R.J. Proctor

Position:
OL
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Height:
6-4
Weight:
328
Hometown:
Bealeton, Va.
Prev School:
University of Virginia

2019
Played in 12 of team's 14 games and made seven starts (six at left tackle and one at left guard) for an offensive line unit that was a Joe Moore Award semifinalist ... started each of last four contests at left tackle, including Big 12 Championship win over No. 8 Baylor (12/7) and CFP Semifinal at the Peach Bowl vs. No. 1 LSU (12/28) ... also started at left tackle at Kansas (10/5) and vs. Houston (9/1) ... started at left guard vs. South Dakota (9/7) ... helped protect blindside of Heisman Trophy runner-up quarterback Jalen Hurts ... part of an offense that ranked first nationally in yards per play (8.0), third in yards per game (537.6), fifth in third-down conversion percentage (49.7) and sixth in points per game (42.1).

2018 (AT VIRGINIA)
Appeared in 11 of UVA’s 13 games with six starts at left guard ... started and played every snap at left guard in UVA’s 28-0 Belk Bowl win over South Carolina ... recorded team-high 85.7 grade in pass protection in Belk Bowl by Pro Football Focus ... a key blocker for quarterback Bryce Perkins (who along with OU’s Kyler Murray was one of two players nationally with at least 2,600 passing yards [2,680] and at least 900 rushing yards [923]).

2017 (AT VIRGINIA)
Played in all 13 of team’s games and made five starts ... started the William & Mary, Indiana and Louisville games at right guard ... started at left guard vs. Pitt and Georgia Tech ... posted 22 knockdown blocks on season ... had a season-high four knockdown blocks at Pitt ... helped block for quarterback Kurt Benkert (first Cavalier in program history to throw for over 3,000 yards in a single season).

2016 (AT VIRGINIA)
Played in eight of UVA’s 12 games and made one start ... made collegiate debut at Oregon ... made first collegiate start at right guard in season finale at Virginia Tech ... helped block for Taquan Mizzell (first player in ACC history with 1,500 career rushing and 1,500 career receiving yards).

2015 (AT VIRGINIA)
Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played offensive tackle at Liberty High School ... rated a three-star recruit by 247Sports and ESPN ... three-year varsity letterwinner ... helped LHS to 4,788 rushing yards (school-record 342 per game) as a senior ... was a 2014 first-team all-state honoree by VirginiaPreps ... named a first-team All-Conference 22 offensive tackle in 2013 and 2014 ... a second-team VHSL All-State 4A pick as a senior ... first-team All-Regional 4A North in 2014 ... member of 2014 USA Today and American Family Insurance All-USA Team ... 2013 and 2014 MVP offensive lineman at College Prepworld/Nova Elite Football Combine ... 2013 second-team All-Regional 4A ... 2013 4A all-state underclass team ... set the LHS squat record at 585 pounds ... also played defensive tackle in 2013 and 2014 and collected 40 tackles, 4.0 sacks, three fumble recoveries three fumbles, a forced fumble and two pass deflections.

PERSONAL
Graduated from University of Virginia in May 2019 with a degree in sociology while minoring in health and well-being ... pursuing a master's degree in human relations.