Fresno State Athletics
2015 Football Roster
Roster
DeShawn Potts
- Position:
- DB
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Monrovia, Calif.
- High School:
- Monrovia HS
Last updated on Jan. 31, 2018
2017 (Junior): Played in all 14 games, starting the first five … totaled 10 tackles and one pass breakup … credited with three tackles at No. 1 Alabama on Sept. 9 … collected a season-high four tackles and a pass breakup at San Jose State on Oct. 7.
2016 (Sophomore): Played in all 12 games and made 11 starts … with 59 tackles on the year, will stand tied as the team’s returning tackles leader for the 2017 season with teammate James Bailey after both tied for the third-most stops on the team … owned the second-most pass breakups with five, including a single-game career-best two in the season finale against San Jose State on Nov. 26 … set a single-game career-high of 11 tackles on Oct. 14 vs. San Diego State … recorded first career tackle for a loss on Sept. 17 at Toledo … blocked a punt in the second quarter of a contest at UNLV on Oct. 1 – first career block … recovered a fumbled San Jose State punt return on Nov. 26 – first career fumble recovery.
2015 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in eight games and made two starts – the last two games of the season … recorded 18 tackles and two pass breakups on the season … posted eight tackles and one pass breakup in the season finale against Colorado State.
2014 (Freshman): Redshirted.
High School: Played quarterback, cornerback and safety at Monrovia High School under coach Ryan Maddox ... helped lead the Wildcats to a 11-2 record, a Rio Hondo League title and a CIF Mid-Valley Division semifinal appearance in 2013 ... was a first-team All-Rio Hondo League selection at quarterback and at safety in 2013 ... team offensive MVP and All-CIF selection at safety ... also an All-Pasadena Area team selection as an athlete in 2013 ... totaled 1,573 yards and 16 touchdowns offensively playing quarterback as a senior and had 38 tackles and 10 pass breakups on defense at safety ... as a junior playing in Monrovia's 3-4 defense, he posted 59 tackles and four interceptions, two of which he returned for touchdowns ... selected to the All-Rio Hondo League team as a safety in 2012 ... helped lead Monrovia to a 12-3 season in 2012 and the CIF Mid-Valley Championship ... three-year varsity player who also helped Monrovia win the CIF Mid-Valley Championship as a sophomore in 2011 ... also played basketball where he received all-league and defensive team MVP honors his junior season.
Personal: Born in Duarte, Calif. ... son of Grenetta Young and Derrick Potts ... has one older brother, David ... his cousin, Demetrius Jackson, is a junior cornerback at Portland State ... kinesiology-exercise science major.
