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AT TECH: All-conference tailback who shared the bulk of the rushing chores with fellow senior William Bell . . . Solid blocker who is versatile enough to also play fullback . . . Has excellent size and speed and catches the ball well out of the backfield . . . Elected by his teammates as one of Tech's permanent team captains for 1993.
1993: First-team all-Atlantic Coast Conference selection . . . Led Tech and ranked fourth in the ACC in rushing, averaging 82.3 yards per game, despite carrying the ball fewer than 12 times a game . . . Set a new Georgia Tech record by averaging 7.2 yards per carry, easily eclipsing the standard, among backs with at least 100 carries, of 6.1 set by David Sims in 1974 . . . Averaged 116.3 all-purpose yards per game, third in the ACC . . . Total of 1,163 (823 rushing, 134 receiving and 206 returns) all-purpose yards is the eighth-best season in Tech history, while his per-game average ranks seventh. Topped the 100-yard mark on five occasions . . . Only Yellow Jackets with more 100-yard games in a season are Eddie Lee Ivery (8 in 1978), Robert Lavette (7 in 1982; 6 in 1984) and Jerry Mays (7 in 1989) . . . In four of his 100-yard games, a teammate also rushed for better than 100 yards as he teamed with Jimy Lincoln against Furman and William Bell against Maryland, N.C. State and Baylor.
Rushed for a career-high 141 yards on 20 attempts against Wake Forest while scoring three touchdowns on runs of 33, 20 and 12 yards . . . Gained 130 yards against Maryland on just 13 carries . . . Bettered that two weeks later against N.C. State with 133 yards on 17 attempts . . . Had 112 yards on 12 carries, along with two receptions for 14 yards, in the season opener against Furman . . . Added 106 yards on 13 carries against Baylor, when he also also raced 75 yards for a touchdown on a screen pass, the second-longest completion to a running back in Tech history . . . Could have had a sixth 100-yard effort, settling for 90 yards against Duke while sitting out the entire fourth quarter of a lopsided victory . . . Scored eight rushing touchdowns, equalling the eighth-best season in Tech history, while his total of nine touchdowns ties the seventh-best season . . . Caught eight passes on the season, averaging 16.8 yards per catch . . . Averaged 22.9 yards on nine kickoff returns . . . Suffered bruised ribs in the second game of the season against Virginia; played just 12 snaps against the Cavaliers and missed the next game against Clemson but returned the following week versus Florida State . . . Participated in the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., and the Hula Bowl in Honolulu, Hi.
1992: Fourth on the team in rushing with 213 yards on 55 carries . . . Scored two touchdowns rushing . . . Caught 13 passes for 142 yards, a 10.9 average per reception, and one score . . . Best rushing efforts were 57 yards on four carries against N.C. State and 56 yards on 12 attempts versus Maryland . . . Made five catches for 58 yards against Georgia, including a 32-yard touchdown catch that brought the Jackets within seven points with 2:29 left in the game . . . Had a 40-yard reception against Western Carolina . . . Started four games--Western Carolina, Virginia, Baylor and Wake Forest . . . Played much of the season with a cast after breaking a bone in his left hand. 1991: Redshirted and practiced with the scout team in his first season at Tech after transferring.
AT NOTRE DAME: Expected to the be the Irish's No. 1 tailback heading into the 1990 campaign but a knee injury hampered his season . . . Underwent arthropscopic surgery in June of 1990 . . . Played in eight games that year and carried the ball 13 times for 53 yards and two touchdowns . . . Added one catch for 20 yards and two kickoff returns for 31 yards . . . Lettered as a freshman in 1989, seeing action in seven contests . . . Rushed 25 times for 132 yards and one score . . . Caught three passes for 27 yards.
HIGH SCHOOL: Parade Magazine and SuperPrep all-America . . . SuperPrep named him the Offensive Player of the Year in the Northeast . . . One of the Top 100 players in the nation by Tom Lemming . . . Honorable mention all-America by USA Today . . . Best of the Rest pick by The Sporting News . . . Gatorade Circle of Champions Player of the Year in New York . . . Rated the top player in New York by Scholastic Coach . . . Earned four letters as a running back, safety and linebacker for coach Lorenzo Jackson at Nottingham High School . . . Earned all-state and all-league honors and was co-Player of the Year for central New York . . . Rushed for 1,307 yards as a senior along with 117 yards receiving . . . Scored 22 touchdowns . . . Made 101 tackles and two interceptions as a junior . . . Career totals of 3,163 yards rushing, 463 yards receiving and 51 touchdowns . . . Scored seven touchdowns and kicked eight PATs for 50 points in a single game as a senior . . . Lettered three times in basketball, captaining the squad as a senior, when he scored 652 points and grabbed 288 rebounds . . . Averaged 24.1 points a game as a junior.
PERSONAL: Herbert Dorsey Levens . . . Parents are Herbert and Patricia Levens . . . Born May 21, 1970 . . . Majoring in Management.
GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 1993 Att Yds TD LP Rec Yds TD LP Furman 12 112 0 32 2 14 0 9 Virginia 5 15 0 6 1 7 0 7 Clemson DNP--Injured FSU 6 20 0 12 2 10 0 6 Maryland 13 130 1 50 0 0 0 0 UNC 6 35 0 9 2 28 0 19 NC State 17 133 1 32 0 0 0 0 Duke 13 90 2 29 0 0 0 0 Baylor 13 106 1 49 1 75 1 75 Wake 20 141 3 33 0 0 0 0 Georgia 9 41 0 17 0 0 0 01992 Att Yds TD LP Rec Yds TD LP W. Caro. 4 16 1 11 2 45 0 40 Virginia 4 24 0 13 2 8 0 6 Clemson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC State 4 57 0 30 0 0 0 0 Maryland 12 56 0 28 1 13 0 13 FSU 6 6 1 5 1 5 0 5 UNC 6 12 0 7 1 8 0 8 Duke 5 12 0 7 0 0 0 0 Baylor 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 Wake 2 3 0 2 1 5 0 5 Georgia 8 26 0 12 5 58 1 32
CAREER STATISTICS Rushing G Att Yds Avg PG TD LP 1992 11 55 213 3.9 5.0 2 30 1993 10 114 823 7.2 82.3 8 50
Total 21 169 1036 6.1 49.3 10 50
Receiving G Rec Yds Avg PG TD LP 1992 11 13 142 10.9 1.2 1 40 1993 10 8 134 16.8 0.8 1 75
Total 21 21 276 13.1 1.0 2 75
KO Returns G Ret Yds Avg TD LP 1992 11 2 16 8.0 0 14 1993 10 9 206 22.9 0 38
Total 21 11 222 20.2 0 38
All-Purpose G Ply Rush Rec Ret Total PG TD 1992 11 70 213 142 16 371 33.7 3 1993 10 131 823 134 206 1163 116.3 9
Total 21 201 1036 276 222 1534 73.0 12
