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2022 Football Roster

Samantha Yothers
Danny Aguilar
Danny Aguilar
Scott Rowan
Scott Rowan
Scott Rowan
Kris Dufour

13 Ja'Den McKenzie

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 230
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Morton, Pa.
  • Highschool Springfield

Biography

2022: Appeared in all 11 games and made 10 starts … led the team in rushing with 706 yards on 177 carries … also led the squad with seven rushing touchdowns … averaged 4.0 yards per rush and 64.2 yards per game … ranked fifth in the PSAC and 83rd in Division II in rushing TDs and seventh in the PSAC and 85th nationally in rushing yards … rushed a season-best 23 times for 150 yards and a pair of TDs at Gannon … all of those totals were game highs on the year … that was his only 100-yard game … it was his ninth 100-yard rushing game of his career … rushed 15 times for 98 yards and two TDs … had two rushing TDs against Lock Haven as well … rushed 22 times for 81 yards and a score against Shippensburg … caught nine passes for 76 yards and a TD … 49 of his 76 receiving yards came after the catch … caught his TD pass against Bentley in season opener … ranks eighth all-time at WCU in career rushing TDs (30) … ranks 10th all-time in TDs scored (32) and 12th all-time in career rushing yards (2,603) … one of only 19 former running backs to eclipse 2,000 yards rushing in a career … he was third-fastest in school history to that milestone … three-time, first-team All-PSAC East selection at running back.

2021: Appeared in all 11 games … made 10 starts … finished third in the PSAC in rushing with 980 yards, which led all Eastern Division runners, on 178 carries … topped the entire PSAC with 12 touchdown runs and averaged 5.5 yards per carry and 89.1 yards per game … helped WCU to the league’s top rushing attack … also had four catches for 80 yards and one TD … authored four 100-yard rushing games … netted a season-high 160 yards on 16 carries and a TD at Lock Haven … also caught a season-best 32-yard pass in that win … rushed 15 times for 135 yards and a score against East Stroudsburg … busted off a season-long 72-yard run in that game … had 121 yards and pair of TDs on 22 totes against Bloomsburg … posted 112 yards and season-high three TD runs on 23 carries against IUP … carried the ball 15 times for 87 yards and a score at Bentley … had 17 carries for 83 yards at Shepherd … caught an 18-yard TD pass at Shepherd … caught a 24-yard pass against IUP … registered 78 yards and pair of TDs against Edinboro … scored a rushing TD in all but three of the team’s games … named PSAC Offensive Player of the Week (10/4; 10/18) … first team All-PSAC East.
 
2020: Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
 
2019: Appeared in 11 games … made five starts … led the team and finished seventh in the PSAC in rushing with 917 yards … his 11 touchdown runs ranked fifth in the conference … set a school freshman rushing record and fell one rushing TD shy of school freshman mark as well … registered 190 carries on the year and averaged 4.8 yards per carry and 76.4 yards rushing per game … rushed for a season-high 179 yards on 22 carries and a pair of TDs at Shepherd … posted two TDs in four games … recorded four 100-yard rushing games … notched 125 yards on 16 carries and two TDs at Shippensburg … had 112 yards and a TD on 10 carries in season opener against Bentley … carried the ball 16 times for 109 yards and a TD at Lock Haven … also managed two TD runs against Gannon and Millersville … caught just one pass for three yards against Kutztown for his only reception on the year … named PSAC Offensive Player of the Week (10/7) named ECAC Player of the Month (October) … first team All-PSAC East … PSAC East Freshman of the Year … second team Don Hansen FB Gazette All-Super Region 1 … Don Hansen FB Gazette Super Region 1 Freshman of the Year.
 
2018: – Red-shirted … did not appear in a contest.

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Historical Player Information

  • 30

    2018Freshman

    Running Back
    6'1" 205 lbs
    30
  • 13

    2019Redshirt Freshman

    Running Back
    6'1" 205 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2020Sophomore

    Running Back
    6'1" 205 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2021Sophomore

    Running Back
    6'1" 205 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2022Junior

    Running Back
    6'3" 230 lbs
    13