2007: Got into 10 games in his first season of competition as a back-up running back ... finished third on the squad with 141 yards on the ground ... averaged 5.2 per carry, also third on the team ... established his career best of 36 yards in the second game of the season at Bucknell (9/8) ... 35 yards at Richmond (10/13) ... 34 yards vs. Bryant (10/27), including a career-long run of 18 yards.

2006: Redshirted.

High School: A 2006 graduate of Holy Trinity High School in Melbourne, Florida ... awarded two letters in football for the Tigers ... all-state selection as a senior ... team MVP as both a senior and junior ... also lettered in baseball and track.

Personal: Born Rock R. Contardi on April 10, 1988 in White Plains, New York ... son of Rock and JayAnn Contardi ... two brothers and one sister.