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#6, Alvin Kamara, RB, RS Junior
CAREER HIGHS
Rushes - 15 vs. Bowling Green, 9/5/15 & N. Texas, 11/14/15
Rushing Yards - 144 vs. Bowling Green, 9/5/15
Rushing Touchdowns - 2 vs. Bowling Green, 9/5/15 & N.Texas, 11/14/15
Receptions - 5 vs. Georgia, 10/10/15
Receiving Yards - 52 vs. Vanderbilt, 11/28/15
Rushing Touchdowns -2 vs. Georgia, 10/10/15
Punt Returns - 2 vs. W. Carolina, 9/19/15 & vs. Arkansas, 10/3/15
Punt Return Yards - 56 vs. Western Carolina, 9/19/15
Touchdowns - 2 five times, last vs. North Texas, 11/14/15
CAREER HONORS
2016 Athlon Sports Preseason Second Team All-SEC
2015 Lindy's Sports SEC Newcomer of the Year
2015 Athlon Sports Tennessee Rising Star
2015 Athlon Sports No. 2 Top JUCO Transfers
CAREER STATS
Games/Starts: 13/1 in 2015
Transferred to Tennessee following a JUCO season at Hutchinson C.C., after beginning career at Alabama with a redshirt season in 2013
Consensus 5-star JUCO prospect, No. 2 overall JUCO prospect by ESPN
Played all 13 games in 2015, rushing for 698 yards (53.7 yards/game) with seven rushing touchdowns
Averaged 6.5 yards per carry, third in SEC
Two 100-yard rushing games (144 vs. Bowling Green and 127 vs. North Texas)
Five multi-touchdown games (Bowling Green, Western Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina) for his first 10 touchdowns (two touchdowns in each game)
Tied for eighth in the SEC in touchdowns scored
Five touchdowns in last five games
Second on team in receptions with 34 for 291 yards and three receiving touchdowns
As a punt returner, eight returns for 100 yards (12.5 average) with a touchdown
Scored 11th touchdown on an 11-yard rush as part of 53 rushing yards in Outback Bowl win over Northwestern, also had three catches for 19 yards
Gained 151 yards of total offense in regular-season finale win vs. Vanderbilt (11/28) with 99 rushing yards and two catches for 52 yards, which was career-best
Ripped off a career-long 63 yard rush at Kentucky as part of 70 rushing yards along with two catches for 13 yards and a 15-yard punt return
Scored two receiving touchdowns as Vols rallied from 24-3 deficit to beat #19 Georgia, finishing with five catches for 31 yards
Second Vol in history with a rushing touchdown and punt return for touchdown in the same game (other was Stanley Morgan in 1975 vs. Maryland) with 2-yard rushing TD and 50-yard punt return TD vs. Western Carolina; touchdown for punt return was first return of his career in high school, junior college or college
Rushed for 144 yards and two touchdowns in UT debut vs Bowling Green; his 144 rushing yards set school record for most rushing yards in a debut game
Played 2014 season at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas
Named KJCCC Offensive Player of the Year
In nine games, ran for 1,211 yards (134.6 per game) with 18 touchdowns
Led Blue Dragons with 1,469 yards of total offense and 21 touchdowns
Caught 18 passes for 219 yards and three receiving touchdowns
Helped Blue Dragons to school-record 11 victories and No. 4 national JUCO ranking
Rushed for 100-plus yards in eight of nine games including first seven of the season
Ran for career-best 220 yards and four touchdowns in win over Iowa Central as he totaled 283 all-purpose yards