Derrius Guice

Derrius Guice
LSU Tigers No. 5
Position Running back
Class Sophomore
Career history
College
High school Baton Rouge Catholic
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-06-21) June 21, 1997
Place of birth Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 212 lb (96 kg)

Derrius Guice (born June 21, 1997) is an American football running back for the LSU Tigers.

Early years

Guice attended Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. As a senior he rushed for 1,341 yards with 21 touchdowns. He played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl and was named the MVP of the game.[1] Guice was rated by Rivals.com as a five-star recruit and was ranked as the second best running back and 15th best player overall in his class.[2] He committed to Louisiana State University (LSU) to play college football.[3][4]

College career

Guice spent his true freshman year at LSU in 2015 as a backup to Leonard Fournette. He played in all 12 games, rushing for 436 yards on 51 carries with three touchdowns. Guice entered his sophomore season again as a backup to Fournette. He started his first career game in place of an injured Fournette during the team's second game of the season and ran for 155 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries.[5] Against the Arkansas Razorbacks on November 12, Guice rushed for 252 yards, which was the second most in a game in school history. The total included a school-record 96-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.[6] Two weeks later, against Texas A&M, he set the school single-game record by rushing for 285 yards, breaking the previous mark set by Fournette earlier in the season by one yard.[7] He became only the fourth running back in Southeastern Conference history to record multiple 250-yard rushing performances in a career, following Bo Jackson, Herschel Walker, and Moe Williams.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ LSU commitment Derrius Guice named MVP of the 2015 U.S. Army All-American Bowl
  2. ↑ https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/8546
  3. ↑ Catholic-Baton Rouge running back Derrius Guice commits to LSU
  4. ↑ Catholic High RB Derrius Guice commits to LSU
  5. ↑ Stepping in: Derrius Guice nets 155 yards in filling in for injured Leonard Fournette
  6. ↑ Lopez, Andrew (November 12, 2016). "See LSU RB Derrius Guice's record-setting 96-yard touchdown run". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  7. ↑ Garcia, Art (November 25, 2016). Derrius Guice runs for 285, 4 TDs as LSU blasts Texas A&M United Press International. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  8. ↑ Bewers, James (November 24, 2016). "Derrius Guice gives glimpse of the future while rewriting LSU's fast-changing record book". The Advocate. Retrieved November 29, 2016.

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