2019 Football Roster Choose a Player: Arnold, Grayland Atkinson, Jared Barnes, Kalon Bass, Brandon Baucum, Davis Baxter, Will Bedier, Blake Benitez, Ricardo Bernard, Terrel Black, Henry Bohanon, Gerry Brewer, Bo Brewer, Charlie Brown, Tyrone Brown, Zeke Bullard, Koby Clarke, Jacoby Copeland, Jake Delashaw, Colby DiVall, Davis Dixon, Dru Ebner, Trestan Ellis, Elijah Ellis, Jaylen Fleeks, Josh Franklin, TJ Fruhmorgen, Jake Galvin, Connor George, Blake George, Cody Gleeson, Jackson Grant, Josh Hall, Gabe Hanspard Jr., Byron Hasty, JaMycal Henderson, Tyler Henle, Christoph Holmes, Gavin Houston, Jameson Jackson, Bryson Johnston, Clay Johnston, Colby Jones, Marques Jones, Matt Jones, Qualan Keith, Khalil Kimble, Jackson Klinge III, Henry Landry, Josh Lanham, Alex Lockhart, James Logan, Ashton Losack, Collin Lovett, John Lynch, Blake Lynch, James Matavao-Poialii, Paul Matiscik, Ross Maxwell, Cole Mayers, John McGuire, Garret McNair, Michael McVea, Jairon Miller, Chris Miller, Ryan Milton, Mark Mims, Denzel Mitchell, Tripp Moore, Jason Morgan, Christian Morrison, Russell Newman-Johnson, Xavier Ogbonnaya, Chidi Perdue, Blake Peterson, Kyle Phillips, Casey Pines, Prince Pitre, Jalen Platt, Chris Power, Issac Randolph, Garmon Rauschenberg, Noah Rodoni, Thor Rogers, Owen Roy, Bravvion Saulin, Rob Sedwick, Jay Shupp, Jackson Sims, Ben Slinker, Trystan Smith, Abram Smith, Shevin Smith, Ty Sneed, R.J. Snyder, Sam Speaks, Griffin Taylor, Bralen Tecklenburg, Sam Terry, Yusuf Texada, Raleigh Thornton, Tyquan Threet, Jim Turner, Solo Utley, Brayden Valentin, Johncarlo Vance, Hakeem Wetzel, Skyler White, Brandon White, Harrison White, Jonah White, Kolby Williams, Craig Williams, Jordan Williams, Will Woods, JT Zeno, Jacob Zouzoua, Niadré Go Profile Stats Profile S Position Junior Class Kountze, Texas Hometown 5'10 Height 190 Weight Kountze HS High School #1 Grayland Arnold S Position Junior Class Kountze, Texas Hometown Season Career Season Stats Season: 2019 2016 2017 2018 2019 There are no statistics for this selected season available for this player. There are no statistics for this selected season available for this player. Career Stats Career Statistics Biography Summary Biography Veteran defensive back that redshirted 2018 ... 2019 Second Team All-America (Sports Illustrated), 2019 All-Big 12 second team (Coaches, AP) selection ... voted a single digit by teammates in 2017 2018 and 2019 2019 (RS-Junior): Second Team All-America (SI) ... All-Big 12 second team selection (Coaches, AP) ... started 11 of 13 games he’s played on the season at safety ... finished the season with 46 total tackles (33 solo), 2.5 TFL, 1.0 sack, 6 interceptions for 118 yards and 2 pass break ups ... also returned 12 punts for 149 yards and 1 TD, averaged 12.4 yard per return ... had six tackles (five solo) vs. Georgia in the Sugar Bowl (1/1) ... tallied 3 tackles (1 solo) in the Big 12 Championship game vs. OU (12/7) ... hauled in his 6th interception of the season at Kansas (11/30), tying him for 8th most on the BU single-season list, also had 2 tackles ... collected 6 tackles (all solo), 1 pass breakup and hauled in his 5th interception of the season vs. Texas (11/23) ... had a career-best 8 tackles, 6 of those a career-best 6 solo tackles. along with his 4th interception of the day vs. OU (11/16) ... hauled in 2 interceptions, the second on 4th down in the endzone to solidify the triple-overtime victory over TCU (11/9), also collected 2 tackles on the day ... finished with 2 tackles and 1 pass breakup vs. WVU (10/31) ... Had 2 tackles and returned 1 punt for 12 yards vs. Texas Tech (10/12) ... Collected his first interception of the season and first since 2017 at K-State (10/5), also had his first-career sack ... Had 3 tackles (2 solo) and returned 2 punts vs. ISU (9/28) ... Tallied 4 tackles (2 solo), including 1.0 TFL in a victory at Rice (9/21) ... Named Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week after returning a punt 73 yards for a touchdown vs. UTSA (9/7), the first punt return TD for the Bears since 2013, tied for the ninth longest in program history, also collected three tackles on the day ... Against SFA (8/31), made 4 tackles (2 solo) and a half TFL, also returned 2 punts for a total of 17 yards, including a career-long 13 yard return. 2018 (Junior): Appeared in four games on the season, starting two (ACU, at UTSA) before seeing his season cut short due to injury... Made 2 tackles (both solo) vs. Kansas, including a big stop on fourth down ... Made 4 tackles (all solo) vs. ACU ... Did not record stats vs. Duke or at UTSA ... 2018 second team preseason All-Big 12 (Phil Steele) ... 2018 third team preseason All-Big 12 (Athlon). 2017 (Sophomore): Played in nine games and started all nine times ... Tallied career highs of 35 tackles, three TFLs, seven PBUs on season, and had first career interception ... Ranked 14th in Big 12 with seven PBUs ... Started at No. 10 TCU, tied career high in tackles (6) and had career-high solo stops (5) while adding 1.5 TFLs ... Started vs. Iowa State, posted four tackles and career-high-tying two PBUs ... Started vs. Texas Tech, made then-career-high six tackles and had one PBU ... Started at Kansas, had four tackles, one TFL and one PBU ... Started vs. Texas, made first career interception with 20-yard return while adding one PBU and four tackles ... Started vs. No. 23 West Virginia, made then-career-high five tackles, one PBU and 0.5 TFLs ... Started at No. 14 Oklahoma State, had three tackles with one PBU and forced and recovered first career fumble on same play ... Started at Kansas State but did not record any stats ... Made season debut and started vs. No. 3 Oklahoma, had three tackles ... Missed games at Duke, vs. UTSA and Liberty due to injury. 2016 (Freshman): Played in 11 games with four starts ... Tallied 20 tackles (17 solo) with 2.0 tackles for loss ... Also had four breakups ... Started, had career-high nine tackles (eight solo) with career-high two TFLs vs. Boise State ... Started, had three tackles and career-best two PBUs at No. 13 WVU ... Notched one tackle vs. Texas Tech ... Had two tackles and one PBU vs. Kansas State ... Returned from injury and had one tackle at No. 9 Oklahoma ... Did not play vs. TCU due to injury ... Started but did not record any stats at Texas, left game early due to injury ... Earned career-first start against KU, recording career-best four stops ... Did not play at Rice, played only on special teams vs. OSU & at ISU ... Recorded PBU in reserve roll against SMU ... Served as reserve DB in win over NSU. High School: National top 200 recruit and two-sport star from Kountze (Texas) High School ... Two-way, multipurpose football player under head coaches Duane Joubert and Tracy Franklin and all-state honoree in football and basketball at Kountze ... Rated nation's No. 183 prospect overall on Top247 ... National position rating among cornerbacks: 19th by 247Sports, 53rd by Scout, 62nd by Rivals, 83rd by ESPN ... Rankings among Texas recruits: 29th by 247Sports, 65th by Rivals, 77th on Lone Star 100, on Waco Tribune-Herald Top 100 and 107th on Dave Campbell Texas Football Texas Top 150 ... Played cornerback, safety, quarterback, receiver and returned kickoffs and punts at Kountze ... Named 2015 Class 3A DI All-State first-team defensive back as senior, also all-district as two-way player (first-team All-District 12-3A as safety and second-team as quarterback) ... Named 2014 District 12-3A Offensive MVP, threw for 1,639 yards and 18 touchdowns, ran for 531 yards and 11 scores and made seven receptions ... Defensively totaled 49 tackles (one for loss), two interceptions (one returned for TD), four forced fumbles, and four fumble recoveries (one TD) as senior ... Two-way, first-team All-District 10-2A honoree at cornerback and receiver in 2013, helped KHS to 6-5 record and bi-district finals ... Accomplished basketball point guard, two-time all-state honoree (and district MVP) as sophomore and junior ... Also ran track and competed in tennis for KHS. Personal: Son of Grayland and Deborah Arnold ... Major is kinesiology.