2015 Football Roster
Clay Holgorsen
- Position:
- QB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 195
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Katy, Texas
- HS:
- James E. Taylor HS
- Prev School:
- James E. Taylor HS
At Memphis: Redshirted first season at the University of Memphis in 2014.
At James E. Taylor High School: Named to Houston Chronicle's Top 100 football recruits list prior to senior season ... As a senior, completed 150-of-257 passes for 1,224 yards and three touchdowns as a second-year captain at James E. Taylor High School ... Completed 209-of-339 passes (61 percent) for 2,078 yards and 20 touchdowns as a junior ... Voted Co-Newcomer of the Year in District 19-5A ... Passed for 3,302 yards in two seasons at Taylor ... First prep playing time came as a sophomore at Clements High School in the Houston area before transferring to Taylor High School his junior year ... As a sophomore, passed for 750 yards and eight touchdowns (90-of-155) ... Father, Brett Holgorsen, was the offensive coordinator at Taylor ... Head coach at Taylor was Flint Risien ... Also a district champion in the 400 meters.
Personal: Son of Brett and Lesley Holgorsen ... Born Nov. 24, 1995 in Garland, Texas ... One of his uncles is West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen while another uncle, Nick Holgorsen, played quarterback at Northwestern ... Father also played defensive back in college.
