Denvis Manns

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Denvis Manns (born July 21, 1976) was the third ever NCAA running back to rush for 1,000 yards in four consecutive seasons after Tony Dorsett (University of Pittsburgh, 1973-1977) and Amos Lawrence (University of North Carolina, 1977-1980).

Manns graduated from Lufkin High School in 1995 were rushed for 2,000 yards his senior year and led the Panthers to the 1994 5A quarterfinals. He then played football for New Mexico State University 1995-1998 where he achieved his NCAA rushing record and still holds the school's career rushing record.

Manns attended the Dallas Cowboys' training camp in both 1999 and 2001. He played in NFL Europa for the Barcelona Dragons in 2000 and the Frankfurt Galaxy in 2001. In 2005, Manns was inducted into the NMSU Athletics Hall of Fame. The former scatback is a special education teacher and head football coach in Los Lunas High School in Los Lunas, New Mexico^[1].

Manns was unable to lead the Los Lunas Tigers to the playoffs after taking over as head coach just prior to the start of the 2007-08 season. However, he did the lead the team to four wins, one more than the team had in 2006-07, including an exciting 30-27 overtime win over Rio Grande High School on Oct. 11, 2007.