2024 Football Roster
Sep 27 (Sat)
Afternoon
Rueben Owens II
- Position:
- RB
- Ht. / Wt.:
- 6-0 / 205
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- El Campo, Texas
- High School:
- El Campo
2023 SEC All-Freshman Team (RB)
2024 (REDSHIRT): Suffered a foot injury in the first scrimmage of fall camp that sidelined him until Week 14 when he rushed three times for 10 yards against Texas ... Led the team with 13 carries for 56 yards in the Las Vegas Bowl against USC.
2023 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 13 games making five starts, while registering a rush in every game and making a catch in eight games ... Earned SEC All-Freshman Team honors after leading the league's true freshmen in all-purpose yards (743), rushing yards (385) and kick return yards (249) ... Recorded his first career 100 all-purpose yard game after totaling 61 kick return yards, 35 receiving yards and 7 rushing yards at Miami ... Scored his first collegiate touchdown with a 21-yard rush, before finishing with 51 yards on eight carries against ULM ... Rushed 18 times for 106 yards and one score against ACU to mark his first career 100-yard rushing game.
HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Chad Worrell at El Campo High School ... Tabbed a 5-star prospect by 247 Sports and Rivals, also ranked the No. 1 running back by Rivals and No. 2 running back by 247 Sports … 2023 Army All-American Bowl and Polynesian Bowl Selection … 2022 Dave Campbell’s Mr. Texas Football top-10 finalists … Eclipsed 7,000 rushing yards and 100 rushing touchdowns during his high school career … UIL District 12-4A D-I MVP in 2022 and 2021 … UIL 4A Co-Offensive Player of the Year by the Texas Sportswriters Association … 2020 District 12-4A DI Offensive MVP and 2019 District 13-4A D-I Newcomer of the Year ... Also competed in track & field finishing third at the state championships in long jump as a junior and boasts personal bests of 10.68 in the 100m and 23’3.75” in the long jump.
