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2019 Football Roster

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1 Abdul-Hassan Neblett

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Position Running Back
  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 160
  • Hometown Newark, N.J.
  • High School Paramus Catholic
  • Major Business Administration

Biography

AWARDS & HONORS

2019 | REDSHIRT SENIOR
  • All-PSAC East First Team (RB)
  • Don Hansen Football Gazette All-Super Region 1 Second Team (RB)
  • PSAC East Offensive Athlete of the Week (10/28)
  • Team Captain

2016 | REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
  • Dean's List (Spring 2017)
PROGRAM RANKINGS
At conclusion of most recent season or final season of eligibility

GAME
  • T-2nd, Rushing Touchdowns (4 vs. Shippensburg, 10/26/19)
  • 10th, Rushing Yards (203 vs. Shippensburg, 10/26/19)

SEASON
  • 7th, All-Purpose Yards (1,541; 2019)
  • T-7th, Rushing Touchdowns (12; 2019)
  • 8th, Rushing Yards (1,059; 2019)
SEASON SUMMARIES

2019 | REDSHIRT SENIOR
  • Took over as the feature back and set career-highs in all rushing categories
  • Started all 13 games in the backfield for PSAC East champion Golden Bears
  • Carried 159 times for 1,059 yards and 12 touchdowns, all team-highs
  • Added 48 catches for 373 yards and two touchdowns
  • Ranked second in the PSAC East in rushing yards, yards per carry (6.7), rushing TDs, all-purpose yards (1,541) and all-purpose yards per game (118.5)
  • Topped 100 yards rushing six times
  • Just the 10th running back in program history to eclipse 1,000 yards rushing in a season and first since Craig Reynolds in 2016
  • 1,059 rushing yards are the eighth most in a season in team history
  • Opened season with 104 yards rushing on 10 totes in Sept. 7 victory over Assumption
  • Took a career-long 69-yard run to the house on KU's first offensive play from scrimmage in a 35-13 win over East Stroudsburg, Oct. 12
  • Punished Shippensburg for career-highs of 203 yards and four TDs in a 55-5 win, Oct. 26
  • 203 rushing yards against Shippensburg were the 10th most in a game in program history
  • Four rushing TDs against Shippensburg were tied for second most in a game in team history
  • Rushed for 141 yards and two TDs on 15 carries, while adding seven catches for 49 yards in 37-35 PSAC championship game loss to No. 8 Slippery Rock, Nov. 16
  • Had career-high eight catches for 64 yards in KU's 33-31 win over No. 19 Tiffin in the first round of the NCAA Division II Championship tournament
  • Named All-PSAC East First Team for the first time in his career
  • Selected to the Don Hansen Football Gazette All-Super Region 1 Second Team
  • Honored as the PSAC East Offensive Athlete of the Week on Oct. 28 following monster game against Shippensburg

2018 | REDSHIRT JUNIOR
  • Played in all 11 games at running back, finishing with 248 yards on 57 carries
  • Caught seven passes for 103 yards and two touchdowns
  • Carried nine times for season-high 80 yards vs. Bloomsburg, Sept. 29
  • Both catches went for touchdowns (30 yds. and 53 yds.) in a 35-33 win at East Stroudsburg, Oct. 6
  • Logged season-high 11 carries at Millersville, Nov. 2

2017 | REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
  • Appeared in all 11 games and made three starts
  • Finished the season rushing 55 times for 302 yards and three touchdowns
  • Hauled in 10 receptions for 161 yards and one touchdown
  • Also involved on special teams with five kick returns for 112 yards
  • Found the end zone for the first time in his career, Sept. 30, at West Chester
  • Gained 67 yards rushing on 12 carries in victory at Bloomsburg, Oct. 7
  • Totaled 35 yards rushing and a score in a win over Cheyney, Nov. 4
  • Enjoyed biggest game of his career to date in season finale against Slippery Rock, Nov. 11, rushing 11 times for 71 yards and a TD, and catching three passes for 106 yards and a TD

2016 | REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
  • Served primarily as a kick returner while seeing action in all 11 games for the PSAC East champions
  • Posted 266 all-purpose yards during the season, 259 coming on kick returns
  • Recorded three kick returns for 67 yards against Mercyhurst, Sept. 10
  • Averaged 24.2 yards per return and amassed season-high 76 return yards at Seton Hill, Sept. 17
  • In his only kick return against Cheyney, Nov. 5, Neblett took it back 43 yards, a season-long

2015 | FRESHMAN
  • Redshirt season
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Competed in football and track at Paramus Catholic High School
  • Teamed with Kristian Bautista, Alijah Jackson and Jabrill Peppers to win the 4x100m relay at the 2014 Penn Relays
PERSONAL
  • Son of Shawanda Evans and Abdul-Hassan Neblett, Sr.
  • Has four siblings
  • Business administration major with an accounting focus
SINGLE-GAME CAREER-HIGHS

RUSHING
ATT 19 vs. #13 Notre Dame College 11/30/2019
YDS 203 vs. Shippensburg 10/26/2019
TD 4 vs. East Stroudsburg 10/12/2019
Long 69 vs. East Stroudsburg 10/12/2019

RECEIVING
REC 8 vs. #19 Tiffin 11/23/2019
YDS 106 vs. Slippery Rock 11/11/2017
TD 2 at East Stroudsburg 10/6/2018
Long 70 vs. Slippery Rock 11/11/2017

KICK RETURNS
ATT 4 at Seton Hill 9/17/2016
YDS 76 at Seton Hill 9/17/2016
TD - - -
Long 43 vs. Cheyney 11/5/2016

Statistics

Season:
2019

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Historical Player Information

  • 36

    2015Freshman

    Defensive Back
    5'8" 160 lbs
    36
  • 1

    2016Redshirt Freshman

    Running Back
    5'8" 155 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2017Redshirt Sophomore

    Running Back
    5'8" 160 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2018Redshirt Junior

    Running Back
    5'8" 160 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2019Redshirt Senior

    Running Back
    5'8" 160 lbs
    1

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