HERB DONALDSON

Bio	Photos	Quotes	Stats	Records
Donaldson on the national charts:	T-1st Scoring 12.00 ppg (Leads all Division I)	1st Rushing 162.18 (Leads all Division I)	9th All-Purpose Yards 169.09 ypg	2nd Active Career Rushing Yards

2008 Highlights & Awards:

• Ranks first nationally in rushing (162.18 ypg) and scoring (12.00 ppg)
• Leads the second-place FCS rushing average by 10.0 ypg
• Leads the top FBS rushing average by 8.5 ypg
• The all-time leading rusher in both Western Illinois and Missouri Valley Football Conference history
• The only player in conference history to reach 1,000 yards in his seventh game twice in a career
• The second player in school history to rush for 4,000 yards in his career
• 273 yards against Missouri State was the country's highest rushing total this season
• The only player with four of the nation's top 22 rushing games this year
• Owner of a league-record 23 100-yard games
• Missouri Valley Football Conference Offensive Player of the Week three times
• College Sporting News All-Star, Oct. 6
• Lindy's Preseason All-America First Team
• Consensus Draft Services Preseason All-America Honorable Mention

Game by Game Recaps:

Game 11: Rushed for 235 yards and a touchdown, becoming the Missouri Valley Football Conference's all-time leading rusher.

Game 10: Rushed for 243 yards and three touchdowns... gained 159 yards in the first half, including 115 in the second quarter alone... recorded his sixth 200-yard game and 22nd 100-yard outing... became Western Illinois all-time leader in rushing touchdowns.

Game 9: Became Western Illinois' all-time leading rusher... and moved into third place on the Missouri Valley Football Conference career rushing chart.

Game 8: Recorded the 21st 100-yard game of his career, rushing for 116 yards and averaging 5.0 yards per carry against No. 4 Northern Iowa.

Game 7: Before his day ended at halftime, Donaldson notched a school-record 20th 100-yard game and became the second player in school history to gain 4,000 career yards. He is now within 137 yards of becoming the school's all-time leading rusher.

Game 6: Donaldson rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries, recording the school record-tying 19th 100-yard game of his career.

Game 5: Rushing for more than 200 yards for the second week in a row, Herb Donaldson tallied 273 yards and four touchdowns on a school-record 41 carries and caught two passes for 20 yards, accounting for more than half of Western Illinois' total yards.

Game 4: Donaldson's 229 yards rushing marked the fourth 200-yard game of his career and was the second-highest number of 200-yard games in school history. It was the nation's fourth-highest rushing total of the season.

Game 3: Donaldson had a four-game streak of 100-yard outings snapped at South Dakota State as the Leathernecks relied on an aerial assault, but he was still a major part of Western's 22 second-half unanswered points, recording career-highs of seven receptions for 40 yards.

Game 2: Donaldson's night ended early with 128 yards on just 15 carries, as he gained 106 yards and scored three touchdowns in the Leathernecks' first four drives. He averaged 8.5 yards per carry, recording the fifth 100-yard quarter.

Game 1: Donaldson accounted for all 157 yards of Western Illinois' rushing offense against Arkansas, compiling the nation's best rushing performance against an FBS team in week one. He scored the go-ahead touchdown to put the Leathernecks up 10-7 at halftime, and later gave them their first of two 10-point leads.

2008 Statistics: