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2017 Football Roster

Andrew Anderson

2 Ro Golphin

  • Position Running Back
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cleveland, OH
  • Highschool Gates Mills Gilmour Academy
  • Major Exercise Science

Biography

Awards
All-OAC first team, 2016
All-OAC second team, 2015 ,2017

2017
Rushed for eight yards on seven carries against No. 4 UW-Oshkosh (9/2/2017) ... Ran for 20 yards and one TD against Baldwin Wallace (9/16/17) ... Compiled 65 yards on 9 carries against Heidelberg (9/23/17) ... Rushed for a team-high 103 yards on 15 carries against Marietta (10/7/17) ... Ran for 130 yards on 30 carries and one TD against Ohio Northern (10/14/17) ... Eclipsed ran for 109 yards on 17 carries and two TDs against Capital (10/21/17) ...  Rushed for 114 yards and two TDs against Muskingum (10/28/2017) ... Ran for 40 yards on 12 carries against Otterbein (11/4/2017) ... Ran for one yard on seven carries against Mount Union (11/11/2017) ... Only the 5th Blue Streak running back to have 30 career touchdowns ... Finished his career ranking fifth all time in rush yards with 2,710 total yards while ranking 11th all-time in rush attempts with 435 ...  Finished his career ranked 5th all-time with 30 rushing touchdowns ... Ro is the all-time leader in yards per attempt with 6.23 yards per carry ... He finishes his career tied for second with two kick returns for touchdowns. 

2016
Finished the season with 164 carries for 1111 yards and 11 touchdowns...Had an 8-yard run to put the Blue Streaks on the board first in the 31-14 win at UW-Whitewater in the NCAA quarterfinals (12/3/16)... Broke of an 80 yard touchdown run to open the scoring in John Carroll's win over Mount Union. He totaled 119 yards on only nine carries and one touchdown (11/12/16) ... Was named OAC special teams Player of the Week for his efforts against Muskingum. He took the opening kickoff 97 yards for the opening score (10/29/16) ... Dominated the ground game with 98 rushing yards and a touchdown in a win over visiting Capital (10/22/16) ... Had a season-high 21 rushing attempts for 109 yards and a touchdown against Ohio Northern (10/15/16) ... Tallied 132 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 15 carries against Marietta (10/8/16) ... Had a team-leading 51 rushing yards on seven attempts against Wilmington (10/1/16) ... Rushed for over 100 yards for second consecutive game, accumulating 120 yards and a touchdown against Heidelberg (9/24/16) ... Tallied 114 yards on the ground vs. Baldwin Wallace (9/17/16), three of his carries in the contest went for more than 10 yards ... Averaged 6.76 yards per carry, which was good for 16th best in the nation and led the OAC.

2015
Rushed for 924 yards and 11 touchdowns in a productive sophomore season ... Caught 14 passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns ... Hit the century mark six times in 10 games ... Scored three touchdowns and averaged 6.6 yards per rush on 141 rushing attempts against Otterbein (11/7/15) ... Also scored three touchdowns against Capital (10/24/15) ... Rushed for a career-high 203 yards against Marietta (10/17/15). 

2014
Saw limited action in his rookie season, appearing in two games ... Had four carries in those two games for a net of four yards.

High School
Named second team All-NCL at Gilmour Academy as a senior ... Offensive MVP.

Academics & Personal
Majoring in Exercise Science with a concentration in Occupational Therapy ... Participated in the Jesuit Day of Service ... Son of Rodell Golphin Sr. and Sameka Kimbrough ... Plans to go to graduate school after receiving his degree from John Carroll ... Future plans include becoming a physical therapist.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014First Year

    Running Back
    5'8" 165 lbs
  • 2

    2015Sophomore

    Running Back
    5'7" 170 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2016Junior

    Running Back
    5'8" 180 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2017Senior

    Running Back
    5'8" 180 lbs
    2

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