Kenny Metzger
Junior
Running Back
Mobile,
Ala.
(St. Paul's Episcopal)
2007: Academic
All-SCAC... played in all 10 games... one of three running backs
for the
Majors that
rushed
for
more than 300
yards...
ranked
first on the
team in yards per-rush (6.4) second in total rushing yards (369)
and third in rushing attempts (56)... averaged 36.4 yards per-game
on
the
ground... scored a team-best six rushing touchdowns... also caught
14 passes for 94 yards to average
6.7
yards per-reception... returned one kickoff for 18 yards... rushed
for a season-high 80 yards on five carries (16.0 per-rush) in a 68-6
blowout of Colorado College, including a season-long 46-yard touchdown
run.
2006: Played
in six of Millsaps' 11 games... took the bulk of the carries for the
Majors in the final three games...
ranked third on the team in rushing yards (172) and carries (50)...
averaged 24.8 yards per-game and 3.0 yards per-carry with a long of
20 yards... caught six passes for 11 yards to average 1.8 per-catch...
rushed for a team-high 65 yards on 21 carries in the Majors' 34-12
victory over No. 14 Trinity that clinched the SCAC Championship.
High School: A
three-year letterman in football at fullback and linebacker under head
coach Eddie Guth at 5A Saint Paul's Episcopal... rushed for 1,026 yards
his senior season... named Optimist Club Player of the Week and an
All-Region Honorable Mention... also lettered three years in track.
Personal: Son
of Ken and Lori Metzger... born and raised
in Mobile, Ala... has two younger sisters, Lauren (18) and Katherine
(16)...
a member
of Kappa Sigma fraternity... majoring in business.