Western Illinois University Athletics

REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN (2011): Named Special Teams Player of the Year by the program... Ranked second in MVFC and Leatherneck season ‘Top 10' with 965 kickoff return yards, 82 shy of the season record... averaged 23 yards per kickoff return, 58th nationally... 21 of his 23 money plays (20-plus yards) were on kickoff returns... took opening kickoff back 90 yards for TD against Missouri State... three games had 100-plus kickoff return yards, all in conference play... team-leading 1,069 all-purpose yards... averaged 19.3 yards on three kickoff returns during the season-opener at Sam Houston State... opened the Jacksonville game with a 52-yard kickoff return and finished with 99 yards on three returns... also rushed twice for 32 yards in the victory... recorded 88 kickoff return yards at Missouri on three returns, including a long of 43 yards... returned a season-high four kickoffs for 47 yards at Northern Iowa... 18-yard kickoff return against Southern Illinois... matched a season-high with four kickoff returns at Indiana State... finished with 79 return yards, including a long of 26... opened the Missouri State game with a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, his first collegiate TD... also caught a 38-yard TD in the game, his first-ever touchdown catch... finished the MSU game averaging 37 yards on five kickoff returns (185)... named by the College Football Performance Awards... season-high eight kickoff returns at Youngstown State totaling 174 yards... five of the eight went for 20-plus yards... four kickoff returns at Illinois State totaling 85 yards (long of 38 yards)... averaged 15.5 yards on two kickoff returns against South Dakota State, rushed twice for nine yards and was held to minus-5 yards on a pass reception... 46-yard kickoff return versus North Dakota State, finishing with 101 yards on five tries.

FRESHMAN (2010): Redshirted.. shared the Scout Team Offensive Player of the Year award... named to the Academic Honor Roll from the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year standout in football, basketball and track... shattered the career records for touchdowns (46) and points scored (284) during his four-year career... also broke the all-time record averaging 33.1 yards per kickoff return and 30.6 yards per total return... three-year team captain in football... ABC League Player of the Year in 2009... only basketball player in history to surpass 1,000 career points, finishing with 1,091 points primarily at point guard... finished fifth at the state meet in the 200-meter, third in the 400-meter and second as part of the 4x400-meter relay... ABC League All-Star in the 400-meter and 4x400-meter relay... broke the school record in both events... received the Arthur T. Morey Award in recognition for outstanding athletic achievement and highest standards of sportsmanship and citizenship.