Slippery Rock University Athletics

Returns for third season as featured back in Rock[apos]s one-back offense ... Will finish career as one of top running backs and all-purpose players in SRU history ... Possesses good speed and deceptive strength for his size ... 2004: Earned honorable mention All-America honors from both D2Football.com and Don Hansen[apos]s Football Gazette as a return specialist ... Special mention All-America selection as return specialist by Dopke.com ... Received first-team All-Northeast Region honors from both D2Football.com and Footbzall Gazette ... Earned first-team All-PSAC-West honors as return specialist ... Led conference and ranked second nationally with 18.9 yards per return average on punts and also averaged 22.6 ypr on five kickoff returns ... Named to second-team All-PSAC-West honors as a running back for second straight season ... Named to third-team All-Northeast Region honors by Football Gazette as an all-purpose back ... Started all 11 games ... Rushed for 1,183 yards and 13 TDs ... Ranked fifth in PSAC and 30th nationally in rushing yardage ... Ranked third in PSAC in rushing attempts and seventh in rushing TDs ... Also caught five passes for 70 yards and one TD Led Rock, and ranked fifth in PSAC and 19th in nation in scoring with 17 TDs, 102 points ... Ranked second in PSAC and 15th nationally with 161.8 yards in all-purpose yardage per game ... Rushed for more than 100 yards in four of first five games, only exception being when he sawed limited action (14 carries) in blowout Week #4 win vs. Fairmont State ... 2003: Rock[apos]s leading rusher with 627 yards and five TDs ... Also scored two TDs on punt returns to finish as No. 2 scorer with 42 points ... Had Rock[apos]s longest run from scrimmage with 49-yard romp at Fairmont State ... Rushed for career-high 127 yards at California ... Had 371 yards on 16 kickoff returns and 79 yards on six punt returns ... Returned punt 42 yards for a TD vs. Lock Haven and 35 yards for TD vs. Millersville ... Averaged 23.2 yards per return on kickoffs and 13.2 yards on punt returns ... Led Rock in all-purpose yardage with 1,082 yards, almost twice as many as nearest challenger ... Caught five passes for five yards ... 2002: Was team[apos]s second leading rusher with 447 yards and six TDs ... Had back-to-back 100-yard rushing efforts vs. Edinboro and Lock Haven ... Rushed for 118 yards and game[apos]s only TD vs. Edinboro ... Scored both Rock TDs and had 112 yards at Lock Haven ... Before The Rock: Began collegiate career at Butler County CC, which does not field a football team ... All-time leading rusher in Mercer County Athletic Conference and Slippery Rock High School history ... Earned first-team all-state, first-team All-MCAC offense and second-team All-MCAC defense honors as a senior ... Led Butler County with 30 TDs and 2,172 yards rushing ... Butler County[apos]s No. 2 all-time scorer with 192 points ... Did not commit a fumble in senior season ... Also had two kickoff-return TDs in final scholastic season ... Rushed for 300 or more yards in two separate games to set MCAC all-time records ... Three-year letterwinner and two-year starter as running back and defensive back ... Attended same high school as Rock defensive back Travis Sarver.