Juju McDowell

* 2023 co-Jim Carlen Special Teams Player of the Spring
* 2023 South Carolina Spirit Award – Offense
* 2021-22 South Carolina Male Freshman of the Year
* 2021 Freshman All-SEC – AP & RS (Coaches)
* 2021 Fourth-Team All-SEC – KR (Phil Steele)

Senior running back who brings a veteran presence to the room… dynamic play-maker with the ball in his hands and when playing in space… has appeared in 35 games over the past three seasons with five starts… has rushed 140 times for 530 yards and six touchdowns, caught 44 passes for 363 yards and two scores and returned 24 kicks for 536 yards during his three-year career… earned two spots on the Coaches’ Freshman All-SEC squad in 2021 as an all-purpose back and return specialist… was named the school’s Male Freshman of the Year at the 2022 All-Sports Gala.

2023 (Junior)

Running back who appeared in 10 games with one start… missed the final two games of the regular season following a season-ending injury against Vanderbilt… rushed 26 times for 63 yards with a pair of touchdowns… also caught 11 passes for 105 yards and a score and returned four kickoffs for 62 yards… top game came in his lone start against Jacksonville State when he carried six times for 23 yards and caught three passes for 41 yards… scored twice in the Florida game, once on the ground and once through the air… turned in an excellent spring of 2023 when he was recognized as a co-winner of the Jim Carlen Special Teams Player of the Spring Award, along with DQ Smith, and garnered the South Carolina Spirit Award for the offense.

2022 (Sophomore)

Second-year running back who played in all 13 games making a pair of starts… third on the team in rushing with 219 yards on 62 carries with two touchdowns… also caught 24 passes for 205 yards and a score… added five kickoff returns for 80 yards with a long of 27 yards… found the endzone against Arkansas, Charlotte and Tennessee… was on the receiving end of a career-high four passes against Charlotte… tallied his season-best performance on the ground in the win over Vanderbilt when he rushed five times for a season-high 48 yards… hauled in a career-long 65 yard pass in the win over Clemson. earned the start against Tennessee and in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl against Notre Dame.

2021 (Freshman)

Played in 12 games, making two starts as a true freshman… earned Freshman All-SEC honors from the league’s 14 coaches as both an all-purpose back and as a return specialist… earned fourth-team All-SEC accolades as a kick returner from Phil Steele… finished third on the squad in rushing with 248 yards on 52 carries… caught nine passes for 53 yards and returned 15 kicks for 394 yards, a 26.3-yard average… ranked third in the SEC in kickoff returns and fourth in kick return yards… ranked third in the SEC and 20th in the country in kick return average… best game came at East Carolina when he rushed for a game-high 71 yards on 11 carries and returned a kickoff a season-best 63 yards, setting up the game-tying score in the fourth quarter… returned three kicks for a season-high 81 yards at Tennessee… scored his first career touchdown against Florida on a 2-yard run… had a 35-yard touchdown run, his longest rush of the season, in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl win over North Carolina… made starts against Tennessee and Texas A&M.

HIGH SCHOOL

Played running back, receiver, defensive back and returned kicks and punts for the Trojans of Lee County High School in Leesburg, Ga… graduated in 2021… helped his team advance through the Georgia Class AAAAAA playoffs… considered the 67th player in the state of Georgia, the 42nd-best running back in the country and No. 756 overall, according to 247Sports Composite… Rivals ranked him as the 68th-best player in the Peach State and the No. 13 all-purpose back in the country.

PERSONAL

Caleb Bernard “Juju” McDowell was born Aug. 27, 2003… is a psychology major.