2022 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in three games at running back...Carried 15 times for 52 yards and one touchdown...Scored against Drake in the season-opener with a 6-yard run...Season-high 24 yards against the Bulldogs...Carried five times for 13 yards the following week against North Carolina A&T...Season-high six carries for 15 yards in the win at Western Illinois.

2021 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program...Did not participate in any games.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2021 graduate of West Fargo Sheyenne High School...Three-year starter...Team captain his senior year...Played running back and linebacker for coach Jeremy Newton...Part of two state runner-up teams as the Mustangs went 29-5 during his career...Leading rusher in the Eastern Dakota Conference his senior year with 139 carries for 1,052 yards and 13 touchdowns in nine games...Averaged 7.6 yards per carry and 116.9 yards per game...Led the EDC with 1,489 all-purpose yards and 16 total TDs...EDC Senior Athlete of the Year in 2020...Two-time all-state first team...Career totals include 2,650 rushing yards and 29 TDs on 310 carries...Also made 25 receptions for 398 yards and eight TDs...Played in the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas...Also competes in basketball and track.

PERSONAL: Undecided on a college major...Son of Prince and Endurance...Has two sisters, Leziga and Vurebari, and one brother, Barieyedum. 31:{"name":"Fargo","state":"ND"} 33:["Track","Basketball"] 32:{"id":"clon8zhgd04hg02wjkg0xr5bk","milesplit_id":null,"meta":null,"speed_score":null,"time":null,"best_event":null,"text_best_event":null,"best_event_metric":null,"momentum_score":null,"indoor_pr_55_meters":null,"outdoor_pr_55_meters":null,"indoor_pr_60_meters":null,"outdoor_pr_60_meters":null,"indoor_pr_100_meters":null,"outdoor_pr_100_meters":null,"indoor_pr_110_hurdles":

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