JAX STATE CAREER:
2022: Appeared in 10 games as part of Jax State’s rushing threat trio with Anwar Lewis and Matt LaRoach…ran for 461 yards on 60 carries for four touchdowns…broke a career-long 83-yard scoring run at Murray State on Sept. 10 that tied the second-longest scoring play in Jax State’s Div. I history…increased his single-game rushing high to 139 yards versus Eastern Kentucky on Nov. 12…also had four receptions for 63 yards…his lone receiving touchdown of the season came on a 25-yard scoring pass from Zion Webb on Oct. 15 against North Alabama which became the first passing touchdown ever scored at Huntsville’s Toyota Field where the Gamecocks and Lions squared off.

2021: Played in all 11 games as a redshirt-freshman for the Gamecocks…carried the ball 43 times for 254 yards…also hauled in 11 catches for 78 yards…served as a kickoff returner, where he returned six kicks for 112 yards (18.6 ypr)…his 444 all-purpose yards finished fourth on the team…scored his first two touchdowns at Lamar on Nov. 13 when he ran eight times for 98 yards…caught a trio of passes at both Kennesaw State and Eastern Kentucky.

FALL 2020/SPRING 2021: Did not see action as a true freshman.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Clint Smith at Jacksonville High School in Jacksonville, Ala…a three-star prospect by 247Sports.com and a two-star by Rivals.com…rated the No. 2 running back in his class from the state of Alabama and the 61st-best player in the state by 247Sports.com…a first-team all-state pick by the Alabama Sports Writers Association, who also tabbed him the AHSAA Class 4A Back of the Year and a finalist for the Mr. Football Award…named the Anniston Star’s 4A-6A County Player of the Year…in 2019, rushed for a county-record 2,835 yards and 47 touchdowns in leading the Golden Eagles to the AHSAA Class 4A State Championship Game, the school’s first-ever appearance in the title game…averaged 11.7 yards per carry to lead JHS to a 12-3 record and a perfect 7-0 mark in 4A Region 6 play after posting a 7-0 region mark in 2018…in two seasons as the starting running back at JHS, he led the Golden Eagles to a 23-4 record while running for 5,384 yards and 84 touchdowns…in five playoff games, he rushed for 1,132 yards and 20 touchdowns, including 179 yards and a touchdown in the 2019 Class 4A state title game…other offers included Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, South Alabama, Tulane, SMU, Southern Miss, Troy, UAB, Western Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky, East Tennessee State.

Ron Wiggins