2006: A first-team All-ACC performer as a specialist, he was named a preseason all-conference specialist by Blue Ribbon ... Tallied 549 yards in kickoff returns, the sixth-best mark in school history ... Ranked fourth in the ACC in all-purpose yardage with 105.5 per game ... Led the ACC with a 28.9 KOR average, the fifth-best mark in school history and the fourth-best mark in Division I for 2006 ... Ranked sixth in the ACC with an 8.6 yard punt return average.
2005: Led the ACC and ranked sixth in the nation in kickoff returns with 29.1 yards per return ... That mark was the fifth-best in Wolfpack single season history ... The first Wolfpack player to lead the ACC in kickoff returns since 1988 ... Earned second-team All-ACC honors as a specialist ... Also ranked 10th in the ACC in punt returns and ninth in all-purpose yardage, even though he did not see action from scrimmage against Georgia Tech and played just 15 snaps in the last three games.
2004: Led the ACC and ranked third nationally in punt returns with a 17.83 average, even though he didn’t return a kick until the eighth game of the season ... That was the best average ever for a Wolfpack freshman and ranks third in school history ... NC State’s third-leading rusher with 206 yards.
High School: Committed to NC State in spring of 2003 out of Williamsport (Pa.) Area High School, but attended Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va. ... Rushed 220 times for 2,323 yards and 22 TDs while averaging 10.6 yards per carry in his senior season of high school ... As a junior, gained 2,457 yards and scored 32 touchdowns ... Set new school records with 6,775 career rushing yards and 70 touchdowns ... One of 78 players chosen nationally to participate in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, where he rushed for 86 yards on only six carries. Named conference player of the year three times ... Was first-team all-state in basketball as a junior and second-team as a senior ... Averaged more than 20 points per game his final two seasons.
Personal: Majoring in sports management ... Born 1/7/85.
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