Hershel Dennis
Dennis walking with the USC Trojans to a stadium before a game
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| Position: | Running Back |
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| Date of birth: | July 12, 1984 |
| Place of birth: | Long Beach, California |
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) |
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| High school: | Long Beach (CA) Poly |
| College: | Southern California |
| Undrafted: | 2010 |
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Hershel Dennis Jr. (born July 12, 1984) is a former American football running back. He played college football as a student athlete at the University of Southern California. During his six-year career, the Trojans went 70–8 making Dennis the first player to play on six Pacific-10 Championship squads and the player with the most wins in college football history. His nickname since childhood is "Patch"
Dennis prepped at Long Beach Polytechnic High School and was a part of the "Long Beach Poly Five", five highly recruited players including Manuel Wright and current NFL players Marcedes Lewis, Darnell Bing and Winston Justice. As of May 2007, Dennis still held the career rushing and touchdown marks at Long Beach Poly, as well as the single season rushing record. Dennis made his final decision between USC and the University of Oregon; his father wanted him to go to Oregon, but he chose USC out of respect for his mother, Rose Teofilo, who wanted him closer to home.
He was also on Poly's track team, with bests of 10.7 seconds in the 100 meters, 22.3 seconds in the 200 meters, 6.75 meters in the long jump and 1.98 meters in the high jump, and basketball team. Current Trojans Vincent Joseph, Travon Patterson and Alfred Rowe also prepped at Poly.
As a freshman in the 2002 season, Dennis was a reserve behind a stable of experienced seniors including running backs Justin Fargas and Sultan McCullough as well as fullback/tailbacks Malaefou MacKenzie and Sunny Byrd; however, he did see play time in all 13 games, highlighted by a 38-yard touchdown run against rival UCLA. In 2003, he was the starting tailback in all 13 games over current NFL players Reggie Bush and LenDale White.
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