2026 Football Roster

28 Robert Tucker III

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 200
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown San Diego, CA
  • High School Grossmont
  • Prev School Cornell

Biography

2025 (CORNELL)

  • Appeared in the first four games of the season as a running back
  • Rushed 31 times for 110 yards and one touchdown while catching five passes for 25 yards
  • Averaged 3.5 yards per carry, 5.0 yards per reception and 33.8 all-purpose yards per game
  • Most productive game came at Yale (September 27) with 15 carries for 53 yards
  • Scored his lone touchdown against Colgate (October 4) on eight carries for 29 yards
  • Added six rushes for 26 yards and two catches for nine yards in the season opener at UAlbany (September 20)

2024 (CORNELL)

  • Appeared in eight games
  • Posted 305 total offensive yards, including a season-high 85 rushing yards on two carries, a touchdown and a long 74-yard reception against Penn (November 9)
  • Recorded two tackles on defense, against Dartmouth (November 16) and Columbia (November 23)

2022 (CORNELL)

  • Played in eight contests at running back, posting 193 yards and a touchdown while leading the team with 5.2 yards per carry
  • Made his collegiate debut in the season-opening win at VMI, rushing six times for 20 yards
  • Had 54 yards on just three rushes in the win over Lehigh, including a career-long 33-yard run
  • Posted a career-best 67 yards on 12 carries at Princeton, adding two catches for nine yards
  • Scored his first career touchdown in the win over Dartmouth as part of an 11-carry, 36-yard day
  • Missed the season finale against Columbia due to injury

2021 (CORNELL)

  • Did not see varsity action

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Attended Grossmont High School
  • Earned First Team All-County honors as a junior running back
  • Rushed for 1,075 yards and compiled 2,355 all-purpose yards and 23 touchdowns as a junior
  • Captured Second Team All-League accolades as a junior
  • Named Southern California and San Diego Union-Tribune Player of the Week
  • Also played three years of baseball

PERSONAL

  • Born March 7, 2003, in San Diego, CA, to Robert and Marlene Tucker
  • Has a younger brother and sister
  • Married to his high school sweetheart, Daneela
  • Has a Pomeranian named Milo

Statistics

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