2026 Football Roster
DJ Epps
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 182
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Seale, Ala.
- High School:
- Russell County
- Prev School:
- Troy
2025 (r-Jr.) – Troy
- Played wide receiver for coach Gerad Parker
- Saw action in all 14 games, including 10 starts
- Finished with a team-high 47 catches, second with 512 yards, had a team-tying five touchdowns with a long of 48
- Caught passes on 66.2% of his targets and had six games with four or more receptions
- Ranked No. 2 in the Sun Belt with 554 return yards on 23 kickoffs with a long of 79
- Totaled 140 return yards on three kickoffs with a long of 79 in the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl
- Added 50 yards on four catches at JMU, including a long catch of 20 yards
- Registered his second 100-yard receiving game with eight catches for 103 yards and two touchdowns against Georgia State
- Tallied a season-high 148 yards and two touchdowns on 10 catches at Texas State
- Recorded five catches for 59 yards and caught his first career touchdown pass against South Alabama
- Finished with four catches for 44 yards with a long of 17 yards at Clemson
2024 (r-So.) – Troy
- Appeared in six games
- Caught one pass for five yards against Florida A&M
2023 (r-Fr.) – Troy
- Saw action against Arkansas State
2022 (Fr.) – Troy
- Redshirted
High School
- Played quarterback for coach Dillon Griggs at Russell County High
- Earned all-area first-team honors
- Rushed for 285 yards and four touchdowns on 35 carries, caught 30 passes for 544 yards and four touchdowns
- Registered a season-high eight catches for 134 yards against Opelika
- Recorded six catches for a season-high 151 yards and two touchdowns against Smith’s Station
- Finished with a season-high two rushing touchdowns against Percy Julian
- Had a season-high 89 yards and a touchdown against Lanier
- Returned seven punts for 84 yards and a touchdown
- Totaled 1,013 all-purpose yards and 10 touchdowns
- Also played basketball
Personal
- Son of Dammuon Epps and Tanya Griffin
Rich Rodriguez | Dec. 3
Wednesday, December 03
Reid Carrico | Nov. 29
Saturday, November 29
Jeff Weimer | Nov. 29
Saturday, November 29
Rich Rodriguez | Nov. 29
Saturday, November 29
