2025 Football Roster
Roster
Ridgle, JayShon

Jersey Number 16
JayShon Ridgle
- Position:
- WR
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 197
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Athens, Ala.
- High School:
- Athens HS
Bio
As a Freshman (2024)
High School
Personal
- Appeared in 11 games
- 89 snaps played across 11 games
- Consistent special teams contributor
- 75 special teams snaps
- Special Teams snaps: 48 KRET, 14 KCOV, 11 PRET, 2 PCOV
- Also played 14 offensive snaps (8 at slot, 6 at wide)
- Made collegiate debut at #15/13 Oklahoma (Sept. 7)
- First-career reception at TCU (Oct. 4)
- Caught two passes for 10 total yards
- Attempted one rush for three yards at Kansas (Oct. 19)
- Season-long six-yard reception at Kansas (Oct. 19)
- One of 17 Cougars with a reception
High School
- Three-star prospect by 247Sports
- No. 39 ranked athlete (247Sports)
- No. 31 ranked player in Alabama (247Sports)
- 78 receptions for 1,070 yards and five touchdowns in 2023
- Averaged 13.7 yards per catch and 97.3 yards per game
- Also rushed 23 times for 135 yards and nine touchdowns
- Averaged 5.9 yards per carry
- 175 kick return yards in 2023
- Alabama state champion 110-meter hurdler in track and field
- 14.06 seconds in 110-meter hurdles
- 10.80 mark in the 100 meters
- 22 feet, 4 inches in long jump
- Played multiple positions in high school
- 2023 AHSAA North-South All-Star Game invitee
Personal
- Nickname: J-money
- Hobbies: fishing, trying new foods, traveling
- Dream job outside of football: real estate
- Something most people don’t know: wants a zoo in his backyard
- Community service/volunteer activities: Packing food for homeless shelter and volunteer at animal shelters
- Favorite TV show or series: Spongebob and Moana
- Favorite sports memories as a fan: Watching my little sister dance, and my little brother play football, baseball and track
- Hidden talent: playing the piano
- Chose UH because of amazing coaches who can build him into better man and player
- One word to describe himself on the field: monster
- If he could eat one food for the rest of his life: burgers
- Biggest motivation for working hard: his future
- Highlight of his life thus far: being a star to little ones
- Best advice: work hard in silence and let success make the noise
- Sports hero: his mother who gave everything so he could have a decent life
- Most memorable athletic feat: winning state in track consecutive years
- Unique fact: can tumble; hurdled in track
Postgame Press Conference: Football at Rice
Saturday, September 06
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. Stephen F. Austin
Friday, August 29
Press Conference: Head Coach Willie Fritz Previews SFA
Monday, August 25
Camp Availability: Head Coach Willie Fritz
Monday, August 04