Troymaine Pope Named Top FCS Running Back By CFPA
1/13/2016 10:48:00 AM | Football
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Jacksonville State senior Troymaine Pope was named the top running back in FCS on Wednesday by the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA).
Pope, a native of Anniston, had an historic season as the Gamecocks' primary running back, breaking the school and Ohio Valley Conference record for rushing yards in a season with 1,788. He averaged 8.2 yards per carry, which led all of FCS, and was First Team All-OVC and named a Third Team All-American by STATS.
Pope and quarterback Eli Jenkins (1,161) became the first JSU tandem to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season and both turned it up a notch in the playoffs.
Pope opened the postseason with a career-best 234 yards and three touchdowns against Chattanooga in the second round before improving upon that high with 250 yards and three more scores in JSU's Quarterfinals win over Charleston Southern. In the Gamecocks' semifinals rout of Sam Houston State, Pope had 181 yards and a pair of touchdowns to lead the Gamecocks.
Pope ran for over 100 yards eight times in 2015 and scored 19 touchdowns on the ground, tied for second-most in a season in school history. He was the leader on an offense that destroyed the school's single0season rushing record with 4,511 yards, 654 more than three previous record set in 1991. Pope's season total also broke DaMarcus James' school record from 2013 by 311 yards and dethroned Akron's Mike Clark as the OVC's single-season rushing king, a spot he'd held since 1986.
Pope wraps up his Gamecock career with 3,376 yards, third-most in JSU history, and with 13 100-yard games, also third-most at JSU.
In its eight season of player and team performance recognition, the CFPA's goal is to provide the most scientifically rigorous conferments in college football. Recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams.
Pope, a native of Anniston, had an historic season as the Gamecocks' primary running back, breaking the school and Ohio Valley Conference record for rushing yards in a season with 1,788. He averaged 8.2 yards per carry, which led all of FCS, and was First Team All-OVC and named a Third Team All-American by STATS.
Pope and quarterback Eli Jenkins (1,161) became the first JSU tandem to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season and both turned it up a notch in the playoffs.
Pope opened the postseason with a career-best 234 yards and three touchdowns against Chattanooga in the second round before improving upon that high with 250 yards and three more scores in JSU's Quarterfinals win over Charleston Southern. In the Gamecocks' semifinals rout of Sam Houston State, Pope had 181 yards and a pair of touchdowns to lead the Gamecocks.
Pope ran for over 100 yards eight times in 2015 and scored 19 touchdowns on the ground, tied for second-most in a season in school history. He was the leader on an offense that destroyed the school's single0season rushing record with 4,511 yards, 654 more than three previous record set in 1991. Pope's season total also broke DaMarcus James' school record from 2013 by 311 yards and dethroned Akron's Mike Clark as the OVC's single-season rushing king, a spot he'd held since 1986.
Pope wraps up his Gamecock career with 3,376 yards, third-most in JSU history, and with 13 100-yard games, also third-most at JSU.
In its eight season of player and team performance recognition, the CFPA's goal is to provide the most scientifically rigorous conferments in college football. Recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams.
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