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University of Rhode Island

2014 Football

27 Lyle McCombs

  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 171
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Staten Island, N.Y.
  • High School St. Joseph By The Sea

Biography

2014: (6 GP/5 GS)... Rushed for 76 yards and two touchdowns against Albany (9/20). Also caught three passes for 15 yards and returned one kickoff for 16 yards... Rushed for 98 yards, caught one pass for 7 yards and returned three kickoffs for 64 yards at Fordham (9/13)... Rushed for 39 yards, caught three passes for 39 yards and returned three kickoffs for 57 yards in Rhode Island debut at Marshall (9/6).

2013 (Connecticut): Preseason Doak Walker Award candidate...played in all 12 games, starting the first 11 at tailback...finished his junior season with 670 yards on the ground and five touchdowns, adding 75 receiving yards and two touchdowns through the air...also returned kicks, posting an 18.5 return average on 24 kickoffs and adding 40 yards on 13 punt returns...rushed for 76 yards vs. Towson (Aug. 29)...grinded out 53 yards and a touchdown vs. Maryland (Sept. 14)...rushed for 33 yards and a score at Buffalo (Sept. 28)...had his best game of the season vs. USF (Oct. 12), carrying 20 times for 164 yards and a touchdown...had 88 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries at UCF (Oct. 26), also breaking off a season-best 57 yard run...posted his second 100-yard day of the year with 103 yards on 17 carries at SMU (Nov. 16)...had receiving touchdowns vs. No. 14 Michigan (Sept. 21) and vs. Memphis (Dec. 7).

2012 (Connecticut): Led the team in rushing with 860 yards on 243 carries for six TDs...Had a season-high 133 yards in win over nationally-ranked Louisville (Nov. 24) and also had 120 in win vs. Pittsburgh (Nov. 9) and 119 at Western Michigan (Sept. 22).


2011 (Connecticut): Led Connecticut in rushing as a redshirt freshman with 1,151 yards ... Was 29th in the country in rushing at 95.92 yards per game and was second in the BIG EAST ... Was named Freshman All-American by the Football Writers Association of America ... Was a Second Team All-BIG EAST selection ... Was named the team's Offensive Player of the Year ... Was the second-leading freshman rusher in the country and just 0.46 yards per game behind the leader ... his rushing total was the ninth-highest in school single-season history and his carries were fourth ... Posted the 14th season in school history of 1,000 or more rushing yards ... Was just the second UConn freshman (true or redshirt) to hit the 1,000 yard mark ... Had 141 rushing yards vs. Fordham (Sept. 3) in his collegiate debut - that mark is the second-best first game among the top 10 rushers in Husky history ... Had a career high 152 yards of rushing in win vs. Syracuse (Nov. 5) ... rushed for 100 yards or more in six games ... Besides Fordham and Syracuse, also had 118 vs. Vanderbilt (Sept. 10), 136 vs. Western Michigan (Oct. 1), 130 vs. USF (Oct. 15) and 124 vs. Pittsburgh (Oct. 26).


2010 (Connecticut): Redshirted ... Named the Offensive Scout Player of the Week before the Louisville (Oct. 23) and USF (Dec. 4) games.

High School: Named to New York Daily News All-City team and New York Post All-Staten Island ... Named co-winner of Al Fabbri Award, given each year to the top high school football player on Staten Island ... Two-time Staten Island Advance All-Star ... led all Staten Island players with 172 points scored ... Rushed for an average of 7.2 yards per carry in senior year ... Rushed for 1,544 yards in nine games ... Also had 15 receptions for an average of 23.4 yards per reception ... Also rushed for over 1,000 yards as a junior.

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