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Sage Ennis Season 2024-25

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PositionTE
Weight237 lbs
Height6-4
ClassGraduate Student
HometownTallahassee, Fla.
High SchoolLincoln
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AWARDS & HONORS
2025 – Voted one of four team captains by his teammates ... Honorable Mention All-ACC as a tight end ... became UVA's 12th Academic All-American, earning Second Team honors from College Sports Communicators (CSC) ... CSC Academic All-District selection ... earned the Offensive Strength & Conditioning Award at the program's annual year-end banquet. 2022 (at Clemson) – ACC Academic Honor Roll. 2021 (at Clemson) – ACC Academic Honor Roll. 2021 (at Clemson) – ACC Academic Honor Roll.

AT VIRGINIA
2025 – Started 12 of the 13 games in which he appeared, including the each of the final 11 games ... caught 23 passes for 214 yards and tied for the team lead with five touchdown receptions ... his five TD catches were the third-most among ACC tight ends and were tied for 15th among ACC pass catchers ... the five touchdown receptions were tied for the seventh-most ever in a single season by a UVA tight end and most by a Cavaliers since Jelani Woods had eight in 2021 ... in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl against Missouri (12/27), caught a career-best, five pass and racked up 35 yards receiving ... tallied his fifth touchdown reception of the year on a 1-yard pass from tailback J’Mari Taylor in UVA’s 27-7 win over Virginia Tech (11/29) in the regular season finale … on receiving end of a 10-yard TD pass to open the scoring against Duke (11/15), his fourth of the year ... totaled a career high, 40 receiving yards on four catches in UVA’s 31-21 win at Cal (11/1) … finished with two catches for 33 yards, including a 23-yard catch to the 2-yard line that set up a rushing TD in the fourth quarter against Washington State (10/18) … nabbed his third straight game with a touchdown on a 6-yard catch in the first quarter of UVA’s 46-38 double-overtime win over No. 8 Florida State (9/26) … caught his second career TD – a 13-yard reception – on the opening drive of the second half in UVA’s 48-20 ACC-opening win over Stanford (9/20) … hauled in his first career touchdown reception at NC State (9/6) … started his first game as Cavalier and third of his career lining up at tight end in UVA’s 48-7 season-opening win over Coastal Carolina. 2024 – Appeared in the Cavaliers’ first four games before suffering a season-ending knee injury … caught a pass for two yards in 31-30 road win over Wake Forest (9/7).

PRIOR TO VIRGINIA

AT CLEMSON (2020-23)
Overview – Physical tight end caught six career passes for 77 yards in 449 offensive snaps over 41 games (two starts) at Clemson from 2020-23. 2023 – Caught three passes for 52 yards and was a trusted blocker in the running game for 171 snaps over 10 games (one start) … Clemson had 16 rushing touchdowns prior to his season-ending injury, including 10 for which he was on the field as a blocker … recorded his first reception of the season on a six-yard grab vs. Wake Forest … caught a career-long 28-yard pass at NC State … added an 18-yard reception, Clemson’s longest of the game, vs. No. 12 Notre Dame … suffered a season-ending knee injury vs. Georgia Tech. 2022 – Contributed in all 14 games, playing 54 offensive snaps and playing on special teams … caught two passes for 17 yards at Notre Dame. 2021 – Ascended Clemson’s tight end depth chart as the season progressed and finished the year having played 197 snaps and having recorded one eight-yard catch in 13 games with one start … contributed on special teams vs. No. 5 Georgia … made offensive season debut vs. SC State … made his first career catch vs. Boston College, gaining eight yards … made first career start in a two-tight-end set vs. Florida State. 2020 – Played 27 snaps in four games … made collegiate debut at Wake Forest … also saw action against The Citadel, No. 7 Miami (Fla.) and Pitt.

PREP & PERSONAL
Played for Quinn Gray at Lincoln High in Tallahassee, Fla. … had experience at defensive end, quarterback and tight end during his career, including starting at quarterback as a sophomore … scored nine touchdowns on just 23 carries as a goal line Wildcat back as a junior in 2018 … recorded 113 receptions for 1,783 yards and 17 touchdowns over his career at tight end … rushed for 13 touchdowns, giving him 30 total rushing and receiving touchdowns for his career … named first-team FACA All-District, Tallahassee QB Club Student Athlete of the Year and team MVP as a team captain in 2019 … recorded 40 catches for 560 yards and seven touchdowns in 2019 … finished 2018 season with 39 receptions for 596 yards and four scores … played quarterback as a sophomore and completed 86-of-175 passes for 1,529 yards and nine touchdowns, including a 96-yard touchdown pass … started at tight end as a freshman and registered 34 receptions for 627 yards and six scores … had career-best 18.4 yards per catch as a freshman … also played a season of baseball in spring of 2017 … ranked as the No. 18 tight end in the nation according to PrepStar at the time of his signing … ranked as the No. 5 H-Back/TE by ESPN.com … earned degree in parks, tourism and recreation management from Clemson in December 2022 … added a master’s degree in athletic leadership from Clemson in December 2023 … enrolled at Clemson in January 2020 … completed a micro-internship with Cisco in spring 2022 … earned a master’s degree in higher education in 2025 as well as a graduate level leadership certificate from Virginia.

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Graduate Student
2025-26

TE
6-4 / 245 lbs