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Shawn Foster

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Lansing, Mich.

High School:
Sexton

Height / Weight:
5-11 / 220

Position:
Tailback

Birthdate:
07/04/1979

Experience:
1L

Local product expects to compete against Lloyd Clemons and Little John Flowers for the starting nod at tailback . . . picked up 41 yards on six carries (6.8 avg.) in April 17 scrimmage . . .

AS A FRESHMAN: Appeared in eight games as a true freshman in 1998 and played 31.5 minutes (DNP vs. Colorado State, Oregon, Notre Dame and Michigan) . . . ranked as the team’s third-leading rusher with 126 yards on 22 carries (5.7 avg.) . . . had a season-high 10 rushes for 18 yards vs. Northwestern . . . rushed for a season-best 104 yards on seven second-half carries (14.9 avg.) vs. Central Michigan . . . scored his first career TD vs. Central Michigan on a 79-yard run in the fourth quarter . . . also averaged 17.6 yards on seven kickoff returns . . . returned three kickoffs for 47 yards vs. Penn State . . . had a season-long 24-yard kickoff return vs. Purdue . . . played 6.5 minutes each vs. Northwestern and CMU in his longest stints of the season . . .

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Tom Lemming Prep Football Report and PrepStar All-American . . . USA Today honorable mention All-American . . . named to SuperPrep’s All-Midwest Team plus The National Recruiting Advisor’s and PrepStar’s All-Region Teams . . . featured on The Detroit News Dream Team . . . rated No. 4 on the Lansing State Journal’s “Catch 22” . . . first-team all-state and all-area selection as a senior . . . two-time Capital Area Conference choice . . . gained 1,858 yards rushing (7.9 avg.) and scored 24 touchdowns in 1997 . . . returned two punts for TDs and averaged nearly 20 yards per return . . . rushed for 975 yards (9.4 avg.) as a junior . . . played for Coach Bob Meyers at Sexton High in Lansing . . . runs 4.45 in the 40 . . . born July 4, 1979 . . . interested in business management.

Foster’s Career Statistics

Rushing

       G/GS   Att.   Yds.   Avg.   TD   LG
1998   8/0    22     126    5.7    1    79

Kickoff Returns

       No.    Yds.   Avg.   TD   LG
1998   7      123    17.6   0    24