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2015 Sprint Football Roster

7 Eric Wellmon

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wallkill, N.Y.
  • High School Wallkill

Biography

2014:
• 2014 CSFL Most Valuable Player
• Named to All-CSFL First Team
• Led the CSFL with 1,269 rushing yards and 17 touchdowns; 736 more yards and eight touchdowns than nearest competitor
• Finished with 1,301 all-purpose yards with 32 through the air receiving
• Averaged 6.9 yards per carry (184/1269) and 185.9 all-purpose yards per game
• Scored 15.1 points a game for Navy
• Responsible for the CSFL’s longest rush of the year as he went 85 yards at Cornell (Oct. 18)
• Had five of the league six best single-game rushing totals; 227 at Franklin Pierce, 226 vs. Post, 224 at Mansfield, 191 at Penn, 183 at Cornell
• Only game without 100 or more rushing yards was versus Princeton (Sept. 19) as he recorded 87 yards in one quarter of action
• Recorded three or more touchdowns in four games; 4-Post, 3-Princeton, 3-Mansfield, 3-Franklin Pierce and two each versus Penn and Cornell
• An explosive workhorse, he had a long gain of at least 40 yards in five of seven games, as well as 20 or more carries in six

2013:
• Selected to All-CSFL Second Team
• Voted on by his teammates as Navy's Offensive MVP
• Led the team with 479 yards and five rushing touchdowns. His total rushing yardage ranked him fourth overall in the CSFL
• Recorded a team-high 191 rushing yards versus Penn (Nov. 1)
• Posted the team's longest rush of the year on a 54-yard carry against Cornell at home (Oct. 19)
• Notched a pair of touchdowns at Post (Oct. 12) and versus Penn. Also scored a TD against Mansfield (Sept. 27)
• Rushed for 85 or more yards on three occasions as a sophomore (191-Penn, 130-Cornell and 89-Franklin Pierce)
• Appeared in all six games for Navy and made his first career start against Franklin Pierce (Sept. 13) in the season-opener

2012:

• Appeared in three games with two rushes for 13 yards ... had an 11-yard rush vs. Penn (Oct. 26)

High School:
• Three-time All-State and all-section honoree in football at Wallkill High School
• Earned All-State and all-section accolades in track all four years
• Named captain and MVP of both the track and football teams his junior and senior seasons
• Helped Wallkill to the New York State Section Nine Class A championship in 2010

Personal:
• Son of Russell and Jacqueline

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2012Freshman

    QB
    7
  • 7

    2013Sophomore

    RB
    7
  • 7

    2014Junior

    RB
    7
  • 7

    2015Senior

    RB
    7