Jarek Broussard (born April 24, 2000) is an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
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)#Offen ...
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Early life and high school
Broussard grew up in
Dallas, Texas
Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County w ...
and attended
Bishop Lynch High School. As a senior, he rushed for 745 yards and 10 touchdowns on 63 carries while catching 22 passes for 360 yards and three touchdowns. Broussard was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Colorado over offers from Colorado State, Houston, Illinois, and TCU.
College career
Broussard redshirted as a true freshman after suffering a knee injury in practice in early September and also missed the entirety of the following season. As a redshirt sophomore, Broussard rushed for 895 yards and five touchdowns on 156 attempts and was named first team
All-Pac-12 Conference and the conference Offensive Player of the Year. He was named the conference Offensive Player of the Week twice, including after rushing for 301 yards against Arizona on December 5, 2020, in a 24–13 win over Arizona. Broussard rushed 142 times for 661 yards and two touchdowns as a redshirt junior. After the season, he entered the NCAA transfer portal.
Broussard ultimately transferred to
Michigan State
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i ...
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References
External links
Bishop Lynch Friars bioColorado Buffaloes bioMichigan State Spartans bio
2000 births
Living people
American football running backs
Colorado Buffaloes football players
Players of American football from Dallas
Richardson High School alumni
21st-century African-American people
Michigan State Spartans football players
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