Larry Rose III
Quick Facts
Biography
Larry Rose III is an American football running back for the New Mexico State Aggies.
Early years
A native of Fairfield, Texas, Rose attended Fairfield High School.
New Mexico State University
High School
Played running back and defensive back for Fairfield HS in Fairfield, Texas… Named the Associated Press Sports Editors Class 3A Offensive Player of the year and was a First Team All-State selection as a senior… Rushed for 2,924 yards on 237carries and had 49 touchdowns as a senior… Also caught nine passes for 114 yards and three scores as a senior… Helped guide team to the state championship game, a 15-1 record and a No. 19 team ranking in Texas… Tallied 3,152 all-purpose yards on the season… Defensively, racked up seven tackles, six pass break-ups and an interception… Amassed 11 games with three or more touchdowns, including one game with six touchdowns… As a junior, ran for 857 yards and nine touchdowns and collected 954 all-purpose yards… Tallied 18 tackles, a tackle for loss, six pass break-ups, an interception, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and a blocked field goal.
2014 season
Rose became the starting running back for the Aggies as a true freshman. He Played in 10 games and had eight starts… Rushed for 1,102 yards on 186 attempts and scored nine rushing touchdowns… Collected 1,274 all-purpose yards for an average of 127.4 to rank fourth in the Sun Belt… Ranked seventh in the league in scoring with an average of 6.0 points per game… Averaged 5.9 yards per carry and 110.2 yards per game, which ranked third in the Sun Belt… Was the first NM State player to eclipse the 1,000-yard rushing mark since 2011 and was the first freshman to accomplish this feat since 1995… Had a career-high 229 rushing yards on 35 carries against Louisiana-Monroe (Nov. 22)… One of just six players in the conference to rush for more than 200 yards… Career-long run of 80 yards came at Arkansas State (Nov. 29)… Added 172 yards on 23 receptions with one touchdown. He was named an honorable mention All-Sun Belt Conference.
2015 season
Played in 12 games and started each… Selected to the Associated Press All-America Third Team... Led conference with 1,651 rushing yards and had 14 touchdowns on 240 attempts… Was first back-to-back 1,000-yard rusher for NM State since Denvis Manns (1995–98)… Named Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Year, first time for an Aggie since Manns was named Big West Offensive Most-Valuable Player in 1998… Broke all-time single season rushing record for NM State during week 10… Finished season ranked No. 6 all-time single season rushing records for Sun Belt Conference… Garnered an average of 6.9 yards per carry… Earned back-to-back Offensive Student-Athlete of the Week Awards (11/2, 11/9)… Racked up three 200-yard rushing games and seven 100-yard rushing games… Amassed 1,934 all-purpose yards to lead SBC… Had a career-high four touchdowns against Idaho (10/31) with two in final 3:56 of game and one in overtime… Ran for a career-high 260 yards against New Mexico (Oct. 3), the most rushing yards by a conference player in the season… Had 212 rushing yards against Idaho and 207 rushing yards at Texas State (11/7); Only conference player to have more than one 200-yard rushing performances… Amassed a conference-high 292 all-purpose yards against Texas State… Garnered 1,115 rushing yards and nine touchdowns on 178 carries in conference play… Had five 100-yard rushing games during league play… Racked up 228 receiving yards and two touchdowns on 24 receptions in conference games… Had 1,343 all-purpose yards in league games.
2016 season
Missed the first three games of the season due to injury before starting the final nine games... Led the team with 865 rushing yards for an average of 5.4 per carry... Tied for the team lead with four touchdowns on the ground... Averaged 96 yards rushing per game... Four 100-yard rushing games, including a season-high 170 yards rushing and two touchdowns in the season finale at South Alabama (12/3)... 25 receptions for 180 yards... Season-high five catches at No. 9 Texas A&M (10/29).
Statistics
Source:
Season | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||
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Att | Yards | Avg | Yds/G | TD | Rec | Yards | TD | ||
2014 | 186 | 1,102 | 5.9 | 100.2 | 9 | 23 | 172 | 1 | |
2015 | 239 | 1,657 | 6.9 | 138.1 | 14 | 30 | 269 | 2 | |
2016 | 159 | 865 | 5.4 | 96.1 | 4 | 25 | 180 | 0 | |
NCAA Career Totals | 584 | 3,624 | 6.2 | 113.25 | 27 | 78 | 635 | 3 |