Earnest Patterson

Position:
Wide Receiver
Ht./Wt.:
5-7 / 155
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Brenham, Texas
High School:
Brenham
Prev School:
Blinn College

2017 (Junior)
Appeared in nine games and made one start ... Primarily returned kicks and punts, finishing with 93 yards on kickoff returns and 87 yards on punt returns ... Did see time on the field at wide receiver, racking up 96 yards receiving on 10 receptions ... Had one kickoff return for 20 yards at Tulsa (9/9) ... Took four punts back for 50 yards at South Alabama (11/4) ... Finished with 95 total return yards, 73 KOR yards on three returns and 22 yards on one punt return, made first career reception, finishing with two for nine yards at Ole Miss (11/11) ... Caught a career-high four passes for a career-high 62 yards against New Mexico State (11/18) ... Made first career start against Georgia Southern (11/25), finishing with two receptions and six yards ... Earned first letter.

Junior College
Rated a three-star wide receiver by 247Sports.com … Played two seasons at Blinn College … Recorded 68 receptions for 906 yards and six touchdowns in his sophomore season … Had two games with 16-plus receptions including 17 receptions for 233 yards and a touchdown against Kilgore College … Notched a career-high 263 yards on six catches with three TDs against Navarro College … Saw action in nine games as a freshman with three rushes for 10 yards while hauling in five receptions for 41 yards with a long reception of 17 … Also returned 11 kickoffs for 126 yards and 17 punts for 29 yards.

High School
Recorded 5,076 career yards on 681 carries for 59 touchdowns at Brenham High School … Also caught 31 passes for 381 yards and four TDs … Named all-district and all-state in high school … Also played basketball and track in high school.

Personal
Born Aug. 27, 1995 in Brenham ... The son of Earnest Patterson and Lorthea Fields ... Has one brother and one sister ... General studies major.