Kory Sheets

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Kory Sheets
College Purdue University
Conference Big Ten
Sport Football
Position Running Back
Jersey # 24
Class Junior
Major Organizational Leadership and Supervision
Career 2005 – present
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 206 lb (93 kg)
Nationality USA
Born March 31, 1985 (1985-03-31) (age 23)
Manchester, CT
High school Bloomfield High School
Career highlights
Awards
2006 Pop Doan Award - Special Teams (top performance against Indiana)
2005 Pop Doan Award - Offense
Bowl games
2006 Champs Sports Bowl

Kory Gerren Sheets (born March 31, 1985[1]) is the starting running back for the Purdue University Boilermakers college football team as a junior.

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[edit] High School

Sheets played for Bloomfield High School,[2] leading the team to a Connecticut State Championship as an all-purpose back. In his senior year, he had 2,588 rushing yards and 41 touchdowns in being named the state Player of the Year by the Hartford Courant as well as an all-conference selection. Kory also earned all-state and all-american honors in track and field, while coming out of high school as the No. 23 all-purpose back in the country by Rivals.com

[edit] 2005 Season

Despite limited playing time, Sheets finished fifth in the Big Ten with 5.5 yards per carry (players with over 100 rushes) and ended up with 104 carries for 571 yards. With an average of a touchdown per 10.4 rushes, he tied with Minnesota running back Lawerence Maroney for the lead in this category. Kory also added 13 receptions for 132 yards and played on special teams as well.

[edit] 2006 Season

In week two of the 2006 season, Sheets scored four rushing touchdowns against Miami University, including the game-winning touchdown in overtime.[3] This gave him seven touchdowns for the season to that point.[3] On November 20, 2006 Sheets recorded the first blocked punt of his career, and the third on the season for the Boilermakers.[4]

[edit] Statistics

Season GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
2005 11 104 601 30 571 5.5 10 88 51.9 13 132 10.2 0 23 12.0
2006 13 156 790 21 769 4.9 11 30 59.2 27 201 7.4 2 37 15.5

[edit] References

  1. ^ "#24 Kory Sheets - RB", ESPN. Retrieved on 2006-12-16. 
  2. ^ "Purdue Official Biography 24 Kory Sheets Profile", PurdueSports. Retrieved on 2006-12-16. 
  3. ^ a b "Purdue 38, Miami (Ohio) 31, OT", USA Today, September 9, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-16. 
  4. ^ "Purdue’s Sheets makes the most of his chance on the return team", Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, November 20, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-16. }

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