7 Tory Ponder
7 - Tory Ponder
Height: 6-0
Weight: 190
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Moultrie, Ga.
High School: Colquitt County HS
Position: WR
Major: Sport Management
gp 5
tk 0.0
sac -
int -
ffum -

Career: 17.28 yards per reception average (5th in Tusculum history)... 21 games... 64 receptions for 1,106 yards (19th in TU history) and 8 touchdowns... 21st player in program history with 1,000 career receiving yards.

2020: Started in all five games... 18 receptions for 341 yards and a TD... Led the team with 10 punt returns for 89 yards (8.9 ypr - 5th in NCAA II)... Seven catches for 123 yards at Lenoir-Rhyne (Apr. 10) including a 49-yard reception... Six grabs for 140 yards including a 50-yarder for a TD... Five punt returns for 64 yards at Erskine (Mar. 27) including a career-long 21-yarder... Four punt returns for 25 yards at Mars Hill (Mar. 12).

2019: All-South Atlantic Conference Second Team... Led the Pioneers with 35 receptions for 571 yards and six touchdowns... His receiving yardage and TD catch total are both sixth in the league while his 3.9 receptions per game average is third in the SAC... Recorded two games with 100-plus receiving yards including a career-high 131 yards against No. 8 Lenoir-Rhyne (Oct. 12)... Preceded that with 105 yards on six catches and two touchdowns against Wingate (Oct. 5)... Hauled in 80-yard TD reception vs Lenoir-Rhyne which is tied for the 10th-longest catch in program history... 38-yard TD catch vs Wingate... 35-yard TD grab at Carson-Newman (Nov. 16)... Led the team with nine receptions of 20 or more yards including five for TDs.

2018: Played in six games against North Greenville (Aug. 30), Shorter (Sep. 8), Limestone (Sep. 14), Lenoir-Rhyne (Sep. 29), Mars Hill (Oct. 6) and Newberry (Oct. 13)... 11 receptions for 194 yards on the season averaging 17.6 yards per catch... Posted 88 all-purpose yards including one reception for 49 yards and two kickoff returns for 39 yards at Lenoir-Rhyne... Made seven receptions for 87 yards at Mars Hill including a 17-yard TD catch... Tallied four tackles on special teams including two at Mars Hill and one each against North Greenville and Lenoir-Rhyne.

2017: Redshirt.

High School: Attended Colquitt County HS in Norman Park, Ga... Coached by Rush Propst (football)... Lettered four years in football, two times in basketball and once in track... 2016 Senior Elite Classic participant... 2016 7A All-State second team... 2016 All-Region 1-7A honorable mention... 2015 All-Region... Three-time Academic Athlete (2014, 2015, 2016)... 2016 Mr. Dependable Award... 2016 "True Grit" Award winner... Three-time Region Champions (2014, 2015, 2016)... 2015 National Champions... Stats: 2015: 30 receptions, 331 yards, 3 TD; 2016 Stats: 53 receptions, 738 yards, 7 TDs; Career Stats: 83 receptions, 1,069 yards, 10 TDs; Holds school record for longest punt return for a TD (90 yds).

Personal: Born May 21, 1999 in Orlando, Fla... Nickname: "TP"... Son of Nicole Ponder... Siblings: Tarai Alexander and Nyquann Washington... Father played football with the Philadelphia Eagles... Majoring in sport management... Future plans: Coaching, business... Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Hobbies: Play sports, draw... Favorite movie: "Get Out"; Favorite musical artist: NoCap; Favorite song: "Rich & Alpo" by Shad Da God; Favorite sports team: Florida Gators; Tory can't go a week without: His cell phone; Favorite athlete: Lebron James; Most thrilling moment in sports: Winning a second state championship; Favorite color: Gray; Favorite food: Bacon cheeseburger; Favorite sport other than football: Basketball; Person Tory most admires: God; Most famous person Tory has ever met: Stephen Curry; What people don't know about Tory: He is an artist; When he was a kid, Tory tried to be like: Lebron James.

Recent Games
Mar 6 at Newberry L, 21-6
Mar 12 at Mars Hill W, 58-20
Mar 27 at Erskine W, 47-7
Apr 3 Limestone W, 49-17
Apr 10 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 28-23
Statistics category Overall Conf
Solo tackles - -
Assists - -
Tackles 0.0 0.0
Tackles per game .0 .0
Sacks - -
Sack yards - -
Interceptions - -
Returned for touchdown - -
Fumble recoveries - -
Fumble return TDs - -
Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Mar 6 at Newberry L, 21-6 - - - - - - - - -
Mar 12 at Mars Hill W, 58-20 - - - - - - - - -
Mar 27 at Erskine W, 47-7 - - - - - - - - -
Apr 3 Limestone W, 49-17 - - - - - - - - -
Apr 10 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 28-23 - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Mar 6 at Newberry L, 21-6 - - - - - 1 1
Mar 12 at Mars Hill W, 58-20 - - - - - - -
Mar 27 at Erskine W, 47-7 - - - - - - -
Apr 3 Limestone W, 49-17 - - - - - 1 1
Apr 10 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 28-23 - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Mar 6 at Newberry L, 21-6 3 17 5.7 8 0 1 1
Mar 12 at Mars Hill W, 58-20 1 17 17.0 17 0 - -
Mar 27 at Erskine W, 47-7 1 44 44.0 44 0 - -
Apr 3 Limestone W, 49-17 6 140 23.3 50 1 1 1
Apr 10 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 28-23 7 123 17.6 49 0 - -
Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Mar 6 at Newberry L, 21-6 - - - - - 0
Mar 12 at Mars Hill W, 58-20 - - - - - 0
Mar 27 at Erskine W, 47-7 - - - - - 0
Apr 3 Limestone W, 49-17 - - - - - 0
Apr 10 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 28-23 - - - - - 0
Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Mar 6 at Newberry L, 21-6 - - - - - - - -
Mar 12 at Mars Hill W, 58-20 - - - - - - - -
Mar 27 at Erskine W, 47-7 - - - - - - - -
Apr 3 Limestone W, 49-17 - - - - - - - -
Apr 10 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 28-23 - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Mar 6 at Newberry L, 21-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 12 at Mars Hill W, 58-20 1 19 19.0 19 0 4 25 6.3 10 0
Mar 27 at Erskine W, 47-7 - - - - - 5 64 12.8 21 0
Apr 3 Limestone W, 49-17 - - - - - 1 0 0.0 0 0
Apr 10 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 28-23 - - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Mar 6 at Newberry L, 21-6 1 - 17 - - 17
Mar 12 at Mars Hill W, 58-20 1 - 17 25 19 61
Mar 27 at Erskine W, 47-7 1 - 44 64 - 108
Apr 3 Limestone W, 49-17 1 - 140 0 - 140
Apr 10 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 28-23 1 - 123 - - 123
Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Mar 6 at Newberry L, 21-6 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Mar 12 at Mars Hill W, 58-20 0 - 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 -
Mar 27 at Erskine W, 47-7 0 - 0 - 0 - - - - - 0 -
Apr 3 Limestone W, 49-17 6 - 1 - 0 - - - - - 0 -
Apr 10 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 28-23 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Mar 6 at Newberry L, 21-6 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 12 at Mars Hill W, 58-20 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 27 at Erskine W, 47-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 3 Limestone W, 49-17 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 10 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 28-23 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2017-18 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2018-19 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2019-20 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2020-21 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 21 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2017-18 1 - - - - - - - -
2018-19 6 - - - - - - - -
2019-20 9 1 1 0.1 1.0 0 1 3 0
2020-21 5 - - - - - - 2 2
Total 21 1 1 0.0 1.0 0 1 5 2
  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2017-18 1 - - - - - - -
2018-19 6 11 1.8 194 32.3 17.6 1 49
2019-20 9 35 3.9 571 63.4 16.3 6 80
2020-21 5 18 3.6 341 68.2 18.9 1 50
Total 21 64 3.0 1106 52.7 17.3 8 80
  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2017-18 1 - - - - - - - 0
2018-19 6 - - - - - - - 0
2019-20 9 - - - - - - - 0
2020-21 5 - - - - - - - 0
Total 21 - - - - - - - 0
  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2017-18 1 - - - - - - - -
2018-19 6 - - - - - - - -
2019-20 9 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 5 - - - - - - - -
Total 21 - - - - - - - -
  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2017-18 - - - - - - - - - -
2018-19 2 39 19.5 0 20 - - - - -
2019-20 - - - - - - - - - -
2020-21 1 19 19.0 0 19 10 89 8.9 0 21
Total 3 58 19.3 0 20 10 89 8.9 0 21
  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2017-18 1 - - - - 0 .0
2018-19 6 - 194 - 39 233 38.8
2019-20 9 1 571 - - 572 63.6
2020-21 5 - 341 89 19 449 89.8
Total 21 1 1106 89 58 1254 59.7
  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2017-18 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
2018-19 6 1.0 - 1 0 - - - - - - 0
2019-20 36 4.0 0 6 - - - - - - - 0
2020-21 6 1.2 - 1 0 0 - - - - - 0
Total 48 2.3 0 8 0 0 - - - - - 0
  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2017-18 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2018-19 6 1 3 4.0 .7 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2019-20 9 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Total 21 2 3 5.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Total 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Home 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Wins 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
March 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
April 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Total 5 - - - - - - 2 2
Conference 2 - - - - - - 1 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 1 - - - - - - 1 1
Away 4 - - - - - - 1 1
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 4 - - - - - - 1 1
Losses 1 - - - - - - 1 1
-
March 3 - - - - - - 1 1
April 2 - - - - - - 1 1
  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Total 5 18 3.6 341 68.2 18.9 1 50
Conference 2 7 3.5 157 78.5 22.4 1 50
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
-
Home 1 6 6.0 140 140.0 23.3 1 50
Away 4 12 3.0 201 50.3 16.8 0 49
Neutral - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 4 15 3.8 324 81.0 21.6 1 50
Losses 1 3 3.0 17 17.0 5.7 0 8
-
March 3 5 1.7 78 26.0 15.6 0 44
April 2 13 6.5 263 131.5 20.2 1 50
  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Total 5 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 2 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 1 - - - - - - - 0
Away 4 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 4 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 1 - - - - - - - 0
-
March 3 - - - - - - - 0
April 2 - - - - - - - 0
  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Total 5 - - - - - - - -
Conference 2 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 1 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 4 - - - - - - - -
Losses 1 - - - - - - - -
-
March 3 - - - - - - - -
April 2 - - - - - - - -
  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Total 1 19 19.0 0 19 10 89 8.9 0 21
Conference 1 19 19.0 0 19 5 25 5.0 0 10
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
-
Home - - - - - 1 0 0.0 0 0
Away 1 19 19.0 0 19 9 89 9.9 0 21
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 1 19 19.0 0 19 10 89 8.9 0 21
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
-
March 1 19 19.0 0 19 9 89 9.9 0 21
April - - - - - 1 0 0.0 0 0
  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Total 5 - 341 89 19 449 89.8
Conference 2 - 157 25 19 201 100.5
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
-
Home 1 - 140 0 - 140 140.0
Away 4 - 201 89 19 309 77.3
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
-
Wins 4 - 324 89 19 432 108.0
Losses 1 - 17 - - 17 17.0
-
March 3 - 78 89 19 186 62.0
April 2 - 263 0 - 263 131.5
  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Total 6 1.2 - 1 0 0 - - - - - 0
Conference 6 3.0 - 1 0 0 - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 6 6.0 - 1 - 0 - - - - - 0
Away 0 0.0 - 0 0 0 - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 6 1.5 - 1 0 0 - - - - - 0
Losses 0 0.0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0
-
March 0 0.0 - 0 0 0 - - - - - 0
April 6 3.0 - 1 - 0 - - - - - 0
  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Total 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
Home 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
March 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
April 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -