2015 Football Roster
Roster
Desmon Peoples
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Cheltenham, Pa.
- High School:
- Archbishop Wood
2013 Mark Mills Second Effort Award
2015 (Redshirt Junior): Did not see game action due to injury.
2014 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played the first 10 games of the regular season at running back with four starts ... led team with 447 yards on the ground and scored three touchdowns ... added eight receptions for 132 yards ... ran for a touchdown from three yards out at Nebraska (10/25) ... rushed for first two career touchdowns at Ohio State (10/18), averaging 5.5 yards per carry ... made 15 carries and caught two passes with a long of 33 yards versus Michigan (10/4) ... rushed for 83 yards on 21 carries versus Tulane (9/27) ... accumulated 113 all-purpose yards with 82 on the ground and 31 in the air at Navy (9/20) ... ran for 32 yards against Penn State (9/13), including a carry of 21 yards ... led the team with 55 rushing yards in the win over Howard (9/6) ... averaged five yards per carry against the Bison ... ran for 36 yards on eight carries in opener at Washington State (8/28) ... entered the 2014 season as the backup running back.
2013 (Redshirt Freshman): Appeared in two games ... made a reception versus Houston (10/26) ... rushed 19 yards against Norfolk State (9/7) on five carries in collegiate debut ... recipient of the Mark Mills Second Effort Award, given to the most improved offensive player during spring practice.
2012 (Freshman): Did not see game action ... redshirted.
Prior to Rutgers: Three-year letterwinner in high school for head coach Steve Devlin at Archbishop Wood ... started at running back for three seasons as team went 27-2 over the last two years ... part of a 14-1 squad that won the school's first Class AAA state championship with a 52-0 victory over Bishop McDevitt ... team finished ranked No. 21 in the final USA Today Top 25 poll ... three-star recruit according to Scout, Rivals and ESPN.com ... rated the No. 53 running back nationally by Scout ... tabbed the No. 29 player in the Keystone State by ESPN.com ... Pennsylvania Football News All-State First Team selection at running back as a senior ... Philadelphia Inquirer All-Southeastern Pennsylvania Player of the Year ... rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns in the state championship shutout victory at Hersheypark Stadium ... rushed for 1,241 yards and 23 touchdowns in 13 games as a senior ... 183 yards and two touchdowns on just 12 carries in the state semifinals ... Catholic League Class AAA MVP who sat out two games as a senior due to an ankle injury ... rushed for 1,349 yards and 23 touchdowns as a junior, averaging 8.2 yards per carry ... Associated Press and Pennsylvania Football News All-State First Team honoree as a junior ... three-time all-league performer who rushed for 1,050 yards and 15 total touchdowns as a sophomore.
Personal: Father, Darrien, rushed for 3,156 yards at Kutztown University and was inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame ... labor studies and employment relations major.
