- Nationality
- United States
- Position
- TE
- Height
- 6'2"
- Weight
- 234
- Birthday
- 9/14/1961
- Hometown
- Berea, OH
- High School
- Berea
- Past Teams
- Ohio State
- Seasons
- 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984
Post-OSU Update: Judd Groza graduated Ohio State with a 4.0 GPA and a B.S. degree in Marketing. He has had a long career in medical sales. (updated: Apr. 2024)
Major: Accounting (1983-84), Business (1980-82)
Weight: 234 (1984), 229 (1982-83), 228 (1980-81)
1984 Media Guide: Qualifies as the hard luck member of the team because of injuries and illnesses … an honor student throughout college majoring in accounting.
1983: Played in 72.5 minutes … a knee injury in practice before the 1983 Wisconsin game required surgery and forced him to miss the final four games of the regular season.
1983 Media Guide: Enjoyed an excellent spring practice that was injury free … has good hands, impressive speed and great desire.
1982: Played 46.5 minutes.
1982 Media Guide: One of the hard-luck members of the squad … enjoyed a promising spring practice in 1982 … has all the basics, good hands, impressive speed and great desire … an honor student.
1981: Did not see any game action.
1981 Media Guide: An exceptionally talented athlete … had surgery on his back and team doctors believe he should be able to resume football participation this fall … has good hands, impressive speed and great determination.
1980: Played five games as a freshman, before being sidelined with a spinal disc problem.
1980 Media Guide: A good blocker with fine speed.
High School: Was a high school All-American at Berea … won the Cleveland area “Outstanding Student-Athlete Award” as a senior … won nine high school letters, three each in football, basketball and track.
Personal: His father, Lou, is one of the top tackles and field goal kickers in pro history … admires Ozzie Newsome and Dave Logan.
Offense
Season | Team | G | GS | Rec | Rec Yds | Rec Avg | Rec TD | Lng | 2 Pt Conv | Fum | Lost | FR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1982 | Ohio State | 9 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1983 | Ohio State | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1984 | Ohio State | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | - | 27 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |