2018 Football Roster
Roster
Emmanuel Esukpa
- Height:
- 511-5
- Weight:
- 232
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Grand Prairie
- High School:
- Mansfield
HONORS
C-USA Honor Roll 2016, 2017
2018
Second on the team with a career-high 461 yards and 51.2 per game... Topped 100 yards for the second time in the first three games, finishing with 104 on 17 carries at Hawai’i... First Owl to top 100 twice in the first three games since Charles Ross in 2013... Scored on a 51-yard run vs. Hawai’i, his second straight game with a carry of over 50 yards.... Set up the Owls first score vs. Houston with a career-best, 52-yard run... Smashed his career bests with 32 carries and 173 yards vs. Prairie View... Rushing total was the most for an Owl in an opener since Trevor Cobb opened a season that would end as the winner of the Doak Walker Award by rushing for 197 yards at Northwestern to open the 1991 season... Total was the most for an Owl since Sam McGuffie ran for 178 at Tulsa in 2010... Start vs. Prairie View was the second of his career.
2017
Rushed for 261 yards on 57 carries and scored one touchdown while playing in 10 games (1 start)… Made his starting debut in the opener vs. Stanford in Sydney, Australia… Top effort for the season was a 56 yard output (six carries) and a touchdown vs. Army… Yardage total established a single-game best… Ripped off a 29-yard run at UTEP for his longest run from scrimmage in his career... Rushed for 165 yards and a touchdown and added a 5 yard TD reception in the Blue-Gray Spring Game to cap off a standout 2018 spring camp.
2016
Scored a pair of rushing touchdowns this year while battling injuries... Rushed for a career-high 24 yards at USM, including a career-long carry of 15... Saw his first action in the backfield against Baylor, rushing for 16 yards on six carries and scoring his first career touchdown... Scored in his second consecutive game with a one-yard run at North Texas.
2015
Redshirted.... 2016 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Mansfield High School
First team All-District 8-6A as a senior at Mansfield for coach Jeff Hulme ... Ran for 743 yards on 125 attempts (5.9 per carry) and scored 10 touchdowns... Added a 61-yard TD on his lone pass reception...Two-year starter... Also participated in track... Member of state qualifying 4x200 relay as a sophomore.
Personal
Full name: Emmanuel Ukelabuchi Esukpa... Born: Nov. 28 at Dallas... Parents: Stanley and Millicent Esukpa (one brother, one sister)...Rice Major: Sport Management... Rice College: Sid Richardson
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