The Players
2 Stacy Zac
Sr. H Running Back H 5-9 • 210 Centreville, Ala. H Bibb County HS ENTERING THE SEASON A preseason candidate for All-America, All-SEC and Doak Walker Award recognition... Comes off the best season ever produced by a Vanderbilt running back... Ranks second among active SEC running backs in career rushing yards and career rushing touchdowns... Needs 631 rushing yards to become team's career record holder.. As featured back in 2011, averaged 15.5 carries, most by Commodore back since mid-1990s... Developed into receiving threat out of backfield with 20 catches... Demonstrated superb blocking techniques as protection for quarterback... Will compete with 2009 SEC Freshman of the Year Warren Norman and 2011 top reserve Jerron Seymour among others during August camp. 2011 Stacy earned team's postseason Most Valuable Offensive Player Award... Broke Vanderbilt's single-season Rushes: 28, (2x), most recently vs. record with 1,193 rushing yards, Wake Forest, 11/26/2011 breaking former mark set 20 Rush Yards: 198, vs. Army, 10/22/2011 years earlier by Corey Harris, Longest Rush: 77, vs. Ole Miss, 9/17/2011 who ran for 1,103 yards in Rushing TDs: 3, (3x), most recently vs. 1991... Also broke team single Wake Forest, 11/26/2011 season record with 14 rushing Catches: 3, (2x), most recently vs. touchdowns... Finished the Arkansas, 10/29/2011 Longest Catch: 47, vs. Ga. Tech, 10/21/2009 year as SEC's third-leading rusher, earning second team All-SEC RB recognition from coaches and sportswriters...Became just fourth Commodore to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season, and first since Jermaine Johnson in 1995 (1,072 yds.)... Carried the ball 201 times (most since Jermaine Johnson had 267 rushes in 1995)... Averaged 5.9 yards per rush... Ranks eighth alltime among 'Dores for career rushing yards (2,002 yards)... Averaged 91.8 rushing yards per game, with 117 yard-per-game avg. at home... Rushing TD total ties Allama Matthews (TE, 1982) for most scores by individual player in a season... Scored 84 points to rank tied for 2nd all-time for single-season scoring (with Matthews) behind Jack Jenkins (90 pts., 1941)... Caught 20 passes for 106 yards... Rushed for three TDs on three occasions – vs. Army, vs. Kentucky and at Wake Forest... Second 100+yard game of his career came against Ole Miss (11 carries for 169 yards, including a 77-yard TD)... Rushed for 97 and a TD against Georgia... Completed the first pass of his career, connecting with WR Jordan Matthews on a 43-yard TD... Completed 2-of-5 pass attempts on the season... Career-high 198 rushing yards against Army with three TDs, including a 55-yard score... Against Arkansas, scored on 62-yard TD as part of 128-yard effort... Season-high 28 carries against Kentucky and again at Wake Forest... Named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week for 135-yard, three-score performance against the Wildcats on Senior Day... Ran for 184 yards at Wake to break team single-season record... Scored in seven of team's final eight games. 2010 Stacy continued as a productive offensive force for the Commodores until his season ended prematurely... Earned starts vs. SEC foes LSU, Georgia and Florida while playing in team's first nine games... Finished year as team's second leading rusher (331 yards)... Earned team's Offensive Player of the Week honor in opener after rushing for 69 yards, including a 33-yard TD in the fourth quarter... Named Offensive Player of the Week for second time after rushing for 90 yards in win over Eastern Michigan... Contributed season-long 67-yard rush in win at Ole Miss. 2009 One of seven true freshmen to participate for Commodores... Formed superb freshman rushing duo with Norman... Earned four starting assignments as tailback and played in 10 games, missing Ole Miss and South Carolina outings with lingering ankle injury that also limited production
Stacy's Career Highs:
against Mississippi State and Rice... Finished season as team's second leading rusher behind Norman with 478 yards and three touchdowns on 107 carries... Also caught seven passes for 72 yards as target out of the backfield... Started season with 133 rushing yards and touchdown in win over Western Carolina... That rushing total was most by Commodore during campaign... Rushed for 83 yards and pair of TDs against Georgia Tech... One score against Tech went for 62 yards, the longest rush by Commodore on the season... Also had 47-yard reception against Tech... Finished year returning punts at Tennessee, gaining 38 yards on three returns. HIGH SCHOOL Senior captain... First start at RB came as freshman... As senior, rushed for 2,413 yards and scored 35 TDs, helping Bibb County to 10-2 mark and 4A playoffs... 4A Mr. Footbal finalist... Earned first team 4A All-State... As junior, rushed for 1,666 yards and 24 TDs. Two-time West Alabama Player of the Year... Ended career with 5,863 rushing yards and 76 total TDs. ACADEMICS Stacy is working toward a degree in Educational Studies from the Peabody College.
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