Melquise Stovall

Position:
WR
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Height:
5-9
Weight:
185
Hometown:
Lancaster, CA
High School:
Paraclete

2021: Joined Pitt as a transfer from Hawaii with one season of immediate eligibility...went on to play in 10 games, making one start (Massachusetts)...compiled 16 catches for 203 yards (12.7 avg.) and one touchdown...scoring reception was an 11-yarder at Tennessee...twice had a season-high three receptions: against Western Michigan (for 41 yards) and Miami (32 yards)...had a season-long 44-yard reception against North Carolina...as a specialist, had three kickoff returns for 46 yards (15.3 avg.) and nine punt returns for three yards (0.3 avg.)...had a long kickoff return of 22 yards against Western Michigan...had a long punt return of 10 yards also against WMU.

PRIOR TO PITT (2016-20): Played in 14 games, starting five at Hawaii over two seasons (2019-20)…compiled 49 receptions for 480 yards (9.8 avg.) and four touchdowns for the Rainbow Warriors…also averaged 24.6 yards on 22 kickoff returns (541 total yards)…spent the 2018 season at Riverside (Calif.) City College, where he recorded 17 catches for 289 yards (17.0 avg.) and two TDs in five games…from 2016-17, played for the University of California, where he logged 42 catches for 415 yards (9.9 avg.) and three TDs…played in 11 total games, starting seven at Cal…was limited to one game appearance in 2017 due to injury.

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year football letterman under Coach Norm Dahlia at Paraclete (Calif.) High School, where he amassed 7,650 all-purpose yards and 88 touchdowns…rated the nation’s No. 3 all-purpose back and No. 166 overall prospect in the 2016 recruiting class according to 247Sports…selected to play in the 2016 U.S. Army All-American Bowl…led Paraclete to a four-year record of 37-19, three league championships and four berths in the Southern Section Mid Valley Division playoffs.

PERSONAL: Melquise (pronounced MEL-keece) Kemontai Stovall, born 1/28/98, is the son of Dwanda Stovall…has three brothers and three sisters…earned his bachelor’s degree from Hawaii in sociology…enrolled in Pitt’s Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences.