JD Drew

Position:
Cornerback
Height:
6-0
Weight:
170
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Tulsa, Okla.
High School:
Booker T. Washington HS
Prev School:
Utah State

CAREER NOTES: Enrolled for the 2025 spring semester … Transferred to TU from Utah State … Has appeared in 40 games with 26 starts … recorded 99 tackles (63 solo), including 1.0 tackles for loss, while adding ten pass breakups, one interception and one forced fumble.

Academic All-Mountain West (2023)

2025: Appeared in 12 games while making 11 starts at cornerback for the Golden Hurricane.

Recorded a total of 24 tackles, with 13 solo and 11 assisted.
Achieved a season-high of six tackles in games against Tulane on September 27 and East Carolina on October 16.
Registered two pass breakups, including one against Temple on October 25 and another against Oregon State on November 15.
Contributed defensively in games without recording any sacks, interceptions, or forced fumbles.

PRIOR TO TULSA: Played in 28 games with 15 starts … recorded 76 tackles (50 solo), including 1.0 tackles for loss, while adding eight pass breakups, one interception and one forced fumble.

Appeared in all 12 games with nine starts during the 2024 season.
Finished the season with 45 tackles (31 solo), including 1.0 tackles for loss, while adding two pass breakups, one interception and one forced fumble.
Tied his career-high with a season-best seven tackles at Wyoming (10/26), to go along with 1.0 tackles for loss.
Appeared in 11 games with six starts during the 2023 season.
Finished the season with 27 tackles (16-solo) and six pass breakups, which were tied for the second-most on the team.
Had a career-high seven tackles at UConn (9/30/23).
Had two tackles and a career-high three pass breakups at New Mexico (11/24/23).
Earned 2023Academic All-Mountain West honors.
Played in five games, which included the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl against Memphis (12/27), to preserve his redshirt season.
Had four tackles (3-solo) during the year, including a season-high two stops at Boise State (11/25/22)

HIGH SCHOOL

Three-star recruit that was ranked as the 15th-best player in the state of Oklahoma and the 63rd-best athlete in the country by 247Sports.com
Helped Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to an 8-3 record and a third-place finish in 6A-II District 2 with a 5-2 league mark
Had 30 tackles, three pass breakups, two interceptions, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one touchdown as a prep senior for the Hornets
Added 27 receptions for 562 yards and seven touchdowns, and three carries for 79 yards and one touchdown on offense
Had two 100-yard receiving games, including five receptions for 123 yards and two touchdowns, against Putnam City West HS, and three receptions for 101 yards and one touchdown against Stillwater HS
Member of the National Honor Society
Played football, basketball and competed in track & field.

PERSONAL