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2025 Football Roster

1 Kristian Pugh

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 182
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Beaumont, Texas
  • Highschool West Brook HS

Biography

-2024 Second-Team All-Southland Conference
-Has played in 34 career games making 28 starts

2024 (Junior): Second-Team All-Southland Conference … Played in and started all 12 games … Finished third on the team with 72 total tackles, including 44 unassisted stops … He was also credited with 4.5 tackles for losses, a fumble recovery, one interception and seven pass breakups (including at least one in each of the team’s last four games) … Had two double-digit tackle games … Opened the year with 10 tackles, including five solos, with a tackle for a loss against Texas State … Followed that up with five stops – four unassisted – one TFL and two pass breakups against Mississippi Valley State … Recorded 10 tackles, including seven solos, and one for a loss against nationally ranked Central Arkansas … Made four solo stops, including one for a loss, and picked off a pass, recovered a fumble and broke up a pass at UIW … Had three seven-tackle performances and one eight-tackle game … One of the seven-tackle efforts came against Southeastern Louisiana where he also picked off a pass and broke up two others.

2023 (Sophomore): Played in 11 games earning eight starts … Finished the year second on the team with 61 total tackles, including 28 unassisted tackles … Among his 61 stops, 2.5 went for losses … Was also credited with two pass breakups and an interception … Recorded a season-high nine tackles, and a season-best seven unassisted tackles, at Nicholls … One of his tackles against the Colonels went for a loss … Recorded eight stops, three unassisted, against No. 8 UIW … Registered five tackles (four solo stops) and picked off a pass deep in his own territory to thwart a drive against South Dakota … Made six stops, four solos, and broke up two passes at Houston Christian … Had six tackles, including 1.5 for losses against Texas A&M-Commerce.

2022 (Freshman): Played in 11 games earning eight starts … Recorded 31 tackles, including 20 solo stops, and one for a loss … Also broke up four passes, picked off a pass which he returned 33 yards and forced a fumble … Recorded a season-high six tackles including two unassisted against Southeastern Louisiana … Recorded six unassisted tackles, including one for a loss, forced a fumble and broke up a pass at SMU … Followed that up with six tackles against Northern Colorado … Had five stops and picked off a pass at Northwestern State … Broke up three passes against Prairie View A&M.

High School: Listed as one of the top defensive sleepers according to BrandidSports.com … Recorded 37 tackles, including 17 unassisted, and two for losses … Also broke up four passes … Ended the season with three interceptions, including two he returned for touchdowns.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2022Freshman

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 160 lbs
    20
  • 1

    2023Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 178 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2024Junior

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 185 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2025Senior

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 182 lbs
    1
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