San Diego Athletics

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Two-time All-PFL (First Team in 2019, Second Team in 2018)
• Three-time PFL Academic Honor Roll member (2017-19)

• Preseason All-PFL First Team (Phil Steele College Football Preview magazine) 

• Started all 12 games at left tackle
• All-PFL First Team
• PFL Offensive Lineman of the Year (PhilSteele.com)
• PFL Honor Roll
• 1 sack allowed (382 pass attempts)
• 51 knockdown blocks
• 743 total snaps, with 89.2% positive plays
• 3 TFLs allowed
• 0 sacks allowed in conference-only games
  • 91.1% positive plays on 518 total snaps in conference-only
• Left tackle for first-year starting quarterback Reid Sinnett, who finished as a finalist for the STATS FCS Walter Payton Award
• USD finished 8th in the nation in total offense, 7th in scoring offense, 11th in passing offense, 36th in rushing offense
• Team was 14th in the country in sacks allowed (1.17 per game)
• Three different rushers who had 470+ yards and averaged more than 4.9 yards per carry
• Rushing offense finished with 5.2 yards per carry and 28 touchdowns
• Offense had 195+ rushing yards in five straight games to end the regular season, including three games of 250+ yards
  • In the last five games, the team had 23 rushing touchdowns and averaged 7.0 yards per carry.

• Appeared in all 12 games during the 2018 season at right tackle
• Received All-PFL Second Team honors
• Named to PFL Academic Honor Roll

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2017)

• Played in 10 games
• Named to the PFL All-Academic Honor Roll

• Appeared in two games for the Toreros

• Playing 3 years at St. Augustine High School, Valencia helped his team succeed as D1 CIF Champions his junior year and D11 CIF Champions his sophomore year
• Additionally, Valencia received 1^st Team All-League and Most Improved Player awards
• Valencia played varsity rugby for 1 year as well

• From San Diego, Valencia attended an all-male high school where he competed athletically
• He is son to parents Ricardo and Sandra Valencia
• Valencia chose USD over offers from Harvard and Dartmouth because of a strong desire to stay local

MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering