Career

• Has run for 1,361 yards and 12 touchdowns

• Has made 44 catches for 509 yards and two touchdown receptions

2010 Junior Season

• Earned Academic All-America First Team honors, becoming the first ever two-time Academic All-American at Kent State

• Led Kent State with nine touchdowns, which ranked tied for seventh in the MAC

• Led the Flashes in rushing (542 yards) and rushing touchdowns (7)

• Caught 23 passes for 285 yards receiving

• Totaled six plays of over 30 yards (3 rushing, 3 receiving)

• Ran for three touchdowns and 96 yards in the opening half at Toledo, becoming the first KSU player with three TDs in a game since 2008.

• Ran for 86 yards and a pair of touchdowns at Miami, including a 39-yard run

• Recorded 32-yard run at Penn State

• Had a pair of touchdown catches against Murray State, including a career-long 49-yard score

• Ran for a season-high 94 yards on 22 carries at Bowling Green

• Ran for 69 yards and a touchdown against Akron

• Earned Academic All-District IV First Team honors in second straight season

2009 Sophomore Season

• Became just the fifth Academic All-American in the history of the program, earning a second team nod

• Academic All-MAC first-team honoree

• Returned to the backfield from wide receiver after Eugene Jarvis was injured in week two

• Started seven games at running back and appeared in all 12 games

• Rushed for 649 yards and four touchdowns on 61 carries (4.7 ypc)

• Tallied a trio of 100-yard efforts

• In his first game as a starter, carried the ball 15 times for 103 yards versus Miami Sept. 26

• Set career-highs for carries (31), rushing yards (110), receptions (4) and receiving yards (68) at Ohio Oct. 24

• Caught 17 passes for 205 yards

• Against Bowling Green Oct. 10, rushed for 81 yards and two touchdowns on 18 attempts

• Went for 109 yards and a touchdown on 12 touches at Baylor Oct. 3

2008 Freshman Season

• Appeared in 10 games at running back and on special teams

• Rushed for 170 yards and a touchdown on 34 carries (5.0 ypc)

• Best game came on Oct. 4 against Akron when he rushed for 60 yards and his first-career touchdown on 10 touches

• Racked up 48 yards on nine carries at Ball State Sept. 27

• Caught four passes for 19 yards

• One of eight true freshmen to earn a varsity letter

Prior To Kent State

• Earned all-state and all-city accolades as a senior at Pacelli High School

• Also named the region offensive player of the year after posting 1,632 rushing yards, 222 receiving yards and 26 touchdowns

• Compiled 1,106 rushing yards, 252 receiving yards and 12 TDs to garner first team all-region honors as a junior

• Helped team to a four-year mark of 34-13, including region runner-up finishes in 2006 and 2007

• Coached by Jeff Battles

• Was also a four-year letterwinner in basketball, while picking up one letter in both baseball and track

• First-team all-state, all-region and all-city on the hardwood his junior year

• Was an all-region selection his sophomore (first team) and freshman (second) campaigns

Personal

• Born June 23, 1990

• Son of Betty Willis

• Has a brother, Altouro

• Majoring in aeronautics

• First name is pronounced JAH-queese