Greg Desrosiers Jr.

Position:
Running Back
Height:
5-11
Weight:
200
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Lawrence, Mass.
High School:
Belmont Hill HS
Prev School:
Louisville / UMass

Honors

• 2025 Doak Walker Award Preseason Watch List
• 2025 Paul Hornung Award Preseason Watch List

2024 (Redshirt Junior)

• Member of the 11-2 Tigers who defeated West Virginia in the Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl
• Appeared in eight games on the season
• Ranked third on the team in rushing attempts (31) and net yardage (228)
• Caught 21 passes for 175 yards and had four touchdowns through the air (tied for second on the team)
• Scored his first touchdown with Memphis in the team's season opener against North Alabama
• Caught four passes and recorded a score in the team's win over Florida State
• Added two receptions and a touchdown against UAB
• Ran for 41 yards and caught eight passes for 84 yards for three touchdowns (1 rush, 2 rec) against Tulane
• Recorded a season-best 48 yards on the ground with a touchdown against West Virginia

2023 (Redshirt Sophmore at UMASS)

Phil Steele All-Independent Team (Second Team - KR)
Phil Steele Preseason Independent Team (First Team - KR)
College Football Network All-Independent Speical Teams Kick Returner of the Year
Collge Football Network All-Independent Special Teams (First Team - KR)
College Football Network All-Indepedent Offense Team (First Team - FLEX)
Competed in 11 games for the Minutemen, totaling 301 yards on 37 rushes with four touchdowns and 185 yards on 15 receptions with two touchdowns
Tailed 31 kickoff returns for 597 yards, including a season-long 33 yard return
Ran 142 yards on six returns, including a 33-yard return, us Arkansas State (9/30)
Registered a career-high 10 rushes for a career-best 162 yards, including a 57-yard run, career-high three touchdowns vs. Merrimack (11/4)
Recorded a career-best 60-yard run vs. Arkansas State (9/30
Posted a career-high four receptions for 27 yards vs. Arkansas State (9/30
Had a career-best 61 reception yards on three catches at Eastern Michigan (9/16)
Secured his first receiving touchdown for 32 yards at Miami (OH) (9/9), before adding another against Arkansas State (9/30)

2022 (Redshirt Freshman at UMASS)

• Desrosiers, Jr. appeared in 12 games in the 2022 season rushing for 210 yards on 44 carries
• He scored two touchdowns, recorded eight receptions for 24 yards and logged 599 yards on 29 kick returns
• Named to Phil Steele's 2022 All-Independent Team as a Second Team KR
• Earned Pro Football Network All-Indepedent Team honors as a Second Team KR
• Rushed for 19 yards on six attempts and recorded 37 yards on two kick returns against Tulane (9/3)
• Rushed for 21 yards on seven attempts and recorded 116 yards on six kick returns against Toledo (9/10)
• Rushed for two yards on one attempt, recorded two receptions for nine total yards and had a 19 yard kick return against Stony Brook (9/17)
• Rushed for three yards on one attempt and recorded 18 yards on two kick returns against Temple (9/24)
• Rushed for six yards on seven attempts, had one reception for three yards, and recorded 16 yards on a kick return against Eastern Michigan (10/1)
Rushed for 110 yards on seven attempts for two touchdowns, had one reception for three yards and recorded 22 yards on a kick return against Liberty (10/8)
Rushed for a loss of three yards on three attempt, caught one reception for a one-yard gain and recorded 37 yards on two kick returns against Buffalo (10/15
Recorded 126 yards on four kick returns against New Mexico State (10/29)
Rushed for 24 yards on two attempts and recorded 121 yards on five kick returns against UConn (11/4)
Rushed for 16 yards on five attempts, had two receptions for a total of nine yards, and recorded 10 yards on a kick return against Arkansas State (11/12)
Recorded 47 yards on two kick returns against Texas A&M (11/19)
Rushed for 12 yards on five attempts and recorded 30 yards don two kick returns against Army West Point (11/26)