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  Brandon McRae

Brandon McRae

Player Profile

Class:
RS Junior

Hometown:
Washington, D.C.

High School:
Charles H. Flowers H.S.

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 225

Position:
Running Back

Birthdate:
11/04/1987

2007: Appeared in only the first three games of the season before suffering a season-ending wrist injury in the Rams' victory over Morgan State (Sept. 15)...Carried the ball 24 times en route to gaining 112 yards of rushing offense with a pair of touchdowns...Caught one ball for a gain of five yards...Returned seven kicks for a total of 97 yards...Posted a solid outing versus North Carolina A&T (Sept. 1) where he recorded 85 rushing yards on 15 carries and scored once...Carried the ball only three times for 14 yards at Coastal Carolina (Sept. 8)...Made six carries for 13 yards and a touchdown at Morgan State before being injured in the third quarter of play...Spent the remainder of the 2007 season rehabilitating a broken wrist...Ranked fourth on the WSSU roster in rushing yardage...Averaged 4.7 yards per carry and 5.0 yards per catch.

2006: Had a great season in his first year as an active member of the Rams offense...Played in 10 games with six starts...Only missed the Bethune-Cookman game...Finished the season as the team's leading rusher with 623 yards and six touchdowns...Averaged 62.3 yards per game and 5.3 yards per carry last season...Also led the team in rushing attempts with 118...Only lost 59 yards...Had his longest run of the season, a 52-yard carry against Florida A&M...Had his best individual game at Savannah State when he rushed for 113 yards and a touchdown...Scored a pair of touchdowns against North Carolina A&T...Also caught a pair of passes for 16 yards.

Personal: The 2008 season will mark McRae's third as an active member of the WSSU football team after spending 2005 redshirting...A native of Washington, D.C., he is a 2005 graduate of Charles Herbert Flowers High School where he led the Jaguars in rushing in 2003, 2004, and 2005...Rushed for 846 yards in his junior season and 1,500 yards his senior year...Placed first in touchdowns and second in rushing in the District of Columbia his senior season...Was named First Team All-County in football and track and field...Named second team All-State as a running back and named second team All-State in the 55 meters in 2005...Turned in the fifth fastest time in the 55-meters in the nation with a time of 6.32 seconds...The son of Patrick and Sheryl McRae...Cousin Julius Brown plays defensive back at Eastern Michigan University...Cousin Karim Henry who plays defensive back at Florida International University...A mass communications major...Born in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 4, 1987...Nicknamed "B-Mac."

McRae's Statistics:
Year	GP/GS	Car	Yds	Avg	TDs	Long	Rec	Yds	Long	TDs
2007	3/0	24	112	4.7	2	30	1	5	5	0
2006	10/6	118	623	5.3	6	52	2	16	9	0
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Total	13/6	142	735	5.2	8	52	3	21	9	0

 
 
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