This UCLA transfer is set for a HUGE season in a very high-powered Miner's offense this fall:
Courtesy: UTEP
Tyler Ebell
# 2
Running Back - RB
Height: 5-9 Weight: 190
Senior
Experience: Transfer
Previous Affiliations
Ventura HS
UCLA
Ventura, CA
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Courtesy: UTEP
Release: 07/24/2004
2004: Sat out the season per NCAA transfer rules.
BEFORE UTEP: Posted spectacular numbers at UCLA from 2002-03 with nearly 1,500 yards rushing...in 2003 rushed 116 times for 501 yards (4.3 avg.), scoring a pair of touchdowns...also had 10 catches for 68 yards (6.8 avg.)...added one punt return for 22 yards and 12 kickoff returns for 226 yards (18.8 avg.)...posted 234 carries for 994 yards (4.2 avg.) and 10 touchdowns as a redshirt freshman in 2002, earning him second team freshman All-America honors by The Sporting News...also a second team All-Pac 10 choice...led the team in rushing yardage and scoring (10 TDs)...rated fourth in the Pac-10 in rushing (76.5 ypg), fifth in punt returns, ninth in all-purpose yards (106.3 ypg) and 13th in total offense despite not earning much playing time until the fifth game of the season...caught 12 balls for 72 yards (6.0 avg.)...had 24 punt returns for 273 yards (11.4 avg.), and two kickoff returns for 43 yards (21.5 avg.)...his 1,382 all-purpose yards marked the 10th-top total in school history...ranked seventh in the country among freshmen running backs...had six straight 100-yard games, the second-longest single-season streak in school annals...averaged 108.3 yards rushing in conference action...picked up a season-high 203 yards on 29 carries at Oregon State, including 124 yards in the fourth quarter...also had a career-long 73-yard run versus the Beavers...redshirted in 2001...Parade magazine All-American at Ventura High School...named the National High School Athlete of the Year by the National High School Coaches Association...winner of the high school Heisman Trophy...member of the PrepStar Dream Team (No. 6 running back)...also a PrepStar All-American (No. 1 running back in the West)...chosen the California Player of the Year by USA Today...rated the No. 24 running back in the country by Rivals.com...helped Ventura to a 13-1 record and CIF-SS Division IV championship...Cal-Hi Sports California State Player of the Year...also tabbed first team All-State by Cal-Hi Sports...All-CIF Southern Section first team and Division IV Offensive Player of the Year...set national records for rushing yardage (4,495) and rushing touchdowns (64) as a senior...also set California career records with 7,385 rushing yards and 111 rushing touchdowns, averaging 8.3 yards per carry...had 276 yards rushing with three scores in the CIF championship game against Arroyo Grande...had 10 games with at least 300 yards rushing in 2000...scored six touchdowns in a game on five occasions...rushed for 1,633 yards and 31 touchdowns as a junior...sophomore figures were 1,291 yards rushing and 17 TDs...three-year varsity letterwinner...high school coach was Phil McCune...also ran track and was an All-League basketball player as a prep.
PERSONAL: Lists winning the CIF championship as his biggest thrill in athletics...parents are Dennis Ebell and Karin Hewlett...has one brother and three sisters...full name is Tyler Jay Ebell...born 6/4/83 (Ventura, Calif.).