*** 2016 Honors Candidate ***
*** 2016 Academic Honors Candidate ***
Career: Has started 11 of the 36 games he has played in his career
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2016: Listed as a starter at safety on the preseason depth chart
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2015: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. He started seven of the 10 games he played, but missed the Northern Iowa (9/12/15) game with a shoulder injury. He had a career-high 10 tackles against Montana State (9/19/15), and also had nine in games versus Northern Arizona (11/7/15) and Portland State (11/21/15)
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2014: Earned honorable mention All-Big Sky honors. He played in 13 of Eastern’s games, including a pair as a starter. He started late in the year versus North Dakota (11/1/14) and Portland State (11/21/14) when injuries sidelined previous safety starters Todd Raynes and Jordan Tonani. He finished eighth on the team with 42 tackles, and also had two interceptions (both versus Portland State) and three pass break-ups. He finished with a season-high eight tackles against Southern Utah (10/11/14) to earn team defensive player of the week honors. He also had seven tackles against Northern Arizona (10/25/14) and six versus Idaho State (10/4/14), as he finished with 25 tackles in four games in October. He was also special teams player of the week following the game against Sam Houston State (8/23/14). He had a team-high 11 tackles in EWU’s Red-White Spring Football Game. Bruce had a total of 13 tackles in three spring scrimmages, plus an interception and a pass broken up
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2013: Played 13 games at safety, and saw extensive action in October and November when EWU was ravaged by injuries. He made his first and only start against Idaho State (11/2/13) and finished with five tackles.
2012: Redshirted. Was selected as the team’s defensive scout team player of the week once
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HS: Graduated from University HS in 2012. He helped lead the Titans to a record of 5-4 his senior season
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Personal: Social studies education major.
| Year |
GP |
TT |
Hi |
S |
TL-Yds |
FF-FR |
PBU |
I-Yds |
| 2013 |
13 |
17 |
6 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
2 |
0-0 |
| 2014 |
13 |
42 |
8 |
0-0 |
2-1 |
0-0 |
3 |
2-6 |
| 2015 |
10 |
53 |
10 |
0-0 |
2-3 |
1-0 |
0 |
0-0 |
| Totals |
36 |
112 |
10 |
0-0 |
4-4 |
1-0 |
5 |
2-6 |
