Academic Football Team. 2013 -- Signed a National Letter of Intent in February 2013 but delayed his arrival at Cal Poly and his five-year clock by one year, arriving in time for 2014 Fall Camp.
High School -- Protheroe was the third-leading rusher in California in 2012 season, gaining a school-record 3,014 yards on 234 carries and scoring 34 touchdowns under head coach Tim Murphy at Clayton Valley Charter High School in Concord ... averaging 215.3 yards per game and 12.9 yards per carry, he also caught one pass for a touchdown and returned a kickoff 94 yards against Rancho Cotate for another score, scoring 222 total points in his senior season ... a team captain, Protheroe surpassed the 100-yard mark in all 14 games of his senior season, leading the Eagles to a 12-2 overall mark, a Diablo Valley Athletic League title, the CIF-North Coast Section Division 2 championship -- their first section title in five tries -- and a berth in the semifinals of the California state Division II playoffs, where the Eagles fell 27-24 to Oakdale ... cracked the 200-yard mark seven times, including 427 yards on 25 carries and five touchdowns against Dublin and 306 yards on 17 trips and three scores versus Vintage ... caught nine passes for 154 yards and, as a defensive back, made 63 tackles (45 solo), intercepted four passes and broke up three others ... postseason honors include Offensive Player of the Year by the Bay Area News Group, MaxPreps All-NorCal, San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro First Team, Contra Costa Times All-East Bay Team, CIF-North Coast Section Player of the Year and Diablo Valley Athletic League MVP ... as a junior in 2011, rushed for 1,062 yards on 202 carries and scored 14 touchdowns with four 100-yard-plus games, caught 19 passes for 206 yards and two scores and notched 76 tackles and three interceptions en route to first-team All-Diablo Valley Athletic League honors as a running back and safety ... was an All-DVAL first-team running back and second-team safety as a sophomore, rushing for 510 yards and six touchdowns, catching eight passes for 102 yards and one score and garnering 29 yards and one interception on defense ... in addition to Cal Poly, Protheroe also received an offer from Sacramento State and was recruited as a walk-on by San Jose State, Fresno State, Montana State and Oregon ... chose Cal Poly because of “the coaching staff, the team, the education and the atmosphere.” Rushing Receiving KO Returns Personal -- Son of Patrick Protheroe and Mary Grace Hall ... one brother, Year No. Yds TD LG No. Yds TD LG No. Yds TD LG Michael, one half-brother, John, and one half-sister, Janae ... married to 2013 Grayshirt 2014 29 184 2 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ashley Protheroe and they have one daughter, Jolene, with another child on 169 779 6 36 2 14 0 16 0 0 0 0 the way ... enjoys playing Pokemon ... wants to play in the NFL or start a busi2015 Totals: 198 963 8 62 2 14 0 16 0 0 0 0 ness ... born June 20, 1994, in Concord, Calif. ... majors in sociology.