2001 Football Roster
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Roster
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Kyle Johnson
- Position:
- Fullback
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 242
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Woodbridge, NJ
- High School:
- Woodbridge
At SU: Two letters ... Awarded sixth year of eligiblity by the NCAA following season-ending injury in the season-opener in 2000 ... First two- time SU captain since Joe Morris in 1980 and 1981...Member of the 1996 Fall, 1997 Spring and Fall, 1998 Spring and Fall, 1999 Spring and Fall and 2000 Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... Coordinator of SU's 1999 and 2000 Jam Session events ... Jam Session, which was founded in 1996, features a basketball game between members of the Syracuse media and representatives of SU's football team ... Funds raised through Jam Session benefit a local charitable organization ... Has performed in numerous on-stage theatrical performances, including playing the lead characther of Cephus Miles in the Spring 2000 production of Home at the Paul Robeson Performing Arts Center ... Redshirted in 1996 ... Graduate Student Year (2001): Started all 13 games ... Returned to the team after being granted a sixth year of eligibility following a season-ending injury in 2000 ... One of 17 players to start every game and one of 35 participate in every game ... Featured on ESPN College Football Awards Show for his outstanding accomplishments on and off the field ... Host of Captain's Wrap, a weekly radio show, with fellow co-captain Graham Manley ... Had 53 rushing attempts for 223 yards and three touchdowns ... Caught seven passes for 80 yards and one touchdown ... Versus Georgia Tech rushed for seven yards on two carries ... Rushed for 15 yards on six carries against East Carolina ... At Rutgers rushed for a career-high 96 yards on six carries and one touchdown ... Carried the ball four times for 8 yards and a touchdown at Pittsburgh ... At Miami, rushed three times for 11 yards and recorded two catches for 13 yards ... Against Boston College rushed nine times for 27 yards and a touchdown and caught a career-high 40-yard pass for a touchdown ... Caught one pass for five yards and had one rushing attempt against Kansas State in the Insight.com Bowl ... Senior Year: Team captain ... Carried the ball five times for 27 yards and one touchdown against Buffalo before suffering a season-ending ankle injury following a four-yard touchdown run in the second quarter ... Named to the AFCA Good Works Team, recognizing his dedication to community service on campus and in the Syracuse area ... Junior Year: Played in all 12 games, starting six ... One of 28 players to participate in every game ... SU's third-leading rusher with 157 yards on 32 carries ... Posted career-best nine carries for a personal-best 57 yards, including career-long rush of 35 yards, against Rutgers ... Rushed three times for 16 yards at Toledo ... Recorded his second career rushing touchdown against Central Michigan ... Carried the ball four times for 31 yards and caught two passes for 12 yards and had his first career receiving touchdown at Pittsburgh ... Scored a two-yard rushing touchdown at Miami ... Rushed six times for 28 yards against Kentucky in the Music City Bowl ... BIG EAST Academic All-Star ... Sophomore Year: Played in seven games as a running back and on special teams ... Rushed twice for 23 yards and his first collegiate touchdown against Rutgers ... Rushed one time for six yards at Temple ... BIG EAST Academic All-Star ... Freshman Year: Played in four games ... Had a career-high five carries for 23 yards, including one run of 14 yards, against Temple ... Selected to represent SU at the NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference at Disney World ... BIG EAST Academic All-Star ... High School: Second-team all-state ... All-Middlesex County ... All-area ... Gained 1,235 yards rushing as a senior ... Recruited by associate head coach George DeLeone ... Personal: A. Kyle Johnson ... born December 15, 1978, in Woodbridge, N.J. ... Son of Albert and Phyllis Johnson ... Two sisters ... Earned undergradute degree in producing for electronic media in December, 2000 ... Currently pursuing Master's of Business Administration in the School of Management.
Johnson's Career Statistics
Carries Yards Avg. TDs Long 1997 6 26 4.3 0 14 1998 6 33 5.5 1 17 1999 32 157 4.9 3 35 2000 5 27 5.4 1 7 2001 52 223 4.3 3 37 Totals 101 466 4.6 8 Recpt Yards Avg TDs Long 1999 6 40 6.7 1 12 2000 1 1 1.0 0 1 2001 6 75 12.5 1 8 Totals 13 116 8.9 2 Johnson's Career Bests Rushing Yards 96 vs. Rutgers, 2001 Carries 9 vs. Rutgers 1999 & Boston College, 2001 Longest 37 vs. Rutgers, 2001 Touchdown 1 Seven times, most recent vs. Boston College 2001 Receiving Yards 40 vs. Boston College, 2001 Receptions 2 vs. Pittsburgh, 1999 & Miami, 2001 Longest 40 vs. Boston College, 2001 Touchdown 1 vs. Pittsburgh, 1999 & Boston College, 2001
