|
| Year |
Carries |
Yards |
AVG |
TDs |
| 2000 |
225 |
1093 |
4.9 |
15 |
| 2001 |
208 |
1059 |
5.1 |
22 |
| 2002 |
291 |
1560 |
5.4 |
16 |
| 2003 |
259 |
1702 |
6.6 |
22 |
| 4 Yr
Total |
983 |
5,414 |
5.7 |
75 |
Collegiate Career
Summary
Finished his stellar
collegiate career as the greatest rusher and scorer in
Northwest small-college history as a result of
breaking 10 school and eight regional records,
including:
* Most touchdowns, game (5)
*
Longest touchdown run (97)
* Most 100-yard
games, career (29)
* Most 200-yard games,
career (7)
* Most 100-yard games, season (9)
* Career rushing yardage (5,414 - No. 4 all-time
in NAIA)
* Career scoring (474 points - No. 2 all-
time in NAIA)
* Career touchdowns (79 total -
75 rushing, 3 receiving, 1 return)
Scored at
least 15 touchdowns in all four seasons at SOU.
Had 14 career games with three or more
touchdowns.
2003
Season
A three-time NAIA All-
American, including first-team status in 2002 and 03.
An NAIA Player of the Year candidate.
The Oregon Collegiate Athlete of the Year award
winner.
A 2003 AFCA All-American -- only the
third in school history.
A 2003 third-team
Associated Press Little All-American -- the schools
first such honoree since 1947 and second overall.
The schools first ever two-time NAIA Player
of the Week selection with 257 yards and four
touchdowns against Humboldt State and a career-
best 303 yards against Eastern Oregon.
Compiled a total of 259 carries for a career-best
1,702 yards and 22 touchdowns to help SOU compile
a fifth consecutive winning season (5-4 overall after
a 1-4 start).
Finished second in the NAIA for
both rushing (189.1 per game) and scoring (14.7).
Became the NAIA all-time rushing touchdown
leader (75 total, including 22 as a senior).
Led
Northwest small-college players in rushing yardage
four straight years.
Recorded the second-
longest touchdown rush in Northwest small-college
history (96 vs. Humboldt State).
Was the first
SOU player ever to receive an invitation to play in
the NCAA Div. I-dominated Blue Gray All-Star Classic.
2002 Season
Led
SOU to an 8-3 record and a second consecutive trip
to the NAIA Championship Series quarterfinals.
Continued his ascent up SOUs rushing and scoring
career leader lists by rushing for a single-season
school record 291 times for 1,560 yards in 10 season
outings.
Led the NAIA for rushing (156.0 per
game, 5.4 per touch) and finished fifth for scoring
(10.2).
Scored 16 rushing touchdowns and 17
total, SOU's fourth-best season output.
Finished the season only 848 rushing yards away
from surpassing the school and Northwest small-
college record established by his three-time All-
American predecessor, Griff Yates (1996-99).
Recorded 139 or more rushing yards in nine of 10
season games.
Nine of his 29 career 100-yard
games came in 2002, including a career-best 231
yards in a 31-10 triumph at NCAA I-AA University of
San Diego.
Had game-highs of 184 yards and
four touchdowns in SOU's 42-35 double-overtime loss
at Linfield.
Opened the 2002 season with an
88-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against
Humboldt State.
A two-time finalist for the Ad
Rutschman Award, which is annually given to
Oregons top small-college athlete.
2001 Season
Assembled his second consecutive 1,000-yard
rushing season, gaining 1,059 on 208 carries, a 96.3
game average.
Established school and regional
records and led the country in scoring with 22
rushing TDs and 25 overall, a 13.6 game average.
Received honorable mention NAIA All-American
status and achieved first-team Little All-Northwest
and third-team Football Gazette accolades.
Tied a school game record with five touchdowns in a
64-21 romp at Azusa Pacific.
Compiled seven
100-yard rushing outings, including a season-high
178 on 15 carries in the season-opener against
Montana State-Northern.
Finished the season
second on SOUs all-time lists for TDs (40), scoring
(240) and fifth for rushing yards (2,152).
2000 Season
Assembled the most illustrious season ever for a
Raider freshman running back.
A second-team
All-Little Northwest all-star who was only the sixth
SOU player ever to rush for over 1,000 yards in a
season (1,093).
Compiled what was the
schools fourth-highest season effort for rushing
touchdowns (15) and was fifth for rushing yardage
and total carries (225).
Broke the school
record and Northwest small-college for longest run
from scrimmage, a 97-yard romp at Simon Fraser.
Wound up torching the Clan defense for 230 yards on
25 carries and four scores, the schools second-
highest game point total ever at that time and the
seventh-best game rushing effort. Earned NAIA
Independent Player of the Week status for the
performance.
His 85-yard TD run the following
week at MSU-Northern was the 15th-longest scoring
scamper in Northwest small-college lore.
Had
five 100-yard performances, including a 38-carry,
195-yard effort at Humboldt State.
Caught 13
passes for 71 yards.
Rushing Statistics
2000: 225 carries, 1,093 yards, 15
touchdowns
2001: 208 carries, 1,059 yards, 22
touchdowns
2002: 291 carries, 1,560 yards, 16
touchdowns
2003: 259 carries, 1,702 yards, 22
touchdowns
Total: 983 carries, 5,414 yards, 75
touchdowns
Receiving Statistics
2000: 13 catches, 71 yards
2001: 12 catches, 98 yards, 3 touchdowns
2002: 9 catches, 14 yards
2003: 5
catches, 28 yards
Total: 39 catches, 211
yards, 3 touchdowns
Kick Return Statistics
2002: 7 attempts, 203 yards, 29.0 ave., 1 TD
(88)
2003: 7 attempts, 171 yards, 24.4 ave.
Total: 14 att., 374 yards, 26.7 ave.
Top 10 Rushing Games
303 at Eastern Oregon, 2003
257 vs. Humboldt State, 2003
250 vs. MSU-
Northern, 2003
231 at San Diego, 2002
230
at Simon Fraser, 2000
228 vs. Linfield, 2003
227 at San Diego, 2003
198 at Western
New Mexico, 2003
195 at Humboldt State, 2000
182 at Linfield, 2002
Top Touchdown Performances
5 at Azusa Pacific, 2001 (tied school
record)
4 at Eastern Oregon, 2003
4 vs.
Humboldt State, 2003
4 vs. MSU-Northern, 2003
4 at Linfield, 2002
4 at MSU-Northern,
2001
4 at Puget Sound, 2001
4 at Simon
Fraser, 2000
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