The Sturges File: The top returning running back in the Centennial Conference and one of the top backfield players in the region...Is the first Bullet to post back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons since 1998-99...Needs just 258 yards to become just the fifth player in school history with 3,000 rushing yards for a career...Has the potential to earn All-America honors again...2007 team co-captain.
2006: Named an honorable mention All-American and All-South Region First Team by Don Hansen’s Football Gazette after accumulating 1,141 rushing yards and nine touchdowns...Was also named a first-team ECAC Southwest All-Star and third-team d3football.com All-South Region...Picked up first-team All-CC accolades for the second season in a row after leading the league in rushing (126.8 ypg) and all-purpose yardage (156.1 ypg)...Ranked 10th in the nation in rushing and 11th in all-purpose yards...Finished second in the CC in scoring with 54 points...Averaged a career-high 4.9 yards per carry with a long of 53 yards...Was the squad’s top returner with 229 yards on 10 kick returns...Managed six consecutive 100-yard rushing games, including a career-high effort of 189 with two scores against McDaniel...Also tallied 186 yards with one touchdown against Denison...Named CC Offensive Player of the Week three times.
2005: Started all 10 games...Don Hansen’s Football Gazette All-South Second-Team...2005 ECAC Division III Southwest All-Star First-Team...2005 All-Centennial Conference First-Team...Four-time Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week in 2005...2005 Centennial Conference leading rusher by over 200 yards with 1,185 yards...Centennial Conference leader in all-purpose yards by over 200 with 1,279...Tied for third in the conference with 36 points...Averaged 118.5 yards per game to rank 26th in the nation and lead the conference’s best rushing attack.
2004: Started all six games in which he appeared...Led the Bullets with 116 carries and 416 rushing yards...Ranked fourth in the Centennial Conference with 69.3 rushing yards per game...Carried 23 times for 92 yards in his collegiate debut against McDaniel...Ran for his first touchdown against Johns Hopkins...Posted season highs with 37 carries for 180 yards against Ursinus.
High School: An all-conference selection and captain at Ridgefield High School, where he was an all-state member of the ski team and an all-county baseball player...A member of the Connecticut football state champions in 2002...Holds program records for touchdowns (19) and rushing yards (1,219) in a season.
Personal: Majoring in management.
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