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Trellis Burks . Freshman . 19 . 6-3 1/2 . 203 .

No Letters LaGrange, GA Trellis was redshirted in 1995 has the natural ability that should aid him in attaining a successful career at EKU height makes him a great target. very tough , physical player should step in this year and be a key contributor for Colonels brother of former wide receiver Dialleo Burks who graduated last year with 94 career receptions and signed as free agent with Philadelphia Eagles graduate of LaGrange High School.

Travis Somers . Freshman . 19 . 5-8 1/2 . 165. No Letters Johnstown, OH Travis is a walk - on. works very hard is starting to develop into a good receiver wants to play is willing to work to achieve his goals has good hands is very tough graduate of Monroe High School.

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Ferlando Wilson Sophomore 20 5-81/2 188

One Letter . Douglasville, GA . Ferlando worked hard in the winter weight program and spring practice improved his blocking in the spring must continue to work on his speed and strength to be a complete player teased the 100-yard rushing mark twice in 1995 with a 96-yard effort vs Southeast Missouri and a 98-yard game against Tennessee State graduate of Alexander High School.

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1Daymon Carter.. . Senior... 23 . .. 6-11/2 ... 208 .. . One Letter . .. Henderson, KY .. Daymon missed winter weight program and spring practice because of shoulder surgery. has worked very hard to rehabilitate his injury will again compete for starting position this fall. has outstanding phys ical skills must continue to work hard on his blocking technique is a hard-nosed football player who has a desire to be the best. must continue to work hard on completing his assignments is second - leading returning rusher in OVC , finishing seventh in final league stats with 69 8 yards per game was OVC Offensive Player of the Week vs Austin Peay in 1995 when he rushed 25 times for 195 yards , including two touchdowns on runs of 64 and 30 yards also scored three TD's in regular-season ending 41-1 O win over Morehead State closed the '95 season with 1O rushing TD ' s and one pass receiving score transferred to Eastern last year from Kentucky, after playing in two games for UK in 1994 came to Kentucky after breaking all O J Simpson's records at City College of San Francisco played two seasons for coach George Rush at CCSF where he was named the Golen Gate Conference Offensive Player of the Year and the 1993 GGC Back of the Year his two-year CCSF stats include 3,230 yards rushing on 377 caries in 20 games with 42 TD's scored career JC marks also included a per-game rushing average of 161.5 and per rush average of 8 6 yards was ranked as the 20th best JuCo prospect by recruiting analyst Tom Lemming after being named first-team All-American by JC Gridwire high school honors included being named 1991 Player of the Year in the state by the Kentucky Network when he rushed for 1,629 yards (8 7) avg ) as a senior in 1187 attempts , scoring 27 TD's first-team all-state player who was a member of the Kentucky all-star team for the Kentucky-Tennessee game ended his prep career with 2 ,803 yards rushing (8 1 avg ) in 344 carries with 44 TD's. also caught si x passes for more than 200 yards with three TD receptions as a senior as the Colonels went 10-2 and earned a spot in the playoffs established a record for coach Randy Reese's Henderson County High School team for most yards rushing in a single game when he ran for 273 yards and scored four touchdowns in a 1991 game vs Madisonville graduate of Henderson County High School.