WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY – 2012 FOOTBALL YEARBOOK
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Joe KORAC
5-11 230 R-Jr. TE Alpharetta, Ga. Milton HS
2011 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Played in six games, seeing most of his action on special teams ... Rushed four times for eight yards including a career-long rush of five yards ... Returned one kickoff 13 yards as an up-back ... Named to the Dean’s List at WCU. 2010 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Saw action in three games during the season, making his collegiate debut on the travel squad at Wofford ... Did not record any official stats. 2009 (FRESHMAN): Did not see action, taking a redshirt ... Converted from fullback to tight end.
2009 (FRESHMAN): Started nine of the 11 games in which he saw action ... Named the 2009 Southern Conference Freshman of the Year by both the league’s head coaches and the voting members of the SoCon Sports Media Association ... Was additionally selected to the SoCon All-Freshman team ... Was twice named SoCon Freshman of the Week after both of his two, 100-yard rushing performances during the regular season which came against No. 6 Elon and No. 6 Appalachian State two weeks later ... Rushed for a then career-high 116 yards against Elon representing the only opposing rusher to top the century mark against Elon, which boasted the nation’s fourth-toughest run defense at the time of the game and finished the regular season second in the NCAA FCS in total defense and ninth against the run ... Ran the ball a career-high 24 times at ASU ... Finished as the top freshman rusher in the conference - ninth overall - compiling 568 yards and four TDs, adding 25 receptions for 137 yards out of the backfield on the year ... Rushed for two of his four seasonal scores at home against Wofford, which included the first points of his career on a one-yard plunge early in the second quarter ... Missed the 2010 Spring Drills and annual Spring Game due to injury. PRIOR TO WESTERN CAROLINA: Rushed for 335 yards and four touchdowns in five games before having his senior season cut short after suffering a broken leg in practice ... Was listed on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s top 150 rankings of high school prospects and was listed as a two-star prospect by Rivals.com ... Averaged over seven yards per carry and scored five touchdowns while splitting carries out of the backfield as a junior ... Also ran track & field and wrestled in high school. PERSONAL: Full name is Michael Davaun Johnson ... Is the son of Michael Johnson and Maranda Knox.
Year G 2009 11 2010 11 2011 7 TOTALS 29
M I C H A E L J O H N S O N ’ S C A R E E R S TAT I S T I C S Rush Yds TD Lng Avg A/Gm Rec Yds TD Lng 150 568 4 37 3.8 51.6 25 137 0 14 151 611 5 60 4.0 55.5 6 39 0 22 88 274 2 34 3.1 39.1 5 31 0 15 389 1453 11 60 3.7 50.1 36 207 0 22
Year 2010 2011 TOTALS
G 3 6 9
Rush 0 4 4
JOE Yds 0 8 8
KO R A C ’ S C A R E E R S TAT I S T I C S TD Lng Avg A/Gm Rec Yds TD 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 2.0 1.3 - 0 5 2.0 0.9 - -
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J O E KO R A C ’ S S I N G L E - G A M E C A R E E R H I G H S Rushes: .................................................................................. 4 – MARS HILL (9/10/11) Rushing Yards: ........................................................................ 8 – MARS HILL (9/10/11)
Elijer MARTINEZ 5-9
180
Decatur, Ga.
Sr.
DB
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Cartersville HS
2011 (JUNIOR): Played in all 11 games making nine starts including the first five of the season and the final three games of the year ... Finished tied for 10th on the team with a career-best 32 tackles including 21 solo stops and 1.5 tackles for loss - all coming against Furman ... Ranked second on the squad with four pass breakups ... Made his first collegiate interception against The Citadel, returning the pick 16 yards ... Finished with a career-high seven tackles against nationallyranked Wofford ... Recorded an interception in WCU’s annual Spring Game. 2010 (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 11 games including five appearances in the starting lineup ... Made his first collegiate start at Chattanooga, finishing with a then career-high four tackles including three solo stops ... Recorded 17 tackles on the season including 11 unassisted stops with one pass break-up coming against Samford ... Posted at least one tackle in nine of the 11 games on the season.
Avg A/Gm 5.5 12.5 6.5 3.5 6.2 4.4 5.8 7.1
MICHAEL JOHNSON’S SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS Rushes: ...............................................................24 – at Appalachian State (11/21/09) Rushing Yards: ................................................................... 117 – vs. Samford (10/9/10) Rushing Touchdowns:...............................2 – twice: MR - at Georgia Southern (9/24/11) Receptions: .............................................................6 – at Eastern Kentucky (11/14/09) Receiving Yards: .....................................................38 – at Eastern Kentucky (11/14/09) MICHAEL JOHNSON’S CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS Named the 2009 Southern Conference Freshman of the Year 2009 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team Twice named SoCon Freshman of the Week in 2009
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