LOPER NOTES
2011 team co-captain ... has carried the ball 526 times for 3,243 yards and 26 TD's ... ranks second or third on most Loper career rushing lists ... currently has 3,865 all-purpose yards ... needs 1,576 rushing yards to break the school record of 4,818, set by Mike Miller ('04) ... 16 100-yard games ... 57 career catches for 535 yards and three TD's ... two-time first-team All-RMAC ... two-time first-team Academic All-District ... recipient of the 2011-12
Gary L. Buffington Scholarship, given by the Industrial Supply Association
AS A JUNIOR (2010)
Ranked second in the RMAC in rushing at 135.6 yards per game ... missed four full games due to injury ... finished with 949 yards and eight TD's on 147 carries (6.5 avg.) ... also third on the team in catches (21) ... those went for 218 yards and two TD's ... also brought back four kicks for 63 yards ... five games of 100 yards rushing or more ... in season-finale at Colorado Mines, went for a season-best 213 yards ... had 24 carries in
the 3 OT game with four rushing TD's ... also had 34 receiving yards ... 198 yards and two TD's, on 32 carries, in win at Chadron State ... 25 carries, and 133 yards and a score, at CSU-Pueblo ... had 118 yards rushing and 114 receiving yards in win at UNO ... finished the game with three total TD's ... first-team All-RMAC ... first-team Academic All-RMAC and first-team Academic All-District ... third-team All-Central Region
AS A SOPHOMORE (2009)
School-record 1,648 yards (137.3 ypg) ... appeared in 12 games but missed most of the UNO contest due to injury ... also missed the following week vs. Western State ... 6.4 yards per carry ... 11 rushing TD's ... third most receptions (25) on the team ... they went for 183 yards and one TD ... nine 100 yard games ... RMAC Offensive Player of the Year ... first-team All-RMAC ... first-team All-Central Region (Daktronics) ... honorable mention All-American (Don Hansen's Football Gazette & d2football.com) ... first-team Academic All-RMAC ... first-team Academic All-District 7 ... joined Miller and Riley Newcomer as the only Lopers to have multiple games of 200 rushing yards ... went for a career-high 219 yards, on 30 carries, in a key RMAC win over Colorado Mines ... three weeks earlier, had 202 yards on 26 carries at N.M. Highlands ... 33 carries for 184 yards in win over Chadron State ... 23 carries for 188 yards and two TD's in playoff win vs. Saginaw Valley State ... had a season-best run of 77 yards late in the game to secure the victory
AS A FRESHMAN (2008)
Third-team All-RMAC ... 122 carries for 646 yards and seven TD's ... 11 catches for 134 yards ... one kick return for 15 yards ... first UNK true freshmen to score a TD in 13 years ... missed final three games due to injury ... school-record 98-yard TD run in win at CSU-Pueblo ... finished game with 178 yards ... had 161 yards in win over Adams State ... had three straight games with 24 carries or more
HIGH SCHOOL
School-record 2,769 career rushing yards... helped Bearcats win 2007 Class A title ... missed the final two playoff games due to injury ... finished senior year with 1,211 yards and 23 TD's ... first-team All-Nebraska ... also had a 1,000 yard season as a junior ... sprinter on the track team
PERSONAL
Son of Jay & Julie.... older sister, Kelli, was a six-time All-American track athlete at UNK and a Loper assistant coach for the 2009-10 year
