Izayah Cummings

Height:
6-4
Weight:
235
Position:
TE
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Louisville, Ky.
High School:
Male
Prev School:
Kentucky

2024: Played in four games before redshirting ... caught three passes for 33 yards ... averaged 11.0 yards per reception ... had a long reception of 19 yards ... caught one pass for five yards against Austim Peay ... added two receptions for 28 yards in a win over Jacksonville State.

Before Louisville: Saw action in 47 career games, with four starts in four seasons at Kentucky … caught 18 passes for 293 yards and three scores during his UK career … also had two rushing attempts for 28 yards … was a two-time EC Academic Honor Roll member and was also named to the First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll as a freshman … graduated in December of ’23 with a degree in management … one of three representatives for UK football on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) in 2023… played in all 12 games with one start at Georgia during the 2023 season … totaled four catches for 98 yards … caught three passes for 43 yards at South Carolina, his first three receptions of the season … had a career-long 55-yard catch in the win over No. 9 Louisville … saw action in all 13 games with one starting assignment vs. Miami (Ohio) during the 2022 campaign … named to SEC Academic Honor Roll … moved from wide receiver to tight end during fall camp of the 2021 season …played in all 13 games with two starting assignments (Missouri and Georgia) … earned his first career start vs. Missouri … totaled 14 receptions (fourth on the team) for 195 yards (third on the team) and three scores … averaged 13.9 yards per catch … caught two passes for 27 yards, including a 22-yard TD at Vanderbilt … set career highs with four catches for 75 yards against Tennessee, including the second touchdown catch of his career … caught three passes for 22 yards at No. 1 Georgia … recorded his first collegiate touchdown pass, a 31-yard play in the fourth quarter, vs. UTC …caught first career pass for seven yards in the season opener vs. ULM … named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll … saw action in nine games (Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Missouri, Georgia, Vanderbilt, Alabama, Florida and South Carolina) in 2020 … named to 2020-21 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Three-star prospect by all three major recruiting services … top-10 prospect in the state of Kentucky and rated the No. 86 wide receiver by 247Sports … named Kentucky Football Coaches Association 6A Player of the Year … candidate for Kentucky’s Mr. Football award … named to the 2019 Class of the Commonwealth by the Lexington Herald-Leader … first-team All-State by the Courier-Journal …three-year starter who finished his career with 109 receptions for 1,965 yards and 27 touchdowns …had a team-high 57 receptions for 1,100 yards and 15 touchdowns in 2019, helping the Bulldogs go 14-1 overall … named Class 6A Player of the Year by the Kentucky Football Coaches Association … helped Male advance to back-to-back appearances in the Class 6A State Championship … won the title in 2018 … combined for 23 receiving TDs in his last two seasons of football … ranked fifth in Class 6A in receiving yards and sixth in receptions despite playing three fewer games than the state leader … coached by Chris Wolfe … averaged nearly 20 yards per reception and 96.0 yards per game … ranked in the top 20 of all class levels in receptions and receiving yards … also an honor-roll student and participated in track and basketball … born in Louisville, Kentucky … Son of Andra and Natasha Cummings … has two sisters, Mia and Nia.