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CJ Turner Headshot 2025

CJ Turner

  • Title
    Student Assistant Equipment Manager
Updated August 31, 2025

Joined the football equipment staff in the summer of 2025.

2022:  Dressed for all six home games, but did not see any playing time ... was redshirted.

High School:  A 2022 graduate of Detroit Central High School ... received First Team All-State recognition in Division 7 from the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association (MHSFCA) for coach Jimmie Macon ... earned 2021 Associated Press Division 7 All-State Honorable Mention accolades as well as being selected to the 2021 Detroit Free Press All-Detroit First Team ... rushed for 1,119 yards and 11 touchdowns on 87 carries as a senior ... totaled 466 receiving yards in 2021, along with seven sacks, six pass break-ups and 11 tackles for loss for DCHS ... helped the Trail Blazers to a 10-1 mark in 2021 ... served as a football team captain as a senior ... attended West Bloomfield for two-and-a-half years spending three years on the varsity team for coach Ron Bellamy.

Personal:  Full name -- Calvin (CJ) M. Turner, Jr. ... born on August 30, 2004, in Southfield, Mich. ... son of Calvin and Denise Turner ... has a younger brother, Christian, and an older sister, Ciara ... is majoring in Sports Management.