Gardner-Webb University Athletics

Elusive, experienced running back who will share time in thebackfield again in 2009 … Has started at least one game ineach of his three seasons with the Bulldogs … Ranks as oneof the program’s best all-time in catching passes at therunning back position … Runs the 40-yard dash in the4.5-second range and is very quick … Is at his best in theopen field, but has done a better job learning to run between thetackles … Very dangerous back … Is theprogram’s top active running back in terms of career carries(272), yards (1,392) and yards per rush (5.1) … Has playedin 31 career games … Has caught 57 career passes for 329yards … Ranks 13th in school history in rushing yards,eighth in GWU history in yards per carry and fifth in receptions bya running back … Was the team’s fastest running backduring April testing.

2008 at Gardner-Webb: Saw action in all 11 games,and made two starts in the backfield … Carried the football66 times for 307 yards … Caught 16 passes for 92 yards… Did not score a touchdown for the first time in his career… Had a season-high 61 yards on nine carries at Liberty inthe season finale (11/15) … Carried seven times for 60 yardsvs. Tusculum (9/6) … Had eight carries for 43 yards vs.Presbyterian (10/18) … Hauled in four passes for aseason-best 39 yards vs. VMI (10/25). 2007 at GWU: Started eightgames … Played in all 11 games … Led GWU and finishedfifth in the Big South Conference with 736 yards and six touchdownson 128 carries … Averaged a career-best 5.8 yards per rush… Proved effectiveness as a receiver, finishing third on theteam with 35 catches for 214 yards … Had a team-high 950all-purpose yards … Had 10 runs of at least 20 yards on theseason … Rushed 11 times for a career-high 145 yards and twoscores vs. Jacksonville (9/8) … Had scoring runs of 45 and74 yards in that game … Carried 12 times for 97 yards andtwo scores at VMI (10/20) … Had a 52-yard scoring dash… Posted a career-high 22 carries vs. Charleston Southern(10/27), finishing with 84 yards in a Homecoming victory …Had 13 carries for 80 yards at No. 8 Wofford (10/13), and added acareer-high eight receptions for 45 yards … Had 10 carriesfor 52 yards, and four receptions for 32 yards at Mississippi State(9/22) … Had a 26-yard reception at Ohio (9/1) … Had18 carries for 72 yards and a 21-yard touchdown run at CoastalCarolina (11/10) … Rushed nine times for 66 yards at No. 5Appalachian State (10/6). 2006 at GWU: Played in nine games andmade four starts at running back … Runner-up for 2006 BigSouth Freshman of the Year honors … Led team with 349 yardsrushing on 78 carries … Scored three touchdowns …Caught six passes for 23 yards … Twice named Big SouthFreshman of the Week … Had a career-high 103 yards rushingand a touchdown on 15 carries vs. VMI (10/28) … Had sixcarries for 93 yards, including a 73-yard run that set up thegame-winning score, at Southeastern Louisiana (9/30) … Had36 yards rushing at No. 25 Charleston Southern (11/4) and vs. No.15 Coastal Carolina (11/11).

High School: Played at North Gwinnett (Ga.) Highunder Coach Matt Moore … Speedy back who ran the 40-yarddash in 4.52 seconds at the 2005 Nike Training Camp in Athens, Ga.… Had the fifth-fastest time among running backs at theevent … An honorable mention All-Gwinnett County selectionby the Atlanta Journal-Constitution … A second-teamAll-Region 7-AAAAA choice in 2005 … One of the mostversatile backs in the area as a senior … Compiled 1,140yards and 12 touchdowns combined rushing and receiving …Carried the football 91 times for 561 yards and six touchdowns… Led team and finished third in Gwinnett County with 52receptions for 579 yards and six touchdowns … Chose GWU overSoutheastern Louisiana.