Northeastern State University Athletics

NORTHEASTERN STATE – A three-year letterwinner . . . has played in 31 career games with 24 starts . . . was named to the 2013 USA College Football Division II Preseason All-American Second Team . . . landed on the 2012 All-MIAA Second Team and the 2012 Don Hansen All-Super Region Three Third Team . . . owns 2,019 career rushing yards on 401 attempts (65.0 ypg, 5.0 ypc) . . . also has 34 career receptions for 292 yards (9.4 ypg, 8.6 ypr) and 27 career kickoff returns for 749 yards (27.7 ypr) . . . owns 3,060 career all-purpose yards (98.7 ypg) . . . has scored 17 career touchdowns (16 rushing, one KO return) for 102 career points . . . has recorded nine 100-yard rushing performances, including a career-best 198-yard effort against Central Oklahoma (Nov. 10, 2012) . . . most carries in a single game is 38 against Southwest Baptist (Oct. 27, 2012) . . . has scored three rushing touchdowns in three games . . . longest career rushing attempt was 66 yards against Washburn (Sept. 15, 2012) . . . longest career reception and most receiving yards in a single game are both 44 yards against Central Oklahoma (Nov. 1, 2014) . . . most receptions in a single game is six, which came against Nebraska-Kearney (Oct. 11, 2014) . . . has five career games with at least 200 all-purpose yards . . . most all-purpose yards in a single game is 283 against UAM . . . took a redshirt as a true freshman . . . suffered an injury as a junior and was awarded a medical redshirt.
 
Redshirt Junior (2014) – Appeared in nine games and made four starts . . . tallied 86 carries for 272 yards and one touchdown . . . also had 11 receptions for 107 yards . . . posted two kickoff returns for 93 yards, including a 65-yarder against Central Missouri . . . finished third on the team with 472 all-purpose yards . . . season-high 146 all-purpose yards came against Central Oklahoma . . . also had 135 all-purpose yards against UCM . . . had a season-best 16 carries against Nebraska-Kearney and a season-best 74 yards rushing (on 15 carries) against UCO . . . scored a rushing touchdown against the Mules . . . had six receptions for 38 yards against the Lopers . . . tallied 44 yards receiving against the Bronchos.
 
Junior (2013) – Started the first two games of the campaign before suffering a season-ending injury . . . was awarded a medical redshirt . . . was named to the USA College Football Division II Preseason All-American Second Team . . . tallied 244 yards rushing on 41 carries in the first two games and finished third on the team in rushing . . . registered 145 yards rushing on 22 carries against Missouri Southern State and recorded 99 yards rushing on 19 carries against Pittsburg State . . . posted one reception for 18 yards against MSSU . . . had three kickoff returns for 73 yards . . . finished the year with 335 all-purpose yards (244 rush, 18 receive, 73 KO return).
 
Sophomore (2012) – Played nine games and started the final six contests . . . became the first NSU rusher to eclipse the 1,000-yard plateau since 2005, finishing with 1,024 yards on 186 carries . . . named to the All-MIAA Second Team and the 2012 Don Hansen All-Super Region Three Third Team . . . rushed for just 13 yards in the season opener and missed the second game due to injury . . . averaged 113.8 yards per game on the season and 126.4 yards over the final eight games . . . also averaged 5.5 yards per carry . . . led NSU with 10 rushing touchdowns and 60 points . . . finished second in the MIAA and 23rd in the nation in rushing yards per game . . . added nine receptions for 69 yards (7.7 yards per reception) and 12 kickoff returns for 270 yards (22.5 yards per return) . . . finished fourth in the MIAA and 22nd in the country in all-purpose yards per game (151.4) . . . rushed for at least 100 yards in six of the final eight games, including a season-best 198 yards (on 33 carries) against Central Oklahoma in the season finale . . . registered 38 carries for 169 yards and three touchdowns against Southwest Baptist . . . tallied 131 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 20 carries against Missouri Western . . . had 176 yards and a TD on 15 carries against Washburn . . . recorded at least 20 carries in four games . . . longest carry of the season was 66 yards against Washburn . . . also had a 63-yard rush against the Ichabods . . . recorded 11 carries of at least 20 yards, including four of 35 yards or more . . . had three games with at least 200 all-purpose yards, including a season-best 223 against UCO.
 
Redshirt Freshman (2011) – Served as NSU’s starting running back in all 12 games . . . finished the year second on the squad with 479 rushing yards on 88 carries . . . averaged 39.9 rushing yards per game and 5.4 yards per carry . . . led NSU with five rushing touchdowns . . . recorded 13 receptions for 98 yards . . . averaged 8.2 receiving yards per game and 7.5 yards per reception . . . had 10 kickoff returns for 313 yards (31.3 average) . . . finished third on the team with 36 points . . . finished second on the squad with an average of 74.2 all-purpose yards per game (890 total) . . . longest rush of the year was 43 yards (UAM), and his longest reception was 14 yards (Midwestern State) . . . rushed for a season-best 131 yards and three touchdowns on 17 carries against Arkansas-Monticello . . . also recorded 103 yards on nine carries against East Central . . . had three receptions in two games with a season-best 29 yards coming against UAM . . . posted a season-best 283 all-purpose yards against UAM (131 rushing, 29 receiving, 123 KO return) . . . opened the game against Oklahoma Panhandle State with a 92-yard kickoff return for touchdown.
 
Freshman (2010) – Redshirted.
 
High School – Was a first-team all-stater at Lake Worth HS . . . named the district MVP and the area offensive MVP as a senior.
 
Personal – Majoring in media studies with an emphasis in broadcast journalism . . . son of Lezley Brown . . . born Jan. 8, 1992.