Colorado University Athletics

Rodney Stewart Biography

RODNEY STEWART
5-8, 185, TB/KR
Westerville, Ohio (Brookhaven)



HIGH SCHOOL?He earned first-team All-State and first-team All-Division I honors as a senior, when he rushed for 2,036 yards and 33 touchdowns, averaging 10.8 yards per carry (with a long of 75, one of six runs over 50 yards).  He also caught 20 passes for 215 yards and three scores, and returned one punt?for 65 yards and a TD.  He did not play as a junior as he suffered a knee injury (ACL), but as a sophomore, he rushed for 1,200 yard and 15 touchdowns and had 700 yards and six scores as a freshman.  He rushed for just shy of 4,000 career yards with 54 touchdowns.  He played cornerback as an underclassmen, with four interceptions his soph season after picking off three as a frosh.  He had five games of 200-plus yards and 15 100-plus yard games in his prep career; three of his top games came during his senior year: in a 49-7 win over Centennial, he rushed for his career-best 243 yards and scored all seven of his team’s touchdowns... In a 69-0 romp over Mifflin, he rushed for 212 yards and six touchdowns... and in a 55-7 win over Whetstone, he had 212 yards and five scores.  Under coach Tom Blake, Brookhaven was 9-2 his senior year, losing in the first round of the playoffs, after going 6-4 his junior year; BHS was also 9-2 his sophomore season (first round playoff setback) but was 15-0 his freshman year, winning the Division II state championship.  He also will letter four times in track (sprints, relays), as he was a member of the 2005 state championship team.  He owns a career best 10.7 in the 100-meter dash.

  
ACADEMICS?He is interested in Business (accounting) as his major at Colorado.  He has maintained a 3.0 grade point average in high school.

   
PERSONAL
?Born January 3, 1990 in Columbus, Ohio.  Hobbies include most sports in general and listening to music.