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D. J. Foster
Darryll James "D. J." Foster (born November 22, 1993) is a former gridiron football running back who is the manager of player development at Arizona State University, where he played college football. He signed with the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2016. He was a member of the Super Bowl LI winning Patriots, though was inactive for the game itself. High school career Foster attended Saguaro High School in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he rushed for more than 5,000 yards in his career. As a senior, he set an Arizona state single-season record with 60 total touchdowns, and also set state marks for rushing yards in a game (508), touchdowns in a game (10), touchdowns in a career, points in a career and points in a season. He helped lead his team to the Arizona Division III State Championship to cap off his high school career. He was chosen by the ''Arizona Republic'' as the Big Schools Player of the Year in 2011, and also was named the 2011 Tribune Football Player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Running Back
A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive American football plays#Offensive terminology, handoffs from the quarterback to Rush (American football)#Offense, rush the ball, to line up as a receiver to catch the ball, and Blocking (American football), block. There are usually one or two running backs on the field for a given play, depending on the offensive formation. A running back may be a Halfback (American football), halfback (in certain contexts also referred to as a "tailback" — see #Halfback/tailback, below), a wingback (American football), wingback, or a Fullback (American football), fullback. A running back will sometimes be called a "feature back" if he is the team's key player/more prominent running back. With the increase in pass-oriented offenses and single set back formations, it is more common to refer to these players as simply running backs. Halfback/tailbac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 NCAA Division I FBS Football Season
The 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The regular season began on August 30, 2012, and ended on December 8, 2012. The postseason concluded on January 7, 2013, with the BCS National Championship Game, where Alabama repeated as national champions by defeating Notre Dame. Although Ohio State finished the regular season as the only undefeated team from an automatic-qualifying ("Power 5") BCS conference, they were ineligible to play in the postseason due to sanctions imposed earlier in the year. Rule changes The NCAA Rules Committee approved the following rule changes for the 2012 season, mostly for safety reasons: * Kickoffs will be moved up to the 35-yard line from the 30, mirroring a similar change by the NFL in the 2011 season and rescinding a rule change made in the 2007 season. * The kicking team will only have a five-yard runni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wide Receiver
A wide receiver (WR), also referred to as a wideout, and historically known as a split end (SE) or flanker (FL), is an eligible receiver in gridiron football. A key skill position of the offense (American football), offense, WR gets its name from the player being split out "wide" (near the sidelines), farthest away from the rest of the Formation (American football), offensive formation. A forward pass-catching specialist, the wide receiver is one of the 40-yard dash#Average time by position, fastest players on the field alongside cornerbacks and running backs. One on either extreme of the offensive line is typical, but several may be employed on the same play. Through 2022, only four wide receivers, Jerry Rice (in 1987 and 1993), Michael Thomas (wide receiver, born 1993), Michael Thomas (in 2019), Cooper Kupp (in 2021), and Justin Jefferson (in 2022), have won Associated Press NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award, Offensive Player of the Year. In every other year it was aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Grice
Marion Grice (born April 10, 1991) is an American former professional football running back. He was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the sixth round of the 2014 NFL draft. He played college football at Arizona State. Early life Grice attended Nimitz High School (Harris County, Texas) in Houston, Texas, where he played running back alongside fellow NFL player Josh Huff who was the team's quarterback. He graduated in 2010. College career Grice attended Blinn Community College for two years. He totaled 2,221 rushing yards and 33 touchdowns over two junior college seasons at Blinn, and was named as a Second-team NJCAA All-American as a sophomore in 2011 after carrying 174 times for 1,052 yards with 16 rushing touchdowns. Rated as a four-star recruit by '' Rivals.com'', he was listed as the No. 5 overall junior college prospect in the country. He committed to Arizona State University on February 1, 2012. Grice compiled a total of 39 total touchdowns, fifth in school histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Pac-12 Football Championship Game
The 2013 Pac-12 Football Championship Game was played on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, to determine the champion of the Pac-12 Conference in College football, football for the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season, 2013 season. North Division champion 2013 Stanford Cardinal football team, Stanford defeated South Division champion 2013 Arizona State Sun Devils football team, Arizona State to win their second consecutive Pac-12 title. The ESPN television networks broadcast the game, beginning at 4:45 p.m. PT/5:45 p.m. MT. Pac-12 Conference, May 29, 2013 Stanford went on to represent the Pac-12 Conference in the 2014 Ros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Stanford Cardinal Football Team
The 2013 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinal were led by third-year head coach David Shaw. They played their home games at Stanford Stadium and were members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. The Cardinal won the Pac-12 North division for the second straight year, advancing to the Pac-12 Football Championship Game, where they defeated the Arizona State Sun Devils 38–14. With the win, the Cardinal won the Pac-12 Championship for the second straight year and represented the conference in the 100th Rose Bowl Game against the Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten Conference on New Year's Day, January 1, 2014, where they were defeated by the Spartans 24–20. Roster Coaching staff * David Shaw– Head coach (Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football) * Derek Mason – Defensive coordinator ( Willie Shaw Director of Defense) *Mike Bloomgren – Offensive coordinator/offensive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Reference
Sports Reference, LLC is an American sports statistics company that operates databases of several sports. They include Pro Football Reference for American football, Baseball Reference for baseball, Basketball Reference for basketball, Hockey Reference for ice hockey, FBref for association football (soccer), and pages for college football and basketball. Sports Reference also operate the online sports trivia game Immaculate Grid and the statistics-based subscription service Stathead. From 2008 to 2020 the website included Olympic Games statistics from the first Games to the most recent. History The company was founded in Philadelphia by Sean Forman in 2004 and incorporated as Sports Reference LLC in 2007. The company operates databases of sports statistics for several sports. They include Pro Football Reference for American football, Baseball Reference for baseball, Basketball Reference for basketball, Hockey Reference for ice hockey, FBref for association football (soccer) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Missouri Tigers Football Team
The 2012 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached for the 12th season by Gary Pinkel and played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri for the 87th consecutive season. In their first season as a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference, Missouri finished fifth with a record of 2–6 in the conference, and 5–7 overall. As a result, the Tigers failed to qualify for a bowl game for the first time since the 2004 season. Recruits Key losses: * OL John Birdwell * TE Beau Brinkley * OL Quinn Brown * WR Terry Dennis * DL Brendan Donaldson * LB Will Ebner * TE Michael Egnew * WR Brandon Gerau * LB Luke Lambert * DL Dominique Hamilton * DB Trey Hobson * OL Dan Hoch * WR Jerrell Jackson * S Kenji Jackson * TE Andrew Jones * WR Wes Kemp * LB Tony Randolph * DL Jacquies Smith All nineteen recruits signed their National Letter of Intent during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Jennings
Gregory Jennings Jr. (born September 21, 1983) is an American sports television personality and former professional American football, football player who was a wide receiver for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Green Bay Packers. He played college football for the Western Michigan Broncos football, Western Michigan Broncos and was selected by Green Bay in the second round of the 2006 NFL draft. Jennings was named to two Pro Bowls during his seven seasons with the Packers and was part of the team that won a Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XLV. In his final three seasons, he was a member of the Minnesota Vikings and Miami Dolphins. He was inducted into Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 2022. After his playing career, Jennings transitioned into sports media. As of 2025, he is a recurring guest football analyst on the Fox Sports 1 (FS1) programs ''First Things First (talk show), First Things First'' and ''Breakfast Ball''. Early life Jennings wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivals
A rivalry is the state of two people or Social group, groups engaging in a lasting competitive relationship. Rivalry is the "against each other" spirit between two competing sides. The relationship itself may also be called "a rivalry", and each participant or side a rival to the other. Someone's main rival may be called an archrival. A rivalry can be defined as "a perceptual categorizing process in which actors identify which states are sufficiently threatening competitors". In order for the rivalry to persist, rather than resulting in perpetual dominance by one side, it must be "a competitive relationship among equals". Political scientist John A. Vasquez has asserted that equality of power is a necessary component for a true rivalry to exist, but others have disputed that element. Rivalries traverse many different fields within society and "abound at all levels of human interaction", often existing between friends, firms, sports teams, schools, and universities. Moreover, "fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Valley Tribune
The ''East Valley Tribune'' is a newspaper concentrated on cities within the East Valley region of metropolitan Phoenix, including Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert, and Queen Creek. Formerly a daily newspaper, the ''Tribune'' resulted from the combination of local newspapers acquired by Cox Enterprises: The '' Tempe Daily News'', the ''Mesa Tribune'', the ''Gilbert Tribune'', the ''Scottsdale Progress'', and the ''Chandler Arizonan''. History Attorney Alfred P. Shewman and Judge W.D. Morton founded Mesa's first newspaper, the ''Evening Weekly Free Press,'' in 1891. In 1899, Judge W.D. Morton sold out to Shewman, who died in 1901. Frank T. Pomeroy and Harry D. Haines bought the paper in 1910 and converted it into a daily publication, ''The Evening Press''. They then sold the paper in 1911. In 1913, ''The Evening Press'' became the ''Mesa Daily Tribune,'' and in 1925, the paper was renamed the ''Mesa Daily Journal''. The name changed again to the ''Daily Mesa Evening Jou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
