Michael Wortham

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Height:
5-9
Weight:
190
Position:
WR
Hometown:
North Highlands, Calif.
High School:
Center HS
Prev School:
Eastern Washington

2025 (R-Sr. – Montana):
• Walter Payton Award Finalist
• Consensus All-American
• First Team Special Teams (AP) All-American - AFCA
• First Team Special Teams (AP) All-American - Stats Perform
• First Team Offense (AP) All-American - Associated Press
• First Team Special Teams (AP) All-American - FCS Football Central/Sports Illustrated
• First Team All-Big Sky (AP)
• Invited to play in the East-West Shrine Game
• Steve Carlson team MVP Award Winner
• Stats Perform FCS Offensive Player of the Week (10/24)
• 2-Time Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week (10/4 & 10/24)
• Stats Perform Preseason All-American 1st Team
• Named to the East/West Shrine Bowl 1,000 watch list
• Preseason All-Big Sky
Etched his name atop Montana's record books with a huge season in his lone year in Missoula.... Transferred to Montana in time for winter conditioning… Was one of the most electric all-around players in the Big Sky Conference and FCS in his final season of eligibility... Earned Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week Honors in week six after catching six passes for 124 yards, rushing for 41 yards and 2 touchdowns, and throwing two passes for 49 yards and a touchdown in a win over Idaho State... Earned both Stats Perform FCS Player of the Week and Big Sky Player of the Week honors after recording 238 all purpose yards with 2 rushing touchdowns and 1 touchdown through the air against Sacramento State... Montana's first finalist for the Walter Payton Award since 2010... As a receiver totaled 1,224 receiving yards, 345 rushing yards, and 862 combined return yards to finish the year with 2,431 all-purpose yards.... His 2,431 all-purpose yards broke Hall of Famer Marc Mariani's 2008 record and placed him less than 90 yards shy of a Big Sky record... His 85 catches for 1,224 yards are the second-most catches in a season ever at UM and the sixth-most total yards receiving. His 782 yards of kickoff returns are also near a school record as the third most ever at UM and making him one of just five players with more than 700 in a year... A consensus All-America honoree after being named to the first team on at least half of the FCS recognized All-America lists published annually, including those by the AFCA, Stats Perform, Associated Press, and FCS Central/Sports Illustrated... Selected to play in the East-West Shrine Bowl all-star game in January where he was the only receiver to be named to the East squad's All-Practice Team at the end of the week.

2024 (Sr. – EWU):
• Stats Perform & AFCA Second Team All-American
• First Team All-Big Sky
One of the most versatile players in the Big Sky Conference… Total 1615 yards of total offense… Averaged 134.6 per game to rank second in the Big Sky and 11th in the nation… Piled up 1093 kickoff return yards, breaking the program record for a single season and leading the conference… Against Idaho, Wortham broke free for his first career kickoff return touchdown, going 100-plus yards… Averaged 28.8 per return on 38 attempts… Scored seven total touchdowns, adding five rushing and one receiving… Rushed for 313 yards on 36 attempts - 8.7 per carry…. Had a career-best 109 yards on five carries, with two touchdowns against Idaho State (11/16)… At receiver, was second on the team with 25 catches for 209 yards… Also lined up at quarterback regularly, completing 7-of-9 (78%) passes for 88 yards and threw two touchdown passes.

2023 (Jr. - EWU):
• Second Team All-Big Sky
Played in all 11 games while starting in two… Received Special Teams 2nd team All-Big Sky Honors… Ranked second in the Big Sky and sixth in the country in average kickoff return yards with an average of more than 28 yards… Had a total of 736 combined kick return yards which ranked 1st in the Big Sky and 2nd in the country… Ranked fifth in the Big Sky with more than 97 all-purpose yards per game… Moved up to sixth in school history in kickoff return yards… Had a 29-yard TD pass at home vs. Idaho (9/30/23)… Rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown vs. Idaho… Recorded an 86-yard kick return vs Cal Poly (11/4/2023)… Had 179 kick return yards vs Northern Arizona (11/18/2023).

2022 (So. – Sierra):
• JC All-American
• Section MVP
Played 11 games during the 2022 season, earning 845 rushing yards (6.4 per carry) and a 68.2 completion percentage with 2,180 passing yards and 18 TDs… Named NorCal MVP and All-American honors… Played in the Gridiron Bowl earning player of the game honors.

2021 (Fr. – Sierra): Appeared in 7 games as a freshman at Sierra College, throwing for 150 yards and 2 TDs while rushing for 212 yards.

High School: Completed his high school career at Center High School in Antelope, Calif… In 27 games, threw for 4119 yards with a 66.5 completion percentage… Tossed 55 touchdown passes, with 17 interceptions… Ran for 1555 yards, with a 9.5 per yard attempt… Scored 17 rushing touchdowns in his career… Also competed in basketball and track while at Center.

Personal: Son of Chanel Green.

Career Single-Game Highs
Receptions: 10 (vs Cal Poly, 2025)
Receiving Yards: 132 (vs Sacred Heart, 2025)
Longest Reception: 76 (vs Central Washington, 2025)
Receiving Touchdowns: 2 (vs Sacred Heart, 2025)
Rushing Yards: 89 (at Sacramento State, 2025)
Rushing Touchdowns: 2 (at Idaho State, 2025, and at Sacramento State, 2025)
Passing Yards: 49 (at Idaho State, 2025)
Passing Touchdowns: 1 (at Idaho State, 2025)
Kick Return Yards: 82 (at Idaho State, 2025)
Longest Kick Return: 50 (vs Idaho 2025)
Longest Punt Return: 41 (vs Central Washington, 2025)