COLLEGE CAREER
Justin Arth’s College Career Timeline
Justin Arth signs letter of intent to join a start-up football program that laid dormant since 1941 when the team disbanded to fight in World War II. Justin was surrounded by family and friends as he chose the Texas Wesleyan University Rams to start the journey of obtaining college degrees and taking the next step towards a professional football career.April 26, 2016
Arth Signs with Texas Wesleyan University
2016 Season
REDSHIRT BUILDING YEAR
Justin Arth would redshirt, along with the rest of the 74 other inaugural recruits for the Texas Wesleyan University Football program. The team would still have non-padded football workouts and weight room workouts in the fall of 2016 and would later hit the gridiron for spring practice in the spring of 2017. TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
2016-2020
APRIL 29, 2016
Justin Arth signs letter of intent to join a start-up football program that laid dormant since 1941 when the team disbanded to fight in World War II. Justin was surrounded by family and friends as he chose the Texas Wesleyan University Rams to start the journey of obtaining college degrees and taking the next step towards a professional football career.2016
Justin Arth would redshirt, along with the rest of the 74 other inaugural recruits for the Texas Wesleyan University Football program. The team would still have non-padded football workouts and weight room workouts in the fall of 2016 and would later hit the gridiron for spring practice in the spring of 2017. 2017
In Justin's redshirt freshman year, Texas Wesleyan appeared on ESPN College Gameday with their first game in program history against McPherson College. During this season, Justin would throw for 892 yards, 6 TDs and 3 INTs in 7 Games played and 5 games started for the Rams culminating in an All-Sooner Athletic Conference Academic All-American nomination. His first award in college football.2018
Arth's redshirt sophomore year at Texas Wesleyan would bring many challenges and adversity. The graduate transfer of a QB from Southeastern Louisiana University meant he would be demoted to Scout Team and backup QB for the Rams. Justin would accept this role and dominate practices on scout team, where he would receive many Scout Team Player of the Week awards. Despite the demotion, Justin would still start play 6 games and start 4 games due to injury. During these 6 games, Arth would throw for 675 yards, 4 TDs and 2 INTs. He was then awarded his second All-Sooner Athletic Conference Academic All-American honors.2019
2019 would be a return to form in Justin's redshirt junior season with Texas Wesleyan. Justin would play in 8 games for the Rams, starting 6 of these. During this season, Justin would throw for 1,302 yards, 16 TDs and 6 INTs and would also tally 484 rushing yards and 6 TDs on the ground. Against Southwestern Assemblies of God University, Justin would throw for 354 yards and 4 TDs, achieving the Sooner Athletic Conference Player of the Week. At season's end, he was awarded his third All-Sooner Athletic Conference Academic All-American honors. Justin would graduate from Texas Wesleyan Cum Laude Honors in December of 2019, obtaining his Bachelor of Business Administration.202o
Justin Arth would return to Texas Wesleyan for his redshirt senior year and started his post-graduate studies. Little did anyone know that a global pandemic would ensue in February of 2020. Justin and the entire Texas Wesleyan Football program would return home for the spring semester. The Sooner Athletic Conference would create a 3-game fall schedule and 6-game spring 2021 schedule with NAIA Playoffs scheduled for the spring of 2021. Justin would return to campus in-line to be the full-time starter once again, until he contracted the virus from a roommate in October of 2020 causing him to be unavailable for the first two games of the 2020 season. Justin would be cleared to return for the final game of the 2020 Fall season, only for this game to be canceled due to team virus issues. Justin would graduated Summa Cum Laude in January 2021 with a Master of Business Administration and planned to return for the 6-game spring season. When returning, he was deemed ineligible due to graduating and Arth was forced to leave Texas Wesleyan and turn professional in January of 2021. Justin was still awarded his forth Academic All-Sooner Athletic Conference Team award and Texas Wesleyan Football would create the Arth RAMS Award in Justin's honor to give to a player in the program that exhibits Respect, Accountability, Mentality and Sacrifice the way Justin did during his 4 1/2 years at Texas Wesleyan.
College Accomplishments
4x Sooner Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Multiple Scout Team Player of the Week Honors
Creation of the Arth RAMS Award
2,869 Passing Yards, 26 TDs-11 INTs
484 Rushing Yards 6 TDs
15 Games Started in 21 Total games played from 2017-2020
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