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2025 Football Roster

27 TJ Harden

  • Position RB
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 220
  • Hometown Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Previous School UCLA / Inglewood

Biography

2024 (Junior at UCLA): Played in all 12 games, making 11 starts (not Iowa) … posted team highs of 124 carries, 506 rushing yards (4.1 yards per rush) and two touchdowns on ground … had 40 catches for 368 yards (9.2 yards per reception) and one touchdown … made at least one catch in all 12 games; caught four or more passes in five games … scored one rushing touchdown versus Fresno State (Nov. 30) and another against Indiana (Sept. 14) … rushed 14 times for 99 yards versus USC (Nov. 23); had season-long 40-yard carry against Trojans … registered season highs of six catches and 79 receiving yards at Washington (Nov. 15) … posted season highs of 20 carries and 125 rushing yards against Iowa (Nov. 8) … broke 50-yard receiving mark in back-to-back games against Minnesota (Oct. 12 – 57) and at Penn State (Oct. 5 – 59); logged season-long 53-yard catch and run from quarterback Justyn Martin in visit to Nittany Lions … named to Doak Walker Award preseason watch list.

2023 (Sophomore at UCLA): Appeared in all 13 games with three starts (at USC, California, Boise State) ... ranked 10th in Pac-12 in per-game rushing average (63.6) ... ran for season-best 142 yards on 22 carries at USC ... added another 100-yard performance (105) in LA Bowl win while adding two rushing scores (14 yards and one yard) ... had seven games with at least 55 yards rushing during the season ... ran for 91 yards on nine carries with a TD at San Diego State ... had 76 yards on ground against Coastal Carolina ... compiled 78 yards rushing on 20 carries with touchdown in win versus Colorado ... ran for eight touchdowns, tied for eighth best in Pac-12 ... caught three passes against Washington State and at Arizona ... also scored rushing TDs against North Carolina Central, Oregon State, Stanford and USC ... registered first receiving touchdown at USC ... his 5.3 yards-per-carry average rated fifth in Pac-12.

2022 (Freshman at UCLA): Saw action in six games as reserve running back (Bowling Green, Alabama State, Colorado, Stanford, California, Pittsburgh) ... totaled 111 rushing yards on 11 attempts in Sun Bowl against Pitt; his eight-yard run put Bruins ahead in final minute of play ... ran for 89 yards on 12 carries at Cal ... had 56 yards on seven carries against Alabama State ... rushed for 41 yards at Colorado on seven attempts ... scored TD on 13-yard run against Alabama State ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Spring 2023 ... enrolled at UCLA in March 2022.

High School: Three-star recruit according to 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals ... No. 53 running back by 247Sports ... top-60 prospect in state of California by 247Sports (58) and ESPN (59) ... No. 119 prospect in West region by ESPN ... rushed for more than 1,400 yards and 19 touchdowns in 2021 ... named Ocean League Offensive Player of the Year in 2021 ... Sentinels won Ocean League title and reached CIF Southern Section 2 semifinals in 2021.

Personal: Full name is Tomarion Harden ... son of LaTanya Harden ... has one sister.

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