Awards & Honors
- 2024 All-SoCon Second Team
- Preseason All-SoCon Third Team by Phil Steele
2024 Season (Senior) - Irby was one of the SoCon's top running backs in 2024 and helped the Bucs lead the league in rushing for the first time in school history...Irby led all Buccaneer rushers with 763 yards and six touchdowns...The senior tailback rushed for 147 yards and three touchdowns in the clash against North Dakota State in mid-September...Also surpassed the century mark in the win at The Citadel...Irby, who averaged 5.1 yards a carry, also caught nine passes for 45 yards...For his play all season long, Irby earned All-SoCon Second Team honors.
2023 Season (Junior) - Irby was ETSU's leading rusher in 2023...In nine games, Irby had a team-high 108 carries and racked up 531 rushing yards...Irby also caught four passes for 46 yards (11.5 yards per catch)...Averaged 4.9 yards per carry in 2023 and ripped off a 70-yard run at Samford on September 30...Ran for a team-high five touchdowns on the season...Three of those five scores came in that matchup at Samford in late September...Other rushing touchdowns came vs. Carson-Newman on September 9 and against Wofford on October 14...Surpassed 100 yards rushing twice during his junior campaign...Ran for 126 yards and three scores at Samford before rushing for a season-high 137 yards in a victory over Wofford...ETSU's main running back for most of the season as he had six games where he carried the ball 11 times or more, including a season-high 18 carries at Chattanooga on October 21.
2022 Season (Sophomore) - Named to the SoCon Honor Roll ... Played in nine games, totaling 35 carries for 155 yards (4.4 per rush) and two touchdowns ... Also, had four catches for 27 yards ... Had a career-high 46 rushing yards on four carries with one touchdown against Chattanooga (Oct. 1) ... Ripped off a career-long 36-yard run for a score against the Mocs ... Recorded seven carries for 26 yards and a touchdown at Robert Morris (Sept. 24) ... Had a 2-yard touchdown run at RMU.
2021 Season (Freshman) - Saw action in all 13 games for the Bucs … Concluded the year with 15 carries for 78 yards and chipping in for one touchdown … Also added one kick return for 13 yards, concluding the year with 91 all-purpose yards … Carried the ball for a career-high 42 yards on a career-best nine carries against UVA Wise (Sept. 11) … Recorded a 22-yard touchdown run against The Citadel (Oct. 9) for his first collegiate touchdown.
2020 Season (Freshman)* - Named to the SoCon Honor Roll … Appeared in the final two games of the season for the Bucs, making his collegiate debut at VMI on April 3 … Primarily used as a blocker in the offense in the final two games.
*Season played in Spring 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic
Prior to ETSU - Lettered in football at Alexander High School, primarily as a running back … Named Offensive Player of the Year in 2019 … Rushed for 1,466 yards and 17 touchdowns as a senior...Son of Toure Duriel Irby and Farra Bianca Irby … Plans to major in sports medicine.
