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2026 Football Roster

17 Ilya Uvaydov

  • Position K
  • Ht./Wt. 5-8 / 175
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Gilbert, Ariz.
  • Previous School Utah Tech

Biography

AWARDS
2025 Academic All-WAC
2025 CSC Academic All-District

2024 (Redshirt Junior at Utah Tech)

Served as the Trailblazers’ primary placekicker… connected on 27-of-28 in PAT tries and 8-of-13 field goal attempts… hit a pair of field goals against both Central Arkansas (11/2) and Southern Utah (11/23), including a career long 53-yarder 1:04 to play in the fourth quarter to force overtime… recorded 19 touchbacks on 45 kickoffs… earned Academic All-WAC and College Sports Communicator Academic All-District honors.   
 
2023 (Junior at Utah Tech)
Sat out the season as a redshirt… earned a spot on the Dean’s List. 
 
2022 (Sophomore at Utah Tech)
Played in nine games primarily as a kickoff specialist... booted 34 kicks for 2,047 total yards (60.2 avg) with 14 touchbacks... also recorded three special teams tackles (one solo).

High School
Was a two-year letter winner in football at Gilbert High School, where he was a two-time first team all-region kicker and punter… served as team captain… also won four varsity letters in soccer and was a first team all-region and region Goalkeeper of the Year honoree. 

Personal
Born in Gilbert, Arizona… parents are Mikhail and Tatyana Uvaydov… is a first generation American, with both of his parent immigrating to the United States from the former Soviet Union.

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