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2023 Football Roster

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  • OG
    Position
  • Sophomore
    Class
  • Bakersfield, Calif.
    Hometown
  • 6'5
    Height
  • 290
    Weight
  • Garces Memorial
    High School
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JJ Uphold
#61
JJ Uphold
OG
Position
Sophomore
Class
Bakersfield, Calif.
Hometown

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Biography

2023: Uphold participated in five games and each of the last three contests against Hawaii, at Nevada and in the Barstool Arizona Bowl against Toledo. He helped the Pokes rush for a season-high 244 yards against the Wolf Pack. Uphold helped Wyoming rank top-15 nationally in fourth-down conversion percentage at 66.7.
 
2022: He did not appear in any games for the Cowboys.

2021: Redshirted for the Cowboys in his first season with the program. He moved to offensive tackle after spring football in 2022.

High School: JJ Uphold was rated as a three-star recruit by 247 Sports and was ranked as the No. 180 high school football recruit in the deep recruiting class from the state of California this year.  Uphold played both tight end and defensive end at Garces Memorial High in Bakersfield, Calif.  He is projected to play defensive tackle for the Cowboys.  Uphold recorded 35 total tackles, including 5.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack his junior season of 2019.  California high schools did not play football in the fall of 2020.  An outstanding basketball player in high school, he started from his freshman season on at Garces Memorial.  As a junior, he averaged 12.5 points and 9.2 rebounds, while leading his team to a 21-10 record and earning First Team All-Area honors.  On his Twitter account (@Uphold Jj), he has a video showing him completing a 58-inch box jump.  His father, Don, is a chemical engineer for an oil company and due to his father's career Uphold lived in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kuwait and Calgary before his family settled in Bakersfield prior to his seventh grade year in school.  Uphold played for head football coach Paul Golla.  Uphold was also recruited by Fresno State, New Mexico and Cal Poly.