Missouri S&T Athletics

Returns to the Miners after missing most of the 2009 season with an injury…had 25 catches for 268 yards and two touchdowns at the time of the injury that occurred early in the year...still finished the season fourth on the team in receptions…had season highs of 12 catches for 174 yards and two scores against Saint Joseph’s…had nine receptions for 170 yards in S&T’s spring game in April…led the Miners in receptions and receiving yards during the 2008 campaign...finished the year with 56 catches for 724 yards and seven touchdowns...had three games with at least 100 yards in receptions, with a high of 165 on a season-best 11 receptions against Butler...also had 118 yards receiving in the win over Kentucky Wesleyan and 100 in the season-ending win at Truman State...caught two touchdown passes in the victories over Evangel and KWC...accumulated 949 all-purpose yards as he also handled some of the kickoff return duties...completed the 2007 campaign with 18 catches for 203 yards and a touchdown, which came in the victory over Lincoln…had a season-high five catches at Butler…rushed for 81 yards on 10 carries in the season finale at Kentucky Wesleyan…earned a good deal of playing time at wide receiver as a freshman before an injury ended his season prematurely…caught 20 passes for 259 yards and two touchdowns…had scoring catches in wins over Lincoln and Austin Peay, the latter of which gave the Miners the lead for good in that contest…made a season-high six receptions at Southwestern Oklahoma State and had five-catch games against Lincoln and Austin Peay…came to Missouri S&T after a stellar high school career at nearby John F. Hodge High School...earned first-team all-state honors as a wide receiver and "Offensive Player of the Year" honors in the Four Rivers Conference...earned first-team all-conference honors as a wide receiver and running back and second-team laurels as a returner and defensive back...established new school records for all-purpose yards (2,630), points scored (178), touchdowns (29), while rushing for 1,337 yards and catching 839 yards worth of passes in his senior year...set 33 school records in his high school career...named as MoSports.com’s Class 3 "Player of the Week" on two occasions during the season...was a Wendy’s High School Heisman finalist from the state of Missouri.