Troy University Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 89
Trae Swartz
- Position:
- TE
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 255
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Ottumwa, Iowa
- High School:
- Ottumwa HS
- Prev School:
- Iowa Western CC
2025 (Senior): Played in all 14 games, finishing with four catches for 51 yards and a touchdown (a 2-yard score in Troy’s comeback victory at Texas State) … Season-best two catches for 37 yards in win at ULM … Added a 12-yard reception against Arkansas State … Played 342 snaps on offense and 101 on special teams
2024 (Junior): Played in 10 games, saw role increase offensively towards the latter part of season … Caught four passes for 41 yards and two touchdowns on the season, all in the last two games … Two catches for 21 yards at Louisiana and two catches for 20 yards against Southern Miss … Played 314 offensive snaps, the 13th most on the team … TD catch at Louisiana was on 4th-and-goal and pulled Troy within a score in the fourth quarter
Iowa Western CC: Helped lead Iowa Western to back-to-back NJCAA National Championships
High School: Named Male Athlete of the Year at Ottumwa High School ... As a senior, caught 24 passes for 337 yards with three touchdowns ... Also played basketball for the Bulldogs, set a school record with a 42-point game and finished with more than 1,000 career points
Personal: Born Nov. 7, 2002, in Ottumwa, Iowa ... Son of Lorenzo Watkins and Steffanie Swartz ... Majoring in criminal justice
2024 (Junior): Played in 10 games, saw role increase offensively towards the latter part of season … Caught four passes for 41 yards and two touchdowns on the season, all in the last two games … Two catches for 21 yards at Louisiana and two catches for 20 yards against Southern Miss … Played 314 offensive snaps, the 13th most on the team … TD catch at Louisiana was on 4th-and-goal and pulled Troy within a score in the fourth quarter
Iowa Western CC: Helped lead Iowa Western to back-to-back NJCAA National Championships
High School: Named Male Athlete of the Year at Ottumwa High School ... As a senior, caught 24 passes for 337 yards with three touchdowns ... Also played basketball for the Bulldogs, set a school record with a 42-point game and finished with more than 1,000 career points
Personal: Born Nov. 7, 2002, in Ottumwa, Iowa ... Son of Lorenzo Watkins and Steffanie Swartz ... Majoring in criminal justice
Player Postgame Press Conference (Ashley Baez, Rachel Leggett) - Texas State
Saturday, January 17
Chanda Rigby Postgame Press Conference - Texas State
Saturday, January 17
Troy vs. Southern Miss (Full Highlights)
Thursday, January 15
50th Anniversary of Troy Women's Basketball - Denise Monroe / Zay Dyer
Thursday, January 15























































































































