Robby Ashford

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Robby Ashford
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Ashford with South Carolina in 2024
South Carolina GamecocksNo. 1
Position Quarterback
Class Redshirt.svg Senior
Major Liberal Arts
Personal information
Born: (2002-10-01) October 1, 2002 (age 22)
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight229 lb (104 kg)
Career history
College
High school Hoover
(Hoover, Alabama)
Career highlights and awards
  • SEC All-Freshman Team (2022)

Robert Logan Ashford (born October 1, 2002) is an American college football quarterback for the South Carolina Gamecocks. He previously played for the Auburn Tigers. He also played for the Oregon Ducks.

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Early life

Ashford grew up in Hoover, Alabama and attended Hoover High School. [1] Ashford was rated a four-star recruit and initially committed to play college football and baseball at Ole Miss. [2] He later de-committed and ultimately signed to play at Oregon. [3]

College career

Oregon

Ashford began his college career at Oregon. He did not appear in any games for the football team in two seasons. [4] Ashford played for Oregon's baseball team during his freshman year, playing in 20 games as an outfielder and batting .200. [5] He decided to focus solely on football after his freshman year. [6] Following the end of his second football season, Ashford entered the NCAA transfer portal. [7]

Auburn

Ashford ultimately transferred to Auburn. [8] He made his first career start against LSU on October 1, 2022, throwing for 337 yards in a 21–17 loss. [9] Ashford passed for 1,613 yards with seven touchdown and seven interceptions while also rushing for 710 yards and seven touchdowns in 2022. [10]

On December 15, 2023, Ashford announced that he would be entering the transfer portal for the second time. [11]

South Carolina

On January 16, 2024, Ashford announced that he would transfer to South Carolina. [12]

Statistics

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GPGSRecordCmpAttPctYdsAvgTDINTRtgAttYdsAvgTD
Oregon Ducks
2020 Redshirt Redshirt.svg
2021 DNP
Auburn Tigers
2022 1293–612325049.21,6136.577107.01537104.67
2023 1010–1142751.91455.422106.6462174.75
South Carolina Gamecocks
2024 311–0182669.229211.220189.0331705.21
Career 25114–715530351.22,0506.8119114.02321,0974.713

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