#50 Bradley Ashmore Season 2023-24
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Student-Athlete Features
VUCommodores.com — Ashmore to Come
VUCommodores.com — Leading Loudly
As a Senior (2023)
• Team captain
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
• Started all 12 games, played 733 snaps at right tackle
• Earned a Pro Football Focus run block grade of 77.4, sixth-best among SEC offensive linemen
• Midseason All-SEC, honorable mention offense (College Football Network)
• Fourth-team preseason All-SEC, offense (Athlon)
As a Junior (2022)
• Named to 2022 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
• Played in nine games before undergoing season-ending injury
• Played 518 snaps, all at right guard
• Did not allow a sack and was flagged for just three penalties on the year
• Posted one of his best performances of the season while injured, earning a pass block grade of 77.6 against South Carolina before having surgery the next week
• Earned a pass block grade of 87.2 in win at Hawai’i, highest by a Commodore on the season
As a Sophomore (2021)
• Started all 12 games at right tackle
• Allowed just four sacks on 773 snaps played
• Was not called for a penalty over the last seven games of the season
As a Freshman (2020)
• Played in all nine games and started five
• Earned first career start against Ole Miss, at left guard
• Started four games at right tackle, versus Mississippi State, Kentucky, Florida and Tennessee
• Part of an offensive line that provided pass protection for the Commodores to rank 31st nationally in completion percentage (63.8)
• Worked with an offense that increased its total offensive yards per game, passing yards per game, passing yards per completion, passing yards per attempt and third-down conversion percentage from 2019 to 2020
• Provided pass protection for Ken Seals, who set the Vanderbilt freshman record with 1,928 passing yards
• Blocked for a trio of Seals’ 300-yard passing games, the third most in a Commodore career
• First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
The Ashmore File
• Three-star prospect by ESPN, 247Sports and Rivals
• Three-year starter, four-year letter winner at offensive tackle
• Rated among nation’s top 100 offensive tackles by 247Sports
• Led school to 2018 Florida 7A state playoff appearance
• Senior captain for 6-4 Fletcher squad that earned runner-up finish in conference
• Over 125 career pancake blocks
• 2019 all-region first team
• 2018 all-region first team
• Lettered as thrower in track and field
• Full name is Bradley Jacob Ashmore
• Son of Bradley and Erica Ashmore
• One sister, Brooke
• Vice president of school’s Marine Coastal Club
• Enjoys weightlifting, swimming and cooking
• Majored in human and organizational development, earning his degree in December 2023