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Name: Rodney Hammond Jr. (Transfer from Pittsburgh)
College: Sacramento State
Number: 2
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 5-09 Weight: 195
Position: Pos2: KR
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2026
40 Low: 4.48 40 Time: 4.56 40 High: 4.63
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Data Scout Notes: X-Up to FA-Tryout Tier/RB1 on Team in 25/KR Value as Well-Good KR/118-547-4.6-4 in 23 2024: 12-22-24 Transfer from Pittsburgh...Ineligible/Out for 2024...2023: NAC...2022: NAC...2021: NAC
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Rodney Hammond Jr., Sacramento State, Player News
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WEEK 11 BIG SKY OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Rodney Hammond, Sacramento State (RB, Sr., Norfolk, Va.),...Rodney Hammond rushed for 191 yards on 17 carries, while scoring two touchdowns on the ground to pace Sacramento State in its 52-24 win over Portlan d State. Hammond's day included touchdown runs of 87 and 41 yards, with the 87-yarder tying a school record. Hammond has now run for over 100 yards in five of his last six games and has scored nine touchdowns in those games. The senior running back also caught a pass for 29 yards and had a 20-yard kick return to finish the game with 240 all-purpose yards. Others Nominated Offense: Jake Schakel (EWU), Jordan Cooke (ISU), Michael Wortham (UM), Ty Pennington (NAU), Terence Loville (PSU), Samuel Gbatu Jr. ( UCD). - Big Sky Football
(DS#54 RB) rSr/2026  RB Rodney Hammond Jr., Sacramento State
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Rodney Hammond Jr. and Jaquail Smith each ran for more than 100 yards, and quarterback Cardell Williams ran for the game-winning touchdown with nine seconds left to give Sacramento State a 23-20 victory over Idaho on Saturday night. Idaho scored two four th-quarter touchdowns and led 20-16 with 3:17 remaining. Williams then led a 14-play, 67-yard scoring drive, capped by a fake handoff to Hammond before running untouched for a 2-yard score.Smith had 14 carries for 122 yards rushing and Hammond fin ished with 120 yards on 26 carries for Sacramento State (7-4, 5-2 Big Sky Conference), which has won three straight and five of its last six games. Williams completed 14 of 18 passes for 176 yards and threw a touchdown pass. Joshua Wood was 15-of-26 pass ing for 162 yards and he added 117 yards on the ground with a 10-yard touchdown run that put Idaho up 20-16. Nate Thomas also had a 7-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter for the Vandals (4-6, 2-5). - AP College Football
(DS#54 RB) rSr/2026 RB Rodney Hammond Jr., Sacramento State
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Cardell Williams threw two first-half touchdown passes to Ernest Campbell, Rodney Hammond Jr. had 191 yards rushing and two TDs on 17 carries and Sacramento State beat Portland State 52-24 on Saturday night. Delon Thompson's 2-yard TD run a little over a minute into the second quarter made it 7-7 but, on the next play from scrimmage, Campbell - whose 22-yard touchdown reception opened the scoring - caught a short pass at the 40 and made a defender miss as he raced to the end zone for a 65-yard touchdown that gave Sacramento State (6-4, 4-2 Big Sky Conference) the lead for good.The Hornets ran for 295 yards and five touchdowns. Damian Henderson II, Sam Adams II and JaQuail Smith each had a rushing TD for Sacramento State. Portland State (1-9, 1-5 ) beat Cal Poly 40-28 last week to snap an eight-game losing streak. Freshman Tyrese Smith replaced starter John-Keawe Sagapolutele in the second quarter and was 8-of-11 passing for 105 yards with a TD and added 37 yards rushing, which included a 1-yard touchdown. Sagapolutele completed 5 of 13 for 72 yards and threw two interceptions. - AP College Football
(DS#54 RB) rSr/2026 RB Rodney Hammond Jr., Sacramento State
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Rodney Hammond Jr. had 208 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 22 carries, Jaquail Smith ran for TDs of 45 and 29 yards and Sacramento State beat Eastern Washington 35-13 on Saturday. Sacramento State (5-4, 3-2 Big Sky Conference) finished with 376 yards rushing and averaged 6.7 yards per carry. Hammond took a hand off up the middle, bent it out toward the right sideline and raced 59 yards to the end zone to give the Hornets a 14-10 lead with about five minutes left in the first quarter. The first play after a 10-yard punt by EWU's Landon Ogles, Smith ripped off a 45-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter. A 17-punt gave the Sacramento State possession at the Eagles 35 and five plays later Hammond's 7-yard TD run made it 28-10.Soren McKe e, who made a career-long 51-yard field goal in the first quarter, kicked a 19-yarder as time expired in the first half. Nate Bell threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Wilson Medina for Eastern Washington (4-5, 3-2). Bell left the game early in the second qu arter due to an apparent shoulder injury and finished 6-of-14 passing for 39 yards. Redshirt freshman Jake Schakel replaced Bell and went 24 of 38 for 201 yards. Quarterback Cardell Williams opened the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown run a little more th an two minutes into the game and Smith, who had 12 carries for 117 yards, capped the scoring with 9:47 to play. - AP College Football
(DS#54 RB) rSr/2026 RB Rodney Hammond Jr., Sacramento State
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Rodney Hammond Jr. and JaQuail Smith each ran for more than 100 yards, Grant Meadors kicked a pair of fourth-quarter field goals and Sacramento State beat Northern Colorado 40-35 on Saturday night. Following Meadors' fourth field goal, a 42-yarder with 2 :01 to play, Eric Gibson Jr. drove Northern Colorado to the Sacramento State 3 with 30 seconds left but threw an incomplete pass on fourth-and-1. Meadors' 34-yard field goal gave Sacramento State (4-3, 2-1 Big Sky Conference) a 37-35 lead with 9:30 remai ning. He also made field goals from 37 and 28 yards in the first half.Ricky Lee III's 34-yard pick-6 to start the fourth quarter gave Sacramento State a 34-28 lead. Northern Colorado answered with Gibson's 62-yard touchdown pass to Carver Cheeks f or a 35-34 advantage. Hammond had 134 yards rushing on 21 carries that included a 46-yard touchdown. Smith carried 17 times for 103 yards. The Hornets ran for 323 of their 434 yards of offense. Gibson was 21-of-33 passing for 321 yards and threw three to uchdowns but four interceptions for Northern Colorado (3-4, 1-2). He also threw a 75-yard TD pass to Cheeks in the second quarter. Cheeks finished with nine catches for 223 yards and three touchdowns. - AP College Football
(DS#54 RB) rSr/2026 RB Rodney Hammond Jr., Sacramento State
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WEEK 7 BIG SKY SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Rodney Hammond Jr., Sacramento State (KR/RB, Sr., Norfolk, VA.),...Rodney Hammond, Jr. helped lead Sacramento State to a 55-27 victory at Weber State, as the senior accounted for three total touchdowns, in cluding a 99-yard kickoff return for a score. After Weber State cut Sac State's lead to two scores, Hammond fielded the kickoff at the 1-yard line and broke free through the middle of the field for the touchdown. The score was the longest kick return by a Sac State player since Tyrone Taylor also went 99 yards against Idaho State in 1996. Hammond's mark is tied for third in program history, trailing only a pair of 100-yard returns. The senior's other kickoff return in the game went for 42 yards. He also rushed for 106 yards and scored two touchdowns on the ground. Others Nominated for Big Sky Football Player of the Week, Special Teams: Ty Morrison (UM), Jacob Willig (UNC). - Big Sky Football
(DS#54 RB) rSr/2026 RB Rodney Hammond Jr., Sacramento State
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Cardell Williams rushed for three touchdowns, Rodney Hammond Jr. had two touchdown runs before returning a kickoff for a score and Sacramento State steamrolled Weber State 55-27 on Saturday night. Williams scored on a 10-yard run with 55 seconds left in the first quarter to give Sacramento State (3-3, 1-1 Big Sky Conference) a 7-3 lead. Hammond scored on a 14-yard run 58 seconds into the second quarter and Williams followed with a 51-yard touchdown run less than three minutes later for a 21-3 advantage. Dijon Jennings had a 5-yard touchdown run at the end of a 13-play drive for Weber State (2-4, 0-2) to cut it to 21-10. Jaquail Smith answered with a 13-yard touchdown run with 50 seconds left and the Hornets took a 28-10 lead into halftime. Hammon d's second touchdown run came from 8 yards out for a 35-10 advantage three minutes into the third quarter. He returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown after the Wildcats had cut it to 41-27 with 8:36 remaining. Smith capped the scoring with a 24-yard touchdown run at 2:46. Williams completed 5 of 9 passes for 53 yards for Sac State. He added a 3-yard touchdown run early in the final quarter and finished with 139 yards on 12 carries. Smith rushed 17 times for 135 yards and Hammond gained 108 on 15 car ries. The Hornets finished with 397 yards on 50 rushes. Jennings totaled 157 yards on 16-for-28 passing for Weber State. Chauncey Sylvester had a touchdown run and a touchdown catch. - AP College Football
(DS#54 RB) rSr/2026 RB Rodney Hammond Jr., Sacramento State
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Pitt running back Rodney Hammond Jr. has been declared ineligible and will miss the 2024 season, the school announced Friday. No reason was provided, but Hammond remains a member of the team and can practice, the school said. Hammond, in his fourth year, led the Panthers in rushing last year with 564 yards and scored four touchdowns. Desmond Reid was listed as co-No. 1 on the depth chart at running back heading into Pitt’s opener Saturday at home against Kent State. Reid is a third-year transfer from Western Carolina, where he played for new Pitt offensive coordinator Kade Bell and ran for 897 yards and 13 touchdowns last season. - AP College Football
(DS#54 RB) rSr/2026 RB Rodney Hammond Jr., Sacramento State
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Rodney Hammond ran for a career-high 124 yards and a touchdown while filling in for injured Israel Abanikanda and Pittsburgh shut down No. 22 Syracuse 17-9 on Saturday to end a two-game losing streak. The Panthers (5-4, 2-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) rel ied heavily on Hammond and a defense that kept Orange freshman quarterback Carlos Del Rio-Wilson in check in his first career start. Pitt sacked Del Rio-Wilson six times and limited the Orange (6-3, 3-2) to 145 total yards in beating Syracuse for the 18t h time in the past 21 meetings of the longtime rivals.C'Bo Flemister added a short touchdown run for Pitt as the defending ACC champions righted themselves after three losses in four games essentially ended any shot of them earning a second straig ht trip to the conference title game. Though quarterback Kedon Slovis failed to throw a touchdown pass for a fourth straight game - the USC transfer completed 16 of 23 for 178 yards and an ill-advised heave into the end zone in the first quarter that end ed as an interception - Hammond and Flemister made up for it while doing a pretty solid Abanikanda impersonation. Hammond began the season expecting to split carries with Abanikanda only to get hurt during the season opener against West Virginia. Abanika nda took firm hold of the starting job in Hammond's absence, becoming the ACC's leading rusher in the process. - Pittsburgh/AP College Football
(DS#54 RB) rSr/2026 RB Rodney Hammond Jr., Sacramento State
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SEPT 27 ACC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK: Rodney Hammond Jr., Pitt, Fr., RB, Norfolk, Va.,...Rushed for a career-high 100 yards on 17 carries (5.9 avg.) with three touchdowns in Saturday's 77-7 win over New Hampshire ... Became the first Pitt freshman to rush for three touchdowns in a game since Dion Lewis had three against Cincinnati on Dec. 5, 2009 ... Hammond also became the first Pitt freshman to rush for 100 yards since V'Lique Carter had 137 against Duke on Oct. 27, 2018. - Atlantic Coast Conference Footbal l
(DS#54 RB) rSr/2026 RB Rodney Hammond Jr., Sacramento State
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