2010 Memphis Football Page 81 captains for the 2009 season...Ranked first on the team in fumble recoveries (2), second in tackles for loss (6.5-31) and tied for first in forced fumbles (3) in ‘09...Ranked fourth on the team in tackles (56)...Was a 2008 All-Conference USA Honorable Mention pick...Had his 2007 season cut short by a knee injury...Tallied double-digit tackles in three career games, including a career-best 13-tackle effort versus UCF in 2009. Career Game Highs Tackles....................................... 13 (2 games, last at UCF 2009) Solo Tackles...................................................... 11 (at UCF 2009) Assisted Tackles...................................... 7 (vs. Tennessee 2006) jackson’S career defensive STATISTICS YR G/S UT AT TOT PD FR FF TFL SACK INT 2005 9/0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2006 12/9 38 31 69 2 0 1 7-15 1.5-9 0-0 2007 2/2 2 6 8 1 0 1 1.5-8 0-0 0-0 2008 10/9 32 20 52 2 1 1 11.5-46 4-29 1-20 2009 9/9 33 23 56 3 2 3 6.5-31 1-12 1-0 Total 42/29 107 82 189 8 3 6 26.5-100 6.5-50 2-20
# 4 s t even j o a c h im Receiver • 6-4 • 218 • 2L Miami, Fla./N. Miami HS/Mendocino Signed with the Tigers in December 2007 after playing two seasons at Mendocino College...Saw action in just two games in 2008...Played all 12 games in ‘09 as a receiver and on special teams...Caught at least one pass in 11 of the 12 games...Scored his first career touchdown on an eight-yard reception versus UT Martin. Career Highs Receptions........................................... 3 (4 games, last at Tulsa) Receiving Yards................................................38 (vs. UT Martin) Long Reception.......................................... 33 (at Southern Miss) joachim’s career receiving STATISTICS YR G/S NO YDS AVG TDS LG 2008 2/0 0 0 0 0 0 2009 12/1 18 235 11.2 1 33 Total 23/1 18 235 11.2 1 33
# 1 6 de a n t e ’ l a m a r Defensive Back • 5-9 • 180 • 4L Atlanta, Ga./Lithonia HS
Career Highs Tackles........................................................10 (at Houston 2009) Solo Tackles....................................................... 6 (at SMU 2008) Assisted Tackles..................... 5 (2 games, last at Houston 2009) Pass Breakups..........................2 (2 games, last vs. UTEP 2009) lamar’S career defensive STATISTICS YR G/S UT AT TOT PD FR FF TFL SACK INT 2006 9/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2007 10/0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2008 13/10 28 7 35 7 0 0 1-3 0-0 1-4 2009 12/12 41 32 73 8 0 0 2.5-3 0-0 1-25 Total 44/22 70 40 110 15 0 0 3.5-6 0-0 2-29
# 3 t . j . pi t t s Running Back • 5-10 • 200 • 3L Gainesville, Ga./N. Hall HS Missed the entire 2008 season while rehabbing a severe ankle injury he suffered in the 2007 New Orleans Bowl... Has battled various injuries throughout his career...Only recorded two lost fumbles in 211 total career rushing attempts...Logged his first career 100-yard game in 2007 versus SMU... Scored from the run against UTEP in 2006 and versus SMU in 2007…In ‘09, ranked second on the team in rushing yards (343), carries (83) and third in average yards per rushing carry (4.1)...Received one of the Offensive Scout Team MVP awards in 2005. Career Highs Rushing Yards...............................................110 (vs. SMU 2007) Rushing Attempts............................................19 (vs. SMU 2007) Long Run.................................. 25 (2 games, last vs. SMU 2007)
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Pitts’ CAREER KICK RETURN STATISTICS YR G/S NO YDS AVG TDS LG 2006 8/1 7 155 22.1 0 35
#77 Malcom Rawls Offensive Line • 6-5 • 315 • 2L Memphis, Tenn./East HS/Tennessee Local talent who came back to Memphis to enroll at the U of M after redshirting the 2005 season at Tennessee... Sat out the 2006 season as a transfer...Played in 30 career games with the Tigers and saw action on over 800 offensive plays during that three-year span...Part of an o-line that led C-USA in sack denial in 2007 and paved the way for the Tiger offense to rank 13 nationally in passing offense...Logged a career-best 62 offensive plays versus Ole Miss in 2008. rawls’ CAREER OFFENSIVE LINE STATISTICS YR Games/Starts Plays/Total Team Plays 2007 9/3 183/695 2008 13/5 474/977 2009 8/0 235/556 Total 30/8 892/2,228
# 4 3 m a t t re a g a n Kicker/Punter • 6-1 • 210 • 4L Knoxville, Tenn./Bearden HS Served as the primary kicker for four seasons and picked up punting duties in 2009 as a senior...Earned third-team Associated Press All-America honors as a punter...Is the first Memphis AP All-American since DeAngelo Williams in 2005...Finished his career ranked third in Memphis history in scoring by a kicker with 260 points (122 PAT/ 46 FG)... Ranks second in career PATs made (122) and in PATs attempted (129)...Ranks fifth all-time in field goals made with 46 and fourth in field goals attempted with 66...Ranks sixth in career field goal percentage at Memphis (69.7)... Totaled 14 career games of multiple field goals made... Totaled seven career FGs of 40 yards or more...Ranks fifth in school history with 35 consecutive PATs from 2008-09, eighth with 29 consecutive PATs from 2006-07, and 10th with 27-straight PATs from 2007-08...In his first year of handling punts, his average punt distance of 45.5 yards ranks as the highest season average in school history...Placed 26 of his 63 punts inside the 20-yard line and booted 19 for 50 yards or more...His 2,868 yards punting ranks seventh in school history in a single season...Named second-team All-C-USA as a punter in 2009, and was an honorable mention pick as a kicker...Was one of 10 Ray Guy Award semifinalists, an award given to the nation’s top punter... Was an ARA Sportsmanship Award Top 10 Finalist... Selected to the 2009 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team and the C-USA All-Academic squad...Named the team’s 2009 Co-Special Teams Player of the Year...Ranked fourth nationally in punting average (45.52)…Ranked second in C-USA in punting average, eighth in field goals per game, 19th in scoring (5.33/per game) and ninth in scoring by a kicker…His 53.5 punt average against Marshall ranked tied for 17th nationally in single game highs in ‘09, and ranked as the highest single game average in school history...Was twice named the C-USA Player of the Week in 2007...Named to the C-USA Media All-Freshman Team in 2006, and was a Freshman All-American by The Sporting News and CollegeFootballNews.com...Received the Rex Dockery Award at the 2007 Blue-Gray Game...Named to the 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first team...Earned the Children’s Literature Award through the U of M English Department in May ‘09...Recognized as the Paul H. Sisco Outstanding Senior for the Geography Department in April ‘09. Career Highs PATs Made.........................................................7 (vs. SMU 2007) PATs Attempted.................................................7 (vs. SMU 2007) Points ....................................... 13 (2 games; last vs. SMU 2007) Field Goals Made.............................................. 4 (vs. UAB 2007) Field Goals Attempted............ 4 (5 games; last vs. at USM 2009) Long Field Goal................................. 48 (at Southern Miss 2009) Kickoffs.................................... 8 (2 games; last vs. Tulane 2008) Punts . ........................................ 10 (at Middle Tennessee 2009) Long Punt..................................................65 (vs. Marshall 2009)
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REAGAN’S Scoring STATISTICS YR G PAT FGM-FGA POINTS AVG/G 2006 10 25-26 12-17 61 6.1 2007 13 35-38 15-22 80 6.2 2008 9 31-32 8-11 55 6.1 2009 12 31-33 11-16 64 5.3 Total 44 122-129 46-66 260 5.9 REAGAN’S fIELD gOAL STATISTICS YR G FGM-FGA LG PCT 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 2006 10 12-17 42 70.6 0-0 8-9 1-2 3-6 0-0 2007 13 15-22 38 68.2 0-0 8-9 7-10 0-3 0-0 2008 9 8-11 44 72.7 0-0 5-5 1-3 2-3 0-0 2009 12 11-16 48 68.8 1-1 6-6 2-3 2-6 0-0 Total 44 46-66 48 69.7 1-1 27-29 11-18 7-18 0-0 REAGAN’S Punting STATISTICS YR G NO YDS AVG LG BL TB FC 50+ I20 2009 12 63 2868 45.5 65 0 5 13 19 26 REAGAN’S Kickoff STATISTICS YR G NO RET YDS AVG TB OB FC OSK 2006 10 37 32 2,114 57.1 3 2 0 1 2007 13 51 48 3,003 58.9 1 1 1 1 2008 9 36 35 2,127 59.1 0 2 0 0 2009 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 44 124 115 7,244 58.4 4 5 1 2
# 2 5 jerem y r o cke t t e Linebacker • 6-3 • 225 • 4L Water Valley, Miss./Olive Branch HS Four-year letterwinner who saw limited action in 2006 as a result of a summer foot fracture...Returned the following year and played all 13 games in 2007 and started the final four games of the season...Was presented one of the Top Newcomer Awards by the coaching staff at the 2008 Blue-Gray Game...Finished his career with 100 total tackles in 43 career games played...Posted at least five tackles in eight career games...Registered a career-high seven tackles on four occasions, with the last time being against Tulsa in his final career game in 2009. Career Highs Tackles........................................ 7 (4 games; last at Tulsa 2009) Solo Tackles.......................................................6 (at Tulsa 2009) Assisted Tackles.................................5 (vs. Southern Miss 2009) rockette’s career defensive STATISTICS YR G/S UT AT TOT PD FR FF TFL SACK INT 2006 5/0 5 3 8 1 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2007 13/4 25 12 37 1 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2008 13/0 6 5 11 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2009 12/4 23 21 44 0 1 0 2.5-9 0-0 0-0 Total 43/8 59 41 100 2 2 0 2.5-9 0-0 0-0
# 8 9 c a r l o s sing l e t o n Receiver • 6-9 • 220 • 4L Brownsville, Tenn./Haywood HS Finished career ranked second all-time at Memphis in career receiving yards with 2,365 and in receptions with 164... Only the fourth receiver in Memphis history to have over 2,000 yards receiving...Holds the school record in career touchdown receptions with 22...Had five career 100-yard receiving games...Holds the second-longest receiving streak at Memphis with 28 games...Caught a reception in 46 of his 49 career games and had multiple catches in 37 career games...Totaled seven 20-yard receiving plays in 2009, and 25 of his 39 receptions were for first downs or touchdowns...Awarded one of the Black and Blue Awards following the ‘09 season for “toughness on the field”... Posted a career-best 11 receptions and 158 yards against Marshall in 2008...Earned the 2005 Ralph Hatley ScholarAthlete Award...Was the Co-MVP of the 2007 Blue-Gray Game...Named an honorable mention All-C-USA pick in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Career Highs Receptions..................................................11 (at Marshall 2008) Receiving Yards.........................................158 (at Marshall 2008) Receiving Touchdowns.....................................3 (vs. SMU, 2007) Long Reception................................. 52 (at Southern Miss 2007) singleton’s career receiving STATISTICS YR G/S NO YDS AVG TDS LG 2006 11/0 22 300 13.6 3 37 2007 13/1 51 767 15.0 11 52 2008 13/12 52 791 15.2 5 48 2009 12/12 39 507 13.0 3 44 Total 49/25 164 2,365 14.4 22 52
2009 rEVIEW
Started all 12 games at cornerback in ‘09...Finished second on the team in tackles (73) and led the team in pass breakups (7) and passes defended (8)...Second on the team in solo tackles (41)...Logged at least five tackles in 11 career games, including a career-best 10 stops versus Houston in 2009...Received one of the True Tiger Awards at the 2009 Blue-Gray Game.
Pitts’ CAREER RUSHING STATISTICS YR G/S NO YDS AVG TDS 2006 8/1 22 98 4.5 1 2007 11/1 106 481 4.5 1 2009 10/1 83 343 4.1 0 Total 29/3 211 922 4.4 2