
2009: NCAA Division I FBS career kick return yards (3,118) and all-purpose yards (7,764) record holder ... third RB to have back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons ... finished third on WMU's career rushing list (3,671) ... moved into fifth place on rushing list with 41 yds at Michigan (9/5) ... 244 all-purpose yards at Indiana (9/12) ... scored first rushing and receiving TD of season vs. Miami (9/19) ... first 100-yard rushing game of season (159) vs. Hofstra (9/26) ... first career 3 TD game, eclipsed 3,000-yard rushing mark, threw first career TD pass at Toledo (10/10) ... 282 all-purpose yards and two rushing TDs vs. Buffalo (10/24) ... career long 80-yard TD run and broke NCAA Division I FBS career kick return yards record at MSU (11/7) ... broke NCAA Division I FBS career all-purpose yards record at EMU (11/14) ... earned Second Team All-MAC Offense ... earned MAC West Offensive POTW once and MAC West Special Teams POTW three times ... earned First Team Phil Steele's All-MAC.
2008: Started 11 games ... led the team in rushing yards (1,026) and all-purpose yards (1,943) ... became 15th Bronco to rush for 1,000 yards in a season ... named Third Team All-MAC Offense ... passed Greg Jennings to become the school’s career leader in all-purpose yards (5,406) ... became career record holder in kickoff returns (85) and kickoff return yards (2,158) ... named to Phil Steele’s Second Team Mid-Season All-MAC Offense ... eclipsed the 100-yard mark four times ... rushed 12 times for 29 yards and a touchdown at Nebraska (8/30), also added four kickoff returns for 82 yards ... rushed for a career-high 175 yards on 25 carries and compiled a season-high 257 all-purpose yards vs. Northern Illinois (9/6) ... rushed 15 times for 95 yards and one touchdown at Idaho (9/13) ... had 14 carries for 133 yards and a touchdown vs. Tennessee Tech (9/29) ... amassed 239 all-purpose yards, recording at least 60 yards in kick returns (60), receiving (72) and rushing (107) which earned him MAC West Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Ohio (10/4) ... had 18 carries for 53 yards and a season-high two rushing touchdowns at Central Michigan (10/18) ... rushed a season-high 29 times for 166 yards and a touchdown vs. Eastern Michigan (11/1) ... compiled 178 all-purpose yards vs. Illinois (11/8) with 57 rushing yards and 107 return yards off four kickoff returns ... had ten rushes for 61 yards and a touchdown at Ball State (11/25) ... had 15 carries for 56 yards, six receptions for 28 yards against Rice in the Texas Bowl.
2007: Named Second Team All-MAC Offense ... set school record with 2,119 all-purpose yards ... set school and conference record with 346 all-purpose yards vs. Indiana (9/8) ... started 10 out of 12 games ... 98 yard kickoff return for a touchdown to break th Western Michigan single-game record for kick off yards in a game (212) vs. the Hoosiers ... awarded MAC West Special Teams Player of the Week (9/10) ... scored first rushing touchdown of the season from 10 yards out vs. Central Conn. State (9/22) ... rushed 25 times for a total of 115 yards and a touchdown vs. Toledo (9/29), grabbed five receptions for a total of 51 yards adding a touchdown and finished with 172 all-purpose yards ... rushed 11 times for a total of 75 yards and a touchdown vs. Akron (10/6), had 189 all-purpose yards ... awarded MAC Special Teams Player of the Week (10/8) ... named Phil Steele's First Team Mid-Season All-Conference (10/12) ... rushed 15 times for 75 yards at Northern Illinois (10/13) ... rushed 21 times for a career-high 171 yards and touchdowns vs. Ball State (10/20), three kickoff returns for a total of 84 yards with a long of 49 yards, had 273 all-purpose yards ... had 72 yards rushing and a 15 yard touchdown against Central Michigan (11/6) ... led team with a career-high 30 carries for 116 yards and a career-best nine receptions for 93 yards and a scoring gab to go along with 8 kick return yards, amassing 291 all-purpose yards (third-most in a game in school history) at Iowa (11/17) ... awarded MAC Special Teams Player of the Week (11/21) ... nine carries for 45 yards and two receptions for 12 yards vs. Temple (11/24) ... had three 100-yard rushing games ... led WMU with 848 yards rushing, 906 kick return yards and 2,119 all-purpose yards.
2006: Appeared in all 13 games and made five starts as a true freshman ... made Bronco debut vs. Indiana (9/2), rushing seven times for 35 yards and returning two kickoffs for a total of 71 yard with a long of 44 yards ... had two kick returns for 73 total yards with a long of 47 vs. Toledo (9/9) ... named MAC West Special Teams Player of the Week (9/11) ... had eight rushes for 37 yards and returned one kick for 35 yards vs. Virginia (9/16) ... made first career start vs. Temple (9/23) and rushed 12 times for 58 yards ... rushed 14 times for 49 yards, had six receptions for 53 yards and returned three kickoffs for 49 total yards with a long of 32 vs. Ohio (10/7) ... had and two kickoff returns for 51 yards with a long of 33 vs. Ball State (10/21) ... recorded 10 rushes for 87 yards vs. Eastern Michigan (10/28) ... rushed 10 times for 79 yards and his first career touchdown vs. Miami (11/4) ... rushed 22 times for 117 yards (both career highs) vs. Central Michigan (11/10) ... returned four kickoffs for 158 total yards (fourth most for a single game in WMU history) with a career long of 65 vs. Florida State (11/18) ... rushed 17 times for 28 yards and 1 touchdown vs. Akron (11/24) ... rushed 21 time for 109 yards and the game-tying touchdown vs. Cincinnati in the International Bowl (1/6) ... Sporting News Freshman All-America ... honorable mention for CollegeFootballNews.com All-America (Special Teams) ... ranked eighth in the nation and second in the MAC in yards per kick return (27.95 ypr).
HIGH SCHOOL: 7.7 yards per carry, 158 carries for 1,222 yards and 25 touchdowns rushing, 15 receptions for 247 yards and three touchdowns receiving, one kickoff return for a touchdown ... Region 3-AAAAA Player of the Year ... Associated Press First-Team All-State ... Southeast Georgia Player of the Year ... Atlanta Journal All-State team ... first-team Region 3-AAAAA ... scored three touchdowns in GACA All-Star game senior year.
PERSONAL: Majoring in recreation ... son of Angela Armstrong ... born Sept. 8, 1987 in Brunswick, Ga.
YR |
GP |
GS |
ATT |
YDS |
AVG |
TD |
LG |
YPG |
2009 |
12 |
11 |
214 |
1164 |
5.4 |
10 |
80 |
97.0 |
2008 |
12 |
11 |
204 |
1,026 |
5.0 |
8 |
51 |
85.5 |
2007 |
12 |
11 |
183 |
848 |
4.6 |
4 |
66 |
70.7 |
2006 |
13 |
5 |
131 |
633 |
4.8 |
3 |
29 |
48.7 |
TOTALS |
49 |
38 |
732 |
3,671 |
5.0 |
25 |
80 |
75.5 |
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YR |
REC |
YDS |
AVG |
TD |
LG |
YPG |
|
|
2009 |
27 |
217 |
8.0 |
1 |
27 |
18.1 |
|
|
2008 |
38 |
280 |
7.4 |
3 |
45 |
23.3 |
|
|
2007 |
45 |
365 |
8.1 |
2 |
41 |
30.4 |
|
|
2007 |
16 |
96 |
6.0 |
0 |
24 |
7.4 |
|
|
TOTALS |
126 |
958 |
7.6 |
6 |
45 |
19.5 |
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YR |
KR |
YDS |
TD |
LG |
AVG |
ALL-PURPOSE |
|
|
2009 |
42 |
960 |
0 |
53 |
22.9 |
2,358 |
|
|
2008 |
28 |
637 |
0 |
53 |
22.8 |
1,943 |
|
|
2007 |
35 |
906 |
1 |
65 |
25.9 |
2,119 |
|
|
2006 |
22 |
615 |
0 |
98 |
28.0 |
1,344 |
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|
TOTALS |
127 |
3,118 |
1 |
98 |
24.5 |
7,764 |
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