Fred Coppet

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Position:
Running Back
Height:
5-9
Weight:
213
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Ft. Lauderdale. Fla.
High School:
St. Thomas Aquinas

2016: Third-team All-MAC … Played in all 12 games, starting 10 times … Led the Falcons with 1,030 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns … Had 204 carries and a 5.0 yard per carry average … Also caught 15 passes for 79 yards … Finished his career fifth all-time with 2,833 rushing yards … Second on the team with 1,109 all-purpose yards … Sixth in the MAC with 85.8 rushing yards per game … Rushed for 100 or more yards six times, including each of the final three games of the season … Closed his career with a career-best 160 yards rushing and two touchdowns in a win over Buffalo … Had six catches for 40 yards against Miami … Carried the ball 27 times for 117 yards against Middle Tennessee … Had 141 yards and two touchdowns against Eastern Michigan … Finished with 116 yards in a win over Akron, 105 yards in the win over Kent State and 104 yards at Toledo.

2015: Played in all 14 games at running back … carried the ball 145 times for 825 yards and five touchdowns … added nine receptions for 75 yards out of the backfield … had two 100-yard games … had double-digit attempts in 10 games … had 15 rushes for 109 yards in a win at Maryland (Sept. 12) … also had more than 100 yards (11 rushes for 108 yards) in a win at Ball State (Nov. 24) … rushed 17 times for 68 yards and a touchdown against UMass (Oct. 10) … added a TD on the ground in a win over Akron (Oct. 17) the following week … scored his third rushing TD of the season on Nov. 17 against Toledo … added rushing scores against Ball State and against NIU in the MAC Championship Game … had multiple catches in games at Purdue, at Kent State and versus Toledo … averaged 5.7 yards per rush.

2014: Played in 13 games, making one start … finished the season with 141 rushes for 764 yards and six touchdowns … had two 100-yard rushing games … the first at Akron on Nov. 4, a 113 yard performance on 18 carries … the second in the regular season finale on Nov. 28 vs. Ball State, rushing for 140 yards on 16 carries … recorded one touchdown in six different games … found paydirt in each of the Falcons’ first four games of the season … finished the year with 811 all-purpose yards … caught eight passes for 27 yards … made three tackles on special teams.

2013: Played in nine games as a running back, getting carries behind school record holder Travis Greene … rushed for 214 yards on 46 carries … averaged 4.7 yards per carry … had a season-high nine rushes for 46 yards at Miami … also caught two passes for 11 yards on Nov. 5 at Miami … had a season-long rush of 18 yards at Kent State.

High School: Graduate of St. Thomas Aquinas High School ... coached by Rocco Casullo ... team captain ... three-year starter ... rushed for 3,300 yards and 58 touchdowns in his career ... earned first-team all-county for three consecutive years and was a two-time first-team all-state member ... led his team to a state championship as a sophomore and senior ... team won the national title as a sophomore.

Personal: Full name is Fred Coppet Jr. ... born July 2, 1994 ... majoring in human development and family studies.