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2024 Football Roster
Owens, Tahj
Jersey Number 19
Tahj Owens
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Chino Hills, Calif.
- High School:
- Loyola
Bio
Awards:
Phil Steele Fourth-Team All-Ivy (2024)
2024: Started ever contest, making 65 tackles, adding three forced fumbles and three passes defended … Produced five stops at Lehigh (Sept. 21) … Dropped in five solo tackles (seven total) at No. 7 Mercer … Added eight tackles vs. Brown (Oct. 18) and vs. Cornell (Nov. 2) … Consecutive games with 10 stops at Yale (Nov. 16) and vs. Penn (Nov. 23).
2023: Saw action in every game, collecting 46 tackles and an interception … Made five tackles at Brown (Oct. 14) … Contributed seven stops vs. Harvard (Oct. 21) and at Dartmouth (Nov. 3) … Finished the season with 10 tackles and an interception at Penn (Nov. 18).
2022: Saw action in three junior varsity contests.
Before Princeton:
Loyola: The first football player to make First-Team All-CIF multiple teams … First-Team All-Angelus League … MVP of Angelus League … Secured Offensive MVP three times … Recorded over 2,000 yards and over 20 touchdowns as a senior … Program’s all-time leader in yards per carry … Became the fourth running back to surpass 1,600 yards in a single season … Team won Angelus League twice … Team ranked ninth in California in 2020 … Lettered in track … Earned the most dedicated award as a senior in track … National Honor Society … African American Student Association … First-Gen College Students … Cum Laude Honors.
Personal: Son of Keyana and Johnnie Owens … Has two brothers, Chase and Lance.
Phil Steele Fourth-Team All-Ivy (2024)
2024: Started ever contest, making 65 tackles, adding three forced fumbles and three passes defended … Produced five stops at Lehigh (Sept. 21) … Dropped in five solo tackles (seven total) at No. 7 Mercer … Added eight tackles vs. Brown (Oct. 18) and vs. Cornell (Nov. 2) … Consecutive games with 10 stops at Yale (Nov. 16) and vs. Penn (Nov. 23).
2023: Saw action in every game, collecting 46 tackles and an interception … Made five tackles at Brown (Oct. 14) … Contributed seven stops vs. Harvard (Oct. 21) and at Dartmouth (Nov. 3) … Finished the season with 10 tackles and an interception at Penn (Nov. 18).
2022: Saw action in three junior varsity contests.
Before Princeton:
Loyola: The first football player to make First-Team All-CIF multiple teams … First-Team All-Angelus League … MVP of Angelus League … Secured Offensive MVP three times … Recorded over 2,000 yards and over 20 touchdowns as a senior … Program’s all-time leader in yards per carry … Became the fourth running back to surpass 1,600 yards in a single season … Team won Angelus League twice … Team ranked ninth in California in 2020 … Lettered in track … Earned the most dedicated award as a senior in track … National Honor Society … African American Student Association … First-Gen College Students … Cum Laude Honors.
Personal: Son of Keyana and Johnnie Owens … Has two brothers, Chase and Lance.
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