Biography
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UIndy's all-time rushing leader broke the school's career mark at Ohio Dominican on 9/24/22 ... also the program's single-season rushing king with 1,525 yards in 2021 ... twice broke UIndy's single-game rushing record in '21, topping out at 287 yards versus McKendree (10/9/21) ... also the program's all-time leader in total touchdowns (55), rushing touchdowns (48), rushing average (7.7), kickoff return average (30.9), 100-yard rushing games (19) and 200-yard rushing games (7) ... DII record holder for most rushing yards in a single quarter (197) ... two-time Academic All-American ... earned a bachelor's degree in Sport Management from UIndy.
AWARDS
2022 Harlon Hill Award nominee
2022 D2Football.com Elite 100 Squad
2022 All-America Honorable Mention (Don Hansen)
2022 All-Super Region 3 First Team (CSC)
2022 All-GLVC First Team, running back
2022 IndyStar Small College Preseason All-Star Team
2021 Harlon Hill Award nominee
2021 All-America Second Team (AFCA)
2021 D2Football.com Elite 100 First Team
2021 All-America Honorable Mention (Don Hansen)
2021 All-GLVC First Team, running back
2021 UIndy Offensive Back of the Year
2020-21 UIndy Offensive Back of the Year
2019 All-GLVC Second Team, running back
2019 All-GLVC Honorable Mention, kick returner
2019 College Football America Yearbook DII Preseason Starting Lineup, kick returner
2018 GLVC Freshman of the Year
2018 All-GLVC Second Team, running back
2018 UIndy Offensive Freshman of the Year
2018 UIndy Special Teams Freshman of the Year
2x D2Football.com Offensive Player of the Week (9/14/21, 10/12/22)
D2Football.com Special Teams Player of the Week (10/22/1/8)
6x GLVC Offensive Player of the Week
2x GLVC Special Teams Player of the Week
2022 CSC Academic All-District®
2021 CoSIDA Academic All-America® First Team
2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Second Team
2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District®
3x Academic All-GLVC
2022
First-team honoree on both All-GLVC and All-Super Region 3 lists … led UIndy to a GLVC title and a playoff berth … racked up 1,001 rushing yards and 13 total touchdowns despite missing three games to injury … fell just shy of the NCAA’s arbitrary minimums of officially ranking 7th in the nation in yards per carry and 9th in rushing yards per game … set several UIndy career records this season, including rushing yards, total TDs and rushing TDs … also the school’s career leader in yards per carry and yards per kickoff return … notched back-to-back games with 200-plus yards rushing, including a 272-yard, five-TD performance at McKendree; later named both conference and DII Offensive Player of the Week … also had 179 yards and three TDs at Ohio Dominican.
2021
Harlon Hill candidate and AFCA All-America Second Team ... ranked second in Division II in rushing yards per game (169.4) ... also ranked in the top six in the nation in all-purpose yards per game (3rd), rushing yards per carry (4th), total rushing yards (7th) and rushing TDs (9th) ... racked up his impressive counting stats despite sustaining a season-ending injury early in UIndy’s week 9 contest ... nevertheless needed just eight games to break the program’s single-season rushing record ... twice broke the program’s single-game rushing mark, first with 270 yards at Hillsdale in week 2 and later with 287 vs McKendree in week 6; added four rushing TDs in each record-breaking performance ... named D2Football.com Offensive Player of the Week after the Hillsdale contest ... also broke the NCAA Division II record for rushing yards in a quarter, amassing 197 yards in the first period at Southwest Baptist in week 5 ... twice voted GLVC Offensive Player of the Week ... Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® First Team honoree.
2020-21
Averaged 191 rushing yards per game with five TDs in just two regular-season contests during the abbreviated spring season … racked up 235 rushing yards and three TDs in the GLVC Championship game … became the 15th player in school history to surpass the 2,000-yard mark in career rushing ... voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Second Team ... Academic All-GLVC honoree.
2019
Picked up a pair of all-conference awards, earning second team honors at running back and honorable mention at kick returner … racked up 732 rushing yards on just 83 carries (8.8 ypc) … one of three Greyhounds to average more than 100 all-purpose yards per game, ranking sixth in the GLVC in the stat (104.9 ypg) … named GLVC Offensive Player of the Week after amassing 172 rushing yards and 208 all-purpose yards versus Hillsdale in week two (9/14) ... broke off a season-long 82-yard kickoff return versus Southwest Baptist (9/28) … compiled 140 rushing yards on nine totes versus Missouri S&T (10/26) … earned second straight inclusion in the team’s One-Play Warrior Club, a point-based honor which measures production on special teams ... named to the 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District® Team for his combined performance on the field and in the classroom ... also earned Academic All-GLVC accolades for the second time.
2018
Orchestrated a stellar rookie campaign, leading DII in kickoff return average while racking up 898 rushing yards and a team-high 13 total touchdowns … his 37.9 yards per kickoff return set a new school record while ranking ninth in the NCAA Division II single-season annals* ... ranked fourth in the GLVC in rushing … set another program benchmark with 8.3 yards per carry for the year; would have led the nation in the stat but came 12 carries shy of meeting the NCAA’s minimum qualification of 10 attempts per game … racked up 1,482 all-purpose yards, good for 10th on the school’s all-time single-season list … came just three yards short of breaking a single-game school record with 362 all-purpose yards at McKendree (10/20), amassing season highs with 183 rushing yards, 180 kickoff return yards and five total TDs (3 rush, 2 ret) ... two days later became the first player in conference history to earn two GLVC weekly awards on the same day, winning Offensive and Special Team Player of the Week honors; also named Division II Special Teams Player of the Week by D2Football.com … scored three rushing touchdowns the very next week at Southwest Baptist (10/27) … nearly tied an NCAA record with a 99-yard kickoff return against Lincoln (9/29) … ran for 106 yards on just five attempts in the playoff win versus 19th-ranked Fort Hays State (11/17) … went on to average more than 10 yards per carry in the two postseason games combined ... One-Play Warrior Club member ... Academic All-GLVC honoree.
HIGH SCHOOL
All-time single-season rushing leader at SLHS (2,557 yards) ... scored 34 touchdowns and amassed more than 2,800 all-purpose yards in 2017... ran for a single-game school-record 416 yards in the first round of the '17 Class 6A playoffs ... named All-Area First Team by both the Chicago Sun Times and the Chicago Tribune South Town ... dubbed All-USA Illinois Second Team by USA TODAY High School Sports ... also a state meet qualifier in the long jump ... honor roll student and Academic All-State honoree.
*minimum 1.2 returns per game
