Ht: 5-9 Wt: 174
Position: TB
Date of Birth: 01/30/1981
Birthplace: Roosevelt, NY
Class: RS - Sophomore
High School: Roosevelt HS
(Roosevelt, NY)
Personal: Born 1/30/81 ... Afro-American
studies major ... mother is Elisa.
High School: Rushed for 1,993 yards
(22 TDs) as a senior at Roosevelt ... shared Thorp Award, presented
to Nassau County’s top player ... gained 5,841 yards rushing
and scored 61 TDs in career ... broke Amos Zeroue’s (Steelers)
Long Island prep rushing record ... coach was Joe Vita.
2000: Redshirted ... scout team
offensive player of the year ... won weekly scout team honors
vs. Oregon, Northwestern, Purdue, Hawaii and UCLA ... no player
during the Alvarez era had ever won scout team honors five times
in one season previously.
2001: Earned first varsity letter
… played in all 12 games as reserve running back and as
a kickoff returner … carried 60 times for 255 yards and
two touchdowns … three kickoff returns for 72 yards (24.0
yards per return) … caught three passes for 14 yards …
career highs of 16 carries and 82 yards when he started for injured
Anthony Davis vs. Indiana … 13 carries for 45 yards and
one touchdown in collegiate debut vs. Virginia … four-yard
touchdown run put Badgers ahead to stay in win over Iowa.