2003 Football Roster
Roster
Walter Reyes
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 213
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Struthers, OH
- High School:
- Struthers
Career Biography (PDF Format)
At SU: Four letters … All-time leading rusher in Carrier Dome history with 2,239 yards ... Ranks third all-time among SU running backs with 59 receptions and 550 receiving yards … Redshirted in 2000.
Senior Year (2004): Started all nine games he played in … First-team All-BIG EAST … ECAC Division I All-Star (honorable mention) … Selected to play in the 2005 Senior Bowl All-Star Game, bud did not play due to injury … Won SU’s Mark Hoffman Most Outstanding Back Award for the second year in a row … Ran for 803 yards and seven touchdowns … Averaged a team-best 89.2 yards per game … Part of the first SU duo (Damien Rhodes) to each rush for at least 800 yards since 1979 (Joe Morris & Bill Hurley) … Had 14 catches for 113 yards … Gained 71 yards on four kickoff returns … Rushed for at least 100 yards four times … Rushed for 31 yards on 12 carries and had two catches for four yards at Purdue … Had 59 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries and a 16-yard reception at Buffalo … Ran 24 times for 117 yards and a touchdown against Cincinnati … Gained 83 yards on 24 carries and caught one pass for 10 yards at Virginia … Had 237 yards, the fourth-highest single-game total in school history, and two touchdowns against Rutgers … Was named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week for his effort against the Scarlet Knights … Rushed 14 times for 27 yards and caught a career-high six passes for 51 yards against Florida State … Missed the West Virginia game with flu-like symptoms … Had 121 yards and two touchdowns against Connecticut … Rushed for 123 yards and a touchdown against Pittsburgh … Left the game versus the Panthers with a shoulder injury that caused him to miss the last two regular season games … Returned to action for the Champs Sports Bowl and gained three yards on five carries before re-injuring his shoulder in the second quarter.
Junior Year (2003): Started 11-of-12 games at running back ... One of 39 players to participate in all 12 games ... Second-team All-BIG EAST selection ... Dopke.com All-American Junior Team honoree ... Received SU’s Mark Hoffman Most Outstanding Back Award ... Set the SU single-season rushing touchdowns record with 20 ... Had a school-record 21 total touchdowns and 128 points ... Finished with the second-most rushing yards in one SU season with 1,347 ... Had 253 carries, the second-most ever, and the most all-purpose plays with 292 ... Ranks third on the season list with 1,732 all-purpose yards ... Set a Carrier Dome record with 241 yards on 31 carries against Central Florida ... Tied Floyd Little (vs. Kansas, 1964) for second place on the SU single-game rushing touchdown and points scored lists and set a Dome record with five touchdowns and 30 points against Notre Dame ... Named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week after rushing 28 times for a total of 191 yards and three touchdowns, including one run of 29 yards at North Carolina ... Also caught three passes for 26 yards, including one for 16 yards and scored the game-winning two-point conversion in the third overtime ... Versus Louisville, rushed 16 times for 87 yards and one touchdown, including one run of 35 yards, and had two catches ... Named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week after rushing 31 times for a Carrier Dome-record 241 yards and four touchdowns and catching two passes for 30 yards against Central Florida ... Against Toledo, rushed 17 times for 162 yards and two touchdowns, including a 61-yard run, and caught five passes for 20 yards ... At Virginia Tech, rushed 16 times for 40 yards and one touchdown, and caught two passes ... Rushed 23 times for 55 yards and one touchdown, including one 11-yard run, and had five receptions for 34 yards against Boston College ... At Pittsburgh, rushed 22 times for 97 yards and caught one pass for eight yards ... Against Temple, rushed 25 times for 93 yards and scored two touchdowns and caught five passes for 55 yards ... At Miami rushed 24 times for 89 yards and one touchdown, caught three passes for 19 yards and returned one kick-off 10 yards ... Rushed 14 times for 63 yards, including one 33-yard run, and caught three passes for 80 yards, including a 67-yard touchdown reception, the first of his career, against West Virginia ... At Rutgers, rushed 18 times for 40 yards, including a 12-yard touchdown run, and had four receptions for 52 yards ... Against Notre Dame, rushed 19 times for 189 yards and five touchdowns, including a season-long 71-yard run to the endzone ... Tied Floyd Little (vs. Kansas, 1964) for second place on the SU single-game rushing touchdown and points scored lists ... Touchdown total and 30 points were both Carrier Dome records ... Caught three passes for 24 yards against the Fighting Irish.
Sophomore Year (2002): One of eight players to start all 12 games and one of 23 players to participate in all 12 games ... Scored 10 rushing TDs and averaged 114.6 yards and 6.4 yards per carry in the final five games of the season ... Closed the season ranked 41st nationally and sixth in the BIG EAST in rushing with 95.6 yards per game ... His 8.67 points per game ranked 21st in the country and was third in the BIG EAST ... Set the SU record for the most rushing touchdowns in one season with 17, which was the second-highest single-season TD total ... Gained 1,135 rushing yards, which ranked fourth single season and was second all-time by a sophomore ... Averaged 6.2 yards per carry, which was tied for sixth single season and was fifth on career list ... Had six 100-yard rushing games tied for third single season ... Scored 104 points, which ranks third on the SU single-season record list ... Scored three touchdowns in three different games tied for fifth on the single-game record list ... Reyes became the first player in SU history to have consecutive games with at least three rushing touchdowns (UCF and Virginia Tech) ... He and Floyd Little (1965) are the only two Orangemen ever with three games with at least three rushing TDs in the same season ... Had a 79-yard TD run against Rutgers, which tied for the eighth-longest run in SU history ... Rushed 10 times for 58 yards, including a 19-yard run, and had one catch for six years in his first career start at Brigham Young ... Also recorded one reception for six yards ... Had 12 carries for 86 yards and scored one touchdown against North Carolina ... Gained 128 yards, including a 46-yard run, on 14 carries, for an average of 9.1 yards per carry, and scored three touchdowns against Rhode Island ... Ran the ball 19 times for 111 yards and two touchdowns, including one scoring run of 68 yards, and caught one pass for four yards at Auburn ... He became just the sixth SU running back to have consecutive 100-yard games since 1990 ... Had 13 carries for 84 yards and one touchdown and caught one pass for eight yards against Pittsburgh ... Gained 45 yards on 10 carries and returned one kick for one yard at Temple ... Had 15 carries for 55 yards at West Virginia ... Had 12 rushes for 115 yards and scored two touchdowns, including a career-long 79-yard score, against Rutgers ... Became the first player since Floyd Little in 1965 to have two-or-more rushing touchdowns of more than 60 yards in length ... Little recorded three touchdown runs of longer than 60 yards that season.... Rushed for a career-high 130 yards and three touchdowns and caught one pass for six yards at Central Florida ... Gained 118 yards and scored three touchdowns and caught two passes for 40 yards before leaving the game in the fourth quarter with a knee injury against Virginia Tech ... It was his third consecutive 100-yard game ... Carried the ball 14 times for 95 yards and scored one touchdown and had one catch at Boston College ... Had his sixth 100-yard game of the season with 15 carries for 110 yards and one touchdown against Miami.
Freshman Year (2001): Played in 12 games ... Rushed for 139 yards and one touchdown on 42 carries ... Against Central Florida, Reyes rushed eight times for 33 yards ... Had three carries for nine yards against East Carolina ... At Pittsburgh, he rushed for 31 yards and his first career touchdown ... Recovered a blocked punt on special teams that set up a touchdown at Virginia Tech ... Recorded a career-high 38 rushing yards on seven carries against Boston College ... Against Kansas State in the Insight.com Bowl rushed five times for 10 yards.
High School: Rated the No. 2 running back and No. 26 overall recruit in the Midwest by PrepStar ... SuperPrep All-American and All-Midwest ... Rated the top running back in Ohio by Tom Lemming ... Ranked the 23rd-best running back in the nation by The Sporting News ... Rushed for 1,127 yards and 13 touchdowns in a seven-game season shortened by injury ... Second-team All-State running back and All-Northeast as a junior and senior ... Holds school’s career rushing record with 3,005 yards and 40 touchdowns ... Broke school’s single-season rushing record as a junior with 1,450 yards ... Also competed in track, where he holds the state record in the 55-meter sprint ... Recruited by former SU assistant coach Thurmond Moore.
Personal: Walter Henderson Reyes ... Born May 22, 1981 in Youngstown, Ohio ... Son of Walter B. Henderson and Marylou Reyes-Tinsley ... One brother and one sister ... Majoring in African-American studies.
Reyes' Career Statistics
Rushing
| Year | Games | Carries | Yards | Avg. | TDs | Yds/Game | Points | Long |
| 2001 | 12 | 42 | 139 | 3.3 | 1 | 11.6 | 6 | 17 |
| 2002 | 12 | 182 | 1,135 | 6.2 | 17 | 94.6 | 102 | 79 |
| 2003 | 12 | 253 | 1,347 | 5.3 | 20 | 112.3 | 120 | 71 |
| 2004 | 9 | 148 | 803 | 5.4 | 7 | 89.2 | 42 | 62 |
| Total | 45 | 625 | 3,424 | 5.5 | 45 | 76.1 | 270 | 79 |
Receiving
| Year | Recept. | Yards | Avg. | TDs | Long |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 7 | 62 | 8.9 | 0 | 25 |
| 2003 | 38 | 975 | 9.9 | 1 | 67 |
| 2004 | 14 | 113 | 7.3 | 0 | 24 |
| Totals | 59 | 550 | 9.3 | 1 | 67 |
Kickoff Returns
| Year | KO Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TDs | Long |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2004 | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 0 | 28 |
| Totals | 6 | 82 | 13.7 | 0 | 28 |
Reyes' Career Highs
| Rushing | Yards | 241 vs. UCF, 2003 |
| Carries | 31 vs. UCF, 2003 | |
| Long | 79 vs. Rutgers, 2002 | |
| Touchdowns | 5 vs. Notre Dame, 2003 | |
| Receiving | Yards | 80 vs. West Virginia, 2003 |
| Receptions | 6 vs. Florida State, 2004 | |
| Long | 67 vs. West Virginia, 2003 (TD) | |
| Kickoff Returns | 4 vs. Purdue, 2004 | |
| Yards | 71 vs. Purdue, 2004 | |
| Longest | 28 vs. Purdue, 2004 |
