2001 Football Roster
Roster
Ran Carthon
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 213
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Key West
- High School:
- Key West
Played in 48 games over his career, starting 11 games, for 1,154 plays. Also played in the 2001 Sugar Bowl and 2002 Orange Bowl...Four-year letterwinner...Signed a free agent contract with the Indianapolis Colts in 2004...
CAREER: Rushed for 1,353 career yards on 270 carries (5.0 avg) and 11 touchdowns...Had 56 career catches for 511 yards (9.1 avg) and a touchdown...Named team's "Most Improved Running Back" after 2002 spring drills...
2003: Selected to play in the Gridiron Classic...Played in 12 games, with 10 starts (all but Arkansas, FSU and Iowa), for 356 plays...Missed the Arkansas game with a pulled hamstring...Scored seven touchdowns, the second highest total on the team, including six rushing scores...Led the team with 595 rushing yards on a team-best 119 carries (5.0 avg)...Had 21 receptions for 185 yards (8.8 avg), including a 27-yarder...Led the team in attempts (SJSU, Miami, Ole Miss, Vandy, FSU, Iowa) and rushing yards (SJSU, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Vandy, FSU, Iowa) in six separate games...Scored in six different games, the most among any Gator on the team...Was one of two UF backs to have over 100 carries and one of three to have totaled over 500 rushing yards...Was part of only the second trio of backs in UF history to each rush for 500 or more yards in the same season, combining with Ran Carthon and DeShawn Wynn for 1,718 rushing yards (Neal Anderson, J.L. Williams and Lorenzo Hampton each rushed for 500+ yards in 1984)...Reached the 1,000 career rushing yard mark with his 108 yard performance vs. Ole Miss...Ranked second among backs with five offensive "Big Plays"- three runs and two receptions of 20 or more yards...Had the first 100-plus yard game of his career vs. Ole Miss, finishing the day with 108 yards on 15 carries...Had a team-high 13 carries vs. FSU for 62 yards...Totaled 72 yards in the first half at No. 6 LSU before missing the second half with a hamstring injury...Scored the first receiving touchdown of his career vs. LSU, a 22-yard catch in the first quarter to tie the game...Led the team with 12 carries for a team-high 79 yards in the win over Vanderbilt...Scored the first UF touchdown of the year on a 2-yard carry in the second quarter vs. SJSU to give UF a 13-3 lead...Rushed for 67 yards on a career-high 15 carries against Miami...Scored his third touchdown of the season against Miami, a 4-yarder that put the Gators up 33-10...Named a UF game captain for the FAMU, LSU, Arkansas and South Carolina games...Played on extra point and field goal teams...
2002: Top backup at tailback behind senior Earnest Graham ...Also saw action as a kick returner...Saw action in all 13 games for 553 plays, second-highest of any UF running back...Named a UF game captain for the Vanderbilt game...Surpassed his 2001 rushing total in just four games... Surpassed his 2001 reception total in 10th game...Averaged 43.3 rushing yards per game, second-best on the UF roster but led running backs with 5.4 yards per carry...Had at least one run over 20 yards in three games, and had at least one run of 15 yards in nine games ...Saw action on 190 plays on special teams, third highest on team...Averaged 9.3 yards per carry on 56 yards rushing on only six attempts in the Outback Bowl vs. Michigan...Caught three passes for 65 yards vs. Michigan, including a 51-yard catch that helped to set up UF's first touchdown of the game...Rushed for first career touchdown vs. UAB on a two-yard run in the second quarter...Led UF in rushing with 51 yards on nine carries (5.7 ypc) against Tennessee...Had two touchdowns vs. Kentucky...Returned three kicks for 83 yards (27.7 yards per return) against Ole Miss with a season-high 39- yard return...Tied Earnest Graham with a team-high 72 rushing yards (Carthon 12 carries and Graham 20 carries) against Auburn...Had a career-best 27 yard run vs. Auburn...Set career highs for rushing yards and rushing attempts with 83 yards on 14 carries vs. Vanderbilt...
2001: Third on the depth chart at tailback, behind Earnest Graham and Robert Gillespie... Injured a shoulder during spring and missed the last half of drills after undergoing surgery to repair ligament damage... Saw action in all 11 games for 156 plays and also played in the 2002 Orange Bowl ...Rushed for 162 yards on 36 carries (4.5 avg.) on the season, while also catching 13 passes for 145 yards (11.2 avg.)...62 rushing yards were third best total on squad... 13 catches were second best total for a running back...Caught four passes for 49 yards vs. Georgia...Career-high rushes (9) and yards (39), with one catch for three yards vs. Vanderbilt...Named squad's most improved running back for spring drills...
2000: Played a backup role at tailback and also played on special teams units... Played in all 12 regular season games with one start (LSU) for 89 plays...Also played in the Sugar Bowl with 10 rushes for 33 yards, two receptions for 44 yards and three kickoff returns for 61 yards... Averaged 9.2 yards every time he touched the ball... Got first career carries against Middle Tennessee, gaining 17 yards on three carries ...Caught first career pass against Kentucky for 18 yards...Ran for 12 yards on four carries against LSU in first career start...Received UF's Most Improved Running Back Award during the spring...
1999: Did not see any game action and was redshirted...Worked with the scout team at tailback...
PREP: One of the state's top running backs in 1998 who missed much of the season (seven games) due to an ankle injury...Named to PrepStar's all-region team...SuperPrep ranked him among the top 50 players in the state of Florida and among the top 10 running backs in the state despite the '98 injury...As a junior in '97 rushed for more than 1,300 yards and then gained over 500 yards in '98 despite missing seven games ...Honorable mention All-State (4A) in '98 ...Worked in the community with the Special Olympics, the Superintendents Leadership Team and also as a speaker at local middle schools...High school coach was Jerry Hughes...
MAJOR: Sociology.
| Career Rushing Stats: | |||||
| year | no. | yds | avg | tds | long |
| 2000 | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 0 | 9 |
| 2001 | 36 | 162 | 4.5 | 0 | 22 |
| 2002 | 105 | 563 | 5.4 | 5 | 27 |
| 2003 | 119 | 595 | 5.0 | 6 | 48 |
| Totals | 270 | 1,353 | 5.0 | 11 | 48 |
| Career Receiving Stats: | |||||
| year | no. | yds | avg | tds | long |
| 2000 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 26 |
| 2001 | 13 | 145 | 11.2 | 0 | 36 |
| 2002 | 20 | 137 | 6.9 | 0 | 51 |
| 2003 | 21 | 185 | 8.8 | 1 | 51 |
| Totals | 56 | 511 | 9.1 | 1 | 51 |
CAREER HIGHS:
Rushing Attempts: 15 (twice, last vs. Ole Miss, 2003)
Rushing Yards: 108 (Ole Miss, 2003)
Rushing TDs: 2 (twice, last vs. SJSU, 2003)
Receptions: 4 (twice, last vs. Kentucky, 2003)
Receiving Yards: 65 (Michigan, 2003 Outback Bowl)
Receiving TDs: 1 (LSU, 2003)
