2019 Football Roster

8 Michael Armstead

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Monterey, CA
  • High School Monterey
  • Major Communications

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • PFL Special Teams Player of the Year (2018)
  • Two-time All-PFL selection
    • All-PFL Special Teams First Team (2019)
    • All-PFL Honorable Mention (2019)
  • STATS FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 29, 2018)
  • Three-time PFL Special Teams Player of the Week 
SENIOR (2019)
  • All-PFL Honorable Mention
  • Played in 11 of 12 games
  • Two-time PFL Special Teams Player of the Week (week one and two)
  • Collected 317 yards and two touchdowns on 19 receptions
  • Averaged 16.68 yards per catch and 28.8 receiving yards per game
  • Returned 19 kickoffs for 497 yards (26.2 average) and averaged 45.2 kickoff return yards per game
  • Registered 11 punt returns for 170 yards (15.45 average) with a long of 45 yards
  • Returned a kick for a 93-yard touchdown against No. 5/4 UC Davis (Sept. 7)
  • Had 221 combined kick return yards (183 kick, 38 punt) to lead all of the FCS in week one
  • Season-high 78 receiving yards at Stetson (Nov. 9)
  • Season-long reception of 45 yards at Dayton (Oct. 26)
  • Preseason All-PFL special teams selection
JUNIOR (2018)
  • PFL Special Teams Player of the Year
  • All-PFL Special Teams first team (return specialist)
  • STATS FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 29)
  • PFL Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 29)
  • Played in all 12 games
  • Registered 553 yards and three touchdowns on 24 receptions
  • Averaged 23.0 yards per catch and 46.1 receiving yards per game
  • Second among USD players with 553 receiving yards and 46.1 receiving yards per game
  • Led USD players with 23.0 yards per catch
  • Returned 26 kickoffs for 840 yards (32.3 avg.) and averaged 70.0 kickoff return yards per game
  • Returned two kickoffs for touchdowns, including a 100-yard return against Jacksonville (Oct. 27)
  • Produced 1,435 all-purpose yards (119.6 per game)
  • Season-high 159 receiving yards at Butler (Oct. 20)
  • Season-long reception of 97 yards at Butler (Oct. 20), second-longest reception among USD players on the season (Michael Bandy, 99 yards)
PRIOR TO USD 
  • Played at Monterey Peninsula College his first two seasons (2016-17)
  • Played in 11 games in 2017 and recorded 48 receptions for 791 yards (71.9 per game) and eight touchdowns
  • Played in nine games in 2016 and registered 47 catches for 915 yards (101.7 per game) and eight touchdowns
HIGH SCHOOL
  • A 2015 graduate of Monterey High School in Monterey, California
  • Two-time captain of the football and basketball teams in 2014 and 2015
  • Also played basketball and track 
PERSONAL
  • Son of Stanford Armstead and Deborah Brown
  • Considering a major in communications 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2018Junior

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 175 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2019Senior

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 180 lbs
    8