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Hudson's Career Game Highs
Receptions: 4 (vs. Oregon, 2016)
Receiving Yards: 57 (at Arizona, 2014)
Receiving TDs: 2 (at San Diego State, 2016)
Long Reception: 38 (at Arizona, 2014)
Kick Returns: 1 (three times, last vs. Washington, 2016)
Kick Return Yards: 17 (at Washington State, 2014)
Long Kick Return: 17 (at Washington State, 2014)
Punt Return Yards: 2 (at Oregon, 2015)
Blocked Kicks: 1 (at Oregon, 2015)
All-Purpose Yards: 57 (at Arizona, 2014)
Points: 12 (at San Diego State, 2016)
Cal Career (2013 – Present)
• Granted a sixth season of collegiate eligibility on January 23, 2018
• Has played in 41 games with 11 starts, seeing all of his action from 2014-16 and in 2018 while redshirting as a true freshman in 2013 and missing the 2017 season as a fifth-year senior due to injury
• Has contributed career totals of 37 receptions, 470 yards receiving and three touchdown catches
• Has a career total of 496 all-purpose yards, adding three kick returns for 24 yards with the first two coming as a 2014 redshirt freshman and producing 17 return yards before a seven-yard return on the third one as a 2016 junior
• Had career bests of 16 receptions, 165 yards receiving, three touchdown catches and 172 all-purpose yards as a 2016 junior when he also started a career-high seven contests
• Registered career highs of 13 games played and two punt return yards as a 2015 sophomore
• Had a career-high four catches for 40 yards receiving as a junior at Oregon, while his 57 yards receiving and all-purpose yards during his redshirt freshman campaign at Arizona are career bests
• Recorded a career-high two touchdown catches as a junior at San Diego State
• Had a career-long 38-yard reception at Arizona as a redshirt freshman
• Has returned a single kickoff three times, twice as a redshirt freshman vs. Washington and at Arizona, bringing the return against the Huskies back a career-long 17 yards, and once as a junior vs. Washington again
• Credited with a career-high two punt return yards but no official punt returns when he ran back a blocked punt by Hamilton Anoa'i as a sophomore at Oregon in the same game in which he also blocked the lone punt of his career
• One of two active Cal players with a team-high-tying single career blocked kick along with Matt Rockett
• Changed his uniform to his current No. 11 starting in the spring of 2014 after wearing No. 15 for his first season with the program as a true freshman
Senior (2018)
• Has played in seven games with two starts and recorded three catches for 41 yards
• Has a single catch twice for 12 yards against UCLA and nine at BYU
• Had one reception for 20 yards against Washington
• On the watch list for the John Mackey Award honoring the nation's top tight end
• Had two receptions for 35 yards in the spring game, catching back-to-back passes of 21 and 14 yards over the middle from Brandon McIlwain to set up a 42-yard field goal by Gabe Siemieniec
Senior (2017)
• Suffered a season-ending injury during training camp after having been listed as the starter at tight end on the preseason depth chart with the position on Cal's depth chart for the first time since 2012
• Had three catches for 35 yards including a one-yard touchdown reception from Ross Bowers in the spring game
Junior (2016)
• Played in 11 games with a career-high seven starts and contributed career highs of 16 receptions for 165 yards receiving and the first three touchdown catches of his collegiate career, as well as one kick return for seven yards to total a career-high 172 all-purpose yards
• Took 151 special teams snaps to rank fourth on the team including a season-high 20 at Arizona State and double digits in each of the 11 contests he played in
• Registered a career-high four catches for 30 yards and one touchdown reception of five yards from Davis Webb in the first quarter of a 52-49 double overtime victory over Oregon
• Added a pair of receptions in four other games at San Diego State (23 yards), at Arizona State (21 yards), vs. Washington (19 yards) and vs. Stanford (13 yards)
• Had a single catch in four additional contests vs. Hawai'i (season-long 22 yards), at USC (19 yards), vs. Utah (13 yards) and vs. UCLA (5 yards)
• Lone kick return of the campaign that he returned seven yards came vs. Washington
• A Jonathan and Judy Hoff Football Scholar-Athlete of the Week
• Represented Cal at Bay Area College Football Media Day along with head coach Sonny Dykes and running back Vic Enwere
• Played but did not record any statistics in the spring game
Sophomore (2015)
• Played in a career-high all 13 games off the bench and contributed 10 receptions for 140 yards as well as two punt return yards on no official punt returns for a total of 142 all-purpose yards
• Blocked a punt the first time he was ever on a punt block team in his entire football career at Oregon and also recovered a second blocked punt in the same contest to earn Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week for the first time in his career in a game that marked the first time Cal had two blocked punts in a contest since Harrison Smith and Andy Briner each blocked a punt in a home win over Southern Mississippi on Aug. 30, 2003
• Had two punt return yards on no official punt returns when he recovered Hamilton Anoai's blocked punt at Oregon
• Registered a season-high-tying two catches twice in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl vs. Air Force (40 yards) and vs. Oregon State (28 yards)
• Had single catches vs. San Diego State (32 yards), at UCLA (9 yards), at Stanford (9 yards), vs. Washington State (8 yards), at Texas (7 yards) and at USC (7 yards), with the 32-yard reception his longest of the campaign
• Had a game-high-tying four receptions for 35 yards receiving in the spring game
Freshman (2014)
• Played in the first 10 games and made the first two starts of his career, totaling eight receptions for 124 yards receiving
• Third on the team with an average of 15.5 yards per reception
• Totaled 141 all-purpose yards, adding two kick returns for 17 yards
• Registered a season-high-tying two catches for a career-high 57 yards receiving at Arizona including a 38-yarder that is the longest reception of his career
• Equaled a season-high with two catches for 24 yards receiving at Oregon State
• Recorded the first catch of his career in the season-opener at Northwestern (17 yards) and also had one reception each vs. Sacramento State (8 yards) and Washington (5 yards)
• Made his first career start vs. Sacramento State
• Registered one kick return for a career-high and career-long 17 yards against Washington and was also credited with a kick return for no gain at Arizona
• Picked up key blocks on both of Trevor Davis’ back-to-back kickoff returns for touchdowns at Washington State
• Had at least one reception in each of the first four games
• Had one reception for five yards in the spring game
Freshman (2013)
• Redshirted
• Did not play
Foothill HS (Class of 2013)
• A versatile player who saw action as a tight end, wide receiver, outside linebacker, punter and punt returner
• Posted career totals of 102 receptions for 1,331 yards receiving and 13 touchdown catches on offense, while recording 75 tackles, six interceptions, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries defensively
• Focused on offense as a 2012 senior when he caught 55 passes for 753 yards and eight touchdowns to earn All-West Region (PrepStar), second-team All-Metro (San Francisco Chronicle) and first-team All-East Bay Athletic League (MaxPreps) honors as his team reached the North Coast Section quarterfinals
• Played in the Cal State All-Star Game following his senior season and was also invited to the inaugural West Coast Bowl Game but did not play
• No. 5 on the Contra Costa Times’ Cream of the Crop rankings and winner of a team Offensive Player of the Year Award as a senior
• A second-team All-EBAL choice and team Offensive Player of the Year as a 2011 junior when he made 47 catches for 578 yards and five touchdowns on offense and also had a big season defensively by leading the EBAL in both tackles (75) and interceptions (6), while adding two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries, and averaging 38.0 yards per punt
• Also played basketball and baseball, picking up his team’s Most Inspirational honors as a 2010-11 sophomore in the former
Recruiting Notes (Class of 2013)
• A three-star recruit according to 247Sports Composite, ESPN, PrepStar, Rivals and Scout, while 247Sports gave him two stars
• Ranked as high as No. 21 nationally at the tight end-H position by ESPN, while he was among the nation’s top tight ends according to PrepStar (No. 28), 247Sports Composite (No. 48), Scout (No. 59) and 247Sports (No. 82)
• ESPN listed him at No. 189 overall among players in his region
• Listed among California’s top players overall by ESPN (No. 129), 247Sports Composite (No. 136) and 247Sports (No. 193)
• Selected the Tight End MVP of the 2012 Nike Football Training Camp in Eugene, Oregon, while also being named the Outside Linebacker MVP at Football University and NUC Camp Overall MVP in the summer of 2012
• Participated in the U.S. Army All-American Combine in January of 2012
• The Ultimate 100 Camp West Sophomore Overall MVP in 2010
Other
• Full name is Raymond William Hudson
• Born April 14, 1995
• Parents are Richard and Lynne Hudson
• Uncle, Bernie Kelly, played outfield for the Cal baseball team when the Golden Bears won the College World Series in 1957
• A big fan of former Cal and NFL tight end Tony Gonzalez
• Also a huge fan of the Golden State Warriors
• Major is legal studies
Last Updated
November 3, 2018
