Enjoyed the best-ever rushing season by a freshman at Southern Miss or in Conference USA and No. 13 alltime in NCAA history ... Golden Eagles' starter at the running back position ... Named to the Maxwell Award Preseason "Watch List" by the Maxwell Football Club ... Worked hard in the offseason and looks to be even better as a sophomore ... One of five true freshmen to have played last season ...Named 2006 Freshman All-American by The Sporting News, Football Writers Association of America/Scripps, CollegeFootballNews. com, Scout.com and rivals.com ... One of three finalists for the Conerly Trophy, signifying the top player in the state of Mississippi ... Selected as a firstteam member of the 2006 All-Conference USA Coaches and Media teams ... Set Southern Miss and Conference USA freshman rushing records with 1,388 yards ...Number 11 in the nation in rushing, the No. 1 true freshman rusher and No. 25 in all-purpose yards ... No. 2 in C-USA in rushing, No. 7 in all-purpose yards and No. 8 in touchdowns scoring ... Major part of Golden Eagle rushing attack that averaged 169.9 yards rushing a game, No. 1 in Conference USA and No. 25 in the nation ... School's first 1,000-yard rusher since 2002 and No. 2 single-season ground gainer ... Helped the offense finish with over 2,000 yards rushing for the first time since 1987 ... Named the team's offensive Player of the Week following his performances against Florida (9/2), UCF (9/26), and Tulane (11/11) ... 2007 Preseason Honors: Named Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year by CollegeFootballNews.com...Selected All-Conference USA by Athlon Sports (first team), CBSSportline.com (first team), CollegeFootballNews.com (first team), C-USA Coaches (first team), Lindy's (first team), Phil Steele's (first team) and The Sporting News (first team) ... Selected in the Top 10 NFL Talent in Conference USA by Lindy's ... Honored as the toughest running back to bring down by Lindy's...Named No. 46 on top 67 running backs in the nation by Phil Steele's... 2007 GMAC Bowl: Rushed for 58 yards on 20 carries and added touchdown runs of two and nine yards ... Caught three passes for 28 yards, including a long of 15 ... Named the game's Most Valuable Player ... 2006 (Fr.): Played in 13 games, including 11 starts ... Participated in 625 total snaps, including 624 on offense and one on special teams ... Recorded 1,388 total rushing yards on 276 carries ... His rushing yardage is the most-ever by a freshman and the second-best among all-time school rushers ... Scored a total of 11 touchdowns for 66 points ... Longest run was 36 yards against Houston (12/1) ... Recorded a season-high 177 yards rushing against NC State (9/16) to go along with three touchdown runs ... Named C-USA Offensive Player of the Week for the NC State game ... Finished with 163 yards rushing on 27 carries against UAB ... Also recorded 142 receiving yards on 18 receptions ... Recorded 1,530 all-purpose yards ... Collected seven 100-yard games and his yard totals against NC State (third), UAB (tied fifth), Marshall (151, eighth) and Tulane (136, 10th) rank among the freshman charts for most rushing yards ... Part of first Southern Miss true freshman duo to rush for over 100 yards in the same season along with Tory Harrison ... Prep: Played for Coach David Russell ... Finished with 952 yards and 13 touchdowns as a senior ... Had 1,750 yards and 26 touchdowns as a junior ... An all-district selection for two years ... Region 4-5A Offensive Player of the Year ... Two-time Sun Herald's All-Coast team twice ... Second team All-State by The Clarion-Ledger ... Team Most Valuable Player and team captain ... State runner-up in the high jump ... A two-star rating by rivals.com ... All-Southeast Region by PrepStar ... Personal: Son of Chantel Coffee ... Enrolled in general studies ... Born July 1, 1987.