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Position: | Running back | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Date of birth: | October 27, 1976 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Louisville, Kentucky | ||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 221 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Louisville (KY) duPont Manual | ||||||||
College: | Miami (OH) | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2000 / Round: 3 / Pick: 63 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Rushing yards: | 525 |
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Average: | 2.8 |
Touchdowns: | 10 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Travis Jason Prentice (born October 27, 1976) is a former American football running back. Prentice previously held the NCAA Division I-A record for career rushing touchdowns before being broken by Wisconsin's Montee Ball during the 2012 Big Ten Football Championship Game and then Navy's Keenan Reynolds during the November 14, 2015 Navy Midshipmen vs. SMU Mustangs game.
Prentice attended duPont Manual High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where he was first team All-District and second team All-State his senior year while running for 1,510 yards and 17 touchdowns.
Prentice was redshirted his freshman year. The next year, Prentice had a very productive season even though he never broke into the starting line-up. In his first game, he ran for 102 yards and two touchdowns; for the season he ran for 601 yards on 123 carries and 12 touchdowns.
In his sophomore year, Prentice earned a spot in Randy Walker's starting line-up and rushed for 1549 yards and 25 touchdowns. He was named first team All-Mid-American Conference and was one of eight semifinalists for the Doak Walker Award.
In Prentice's junior year he ran for 1787 yards and 19 touchdowns while leading the RedHawks to a 10-1 season. Once again he was one of eight semifinalists for the Doak Walker Award. He was edged by Marshall's Chad Pennington in the MAC's Vern Smith Award for player of the year.