Earned third team All-America recognition from the Football Coaches in 1945 after rushing for 530 yards ... three-time all-conference selection ... helped the Blue Devils to Southern Conference crowns in 1943, 1944 and 1945, and scored two rushing TDs in Duke’s 29-26 victory over Alabama in the 1945 Sugar Bowl ... set Duke records for longest punt return (95 yards versus Wake Forest in 1944) and punt return average in a season (19.7 in 1944) ... second round choice of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1946 NFL Draft.