2021 Football Roster
Rausch, TJ
Jersey Number 24
TJ Rausch
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 190
- Position:
- S
- Hometown:
- Missoula, Mont.
- High School:
- Sentinel HS
Bio
2025 (R-Sr.): Expected to compete for a starting role in the defensive backfield as a senior… The team’s second-leading returning tackler from 2024 with 29 stops…
2024 (R-Jr.):
• 2nd Team All-Big Sky for Special Teams
• CSC Academic All-District
• Academic All-Big Sky
Appeared in all 14 games… Totaled 29 tackles (12 solo) as a backup safety and special teams contributor… Also logged 1.5 TFLs and forced a fumble in the win at Northern Colorado… Earned second-team All-Big Sky honors on special teams after grading-out as UM's best performer on kick coverage units by the coaches.
2023 (R-So.):
• Academic All-Big Sky
Appeared in all 15 games for the Griz, earning increasing reps as a backup in the secondary and a standout on special teams… Logged six tackles (1 solo) and 1 pass breakup.
2022 (R-Fr.):
• Academic All-Big Sky
Played in 10 games as a freshman, primarily on special teams… Logged his first career tackle at Indiana State… Led the maroon team with 6 tackles and a TFL in the spring game in Hamilton.
2021 (Fr.): Redshirted his first season as a Griz
High School: A four-time football letterman and three-time basketball letterman at Sentinel… Went 20-2 his junior and senior seasons with the Spartans, helping them to an undefeated 10-0 run to the state championship in 2020… Earned first-team All-State and all-conference honors on both sides of the ball as a receiver and safety in 2020… Second-team All-State and first-team All-Conference as a junior in 2019… Recorded six touchdowns from 451 yards receiving on 34 catches, also had four interceptions and a fumble recovery his senior season… Prep coach was former Grizzly Dane Oliver.
Personal: Parents are Ann and Troy Rausch of Missoula… Mother Ann Rausch, née Lake played basketball for the Lady Griz and was the Big Sky Conference Player of the Year in the 1993-94 season… Earned a degree in accounting from UM in the spring of 2025
2024 (R-Jr.):
• 2nd Team All-Big Sky for Special Teams
• CSC Academic All-District
• Academic All-Big Sky
Appeared in all 14 games… Totaled 29 tackles (12 solo) as a backup safety and special teams contributor… Also logged 1.5 TFLs and forced a fumble in the win at Northern Colorado… Earned second-team All-Big Sky honors on special teams after grading-out as UM's best performer on kick coverage units by the coaches.
2023 (R-So.):
• Academic All-Big Sky
Appeared in all 15 games for the Griz, earning increasing reps as a backup in the secondary and a standout on special teams… Logged six tackles (1 solo) and 1 pass breakup.
2022 (R-Fr.):
• Academic All-Big Sky
Played in 10 games as a freshman, primarily on special teams… Logged his first career tackle at Indiana State… Led the maroon team with 6 tackles and a TFL in the spring game in Hamilton.
2021 (Fr.): Redshirted his first season as a Griz
High School: A four-time football letterman and three-time basketball letterman at Sentinel… Went 20-2 his junior and senior seasons with the Spartans, helping them to an undefeated 10-0 run to the state championship in 2020… Earned first-team All-State and all-conference honors on both sides of the ball as a receiver and safety in 2020… Second-team All-State and first-team All-Conference as a junior in 2019… Recorded six touchdowns from 451 yards receiving on 34 catches, also had four interceptions and a fumble recovery his senior season… Prep coach was former Grizzly Dane Oliver.
Personal: Parents are Ann and Troy Rausch of Missoula… Mother Ann Rausch, née Lake played basketball for the Lady Griz and was the Big Sky Conference Player of the Year in the 1993-94 season… Earned a degree in accounting from UM in the spring of 2025
Week 2 Griz Football Press Conference
Monday, September 08
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Sunday, September 07
UM vs CWU Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, September 06
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