Kory Sheets
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Manchester, Connecticut, U.S.
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| Position | Running back | ||||||||||||
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| Born | March 31, 1985 Manchester, Connecticut, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 203 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Bloomfield (Bloomfield, Connecticut) | ||||||||||||
| College | Purdue | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2009: undrafted | ||||||||||||
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Kory Gerren Sheets (born March 31, 1985) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers and he was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2009. Sheets was also a member of the Miami Dolphins, Carolina Panthers and Oakland Raiders of the NFL and the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL.
Sheets played for Bloomfield High School,[1] leading the team to a Connecticut State Championship as an all-purpose back. In his senior year, he had 2,588 rushing yards and 41 touchdowns in being named the state Player of the Year by The Hartford Courant as well as an all-conference selection. Sheets was also named to the 2003 Connecticut High School Football All-State team by the New Haven Register.[2]
Sheets also earned All-State and All-American honors in track and field, while coming out of high school as the No. 23 all-purpose back in the country by Rivals.com.
College career
Sheets attended Purdue University, where he played for head coach, Joe Tiller. He majored in Organizational Leadership and Supervision; he had a stellar career for the Boilermakers, as he started for three seasons (2006–2008), was selected Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (2008) and was named to the Senior Bowl squad following his senior season (2008). For his career, he ranks #1 in Touchdowns (54), #1 in rushing TDs (48), ahead of NFL greats like Mike Alstott, Mike Pruitt, Otis Armstrong and Leroy Keyes; # 2 in scoring (324 points) behind Travis Dorsch. He is the Boilermakers’ #2 career rushing leaders (3,341 yards) behind Mike Alstott and #2 in rushing attempts (664) behind Otis Armstrong. Sheets is also the #2 Boilermakers in career ‘"All-Purpose Yardage"’ behind Dorien Bryant. He ran for 100 or more yards 9 times in his career, good for a tie at #4 on the school record charts. He twice scored 4 touchdowns in a game; once vs. Michigan in 2008 and against Miami (OH) in 2006. He led the Boilermakers in touchdowns each season of his career and led them in scoring for three seasons. The Boilermakers had a cumulative record of 25–25 // 13-19 Big Ten; with a win in the 2007 Motor City Bowl and an appearance in the 2006 Champs Sports Bowl.
Statistics
| Year | Rush att | Rush yds | Rush avg | Rush TD | Rush long | Rec | Rec yds | Rec avg | Rec TD | Pass long |
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| 2005 | 104 | 571 | 5.5 | 10 | 88 | 13 | 132 | 10.2 | 0 | 23 |
| 2006 | 158 | 780 | 4.9 | 11 | 30 | 28 | 213 | 7.6 | 2 | 37 |
| 2007 | 168 | 859 | 5.1 | 11 | 59 | 30 | 216 | 7.2 | 2 | 41 |
| 2008 | 234 | 1,131 | 4.8 | 16 | 80 | 37 | 253 | 6.8 | 1 | 25 |
| Career | 664 | 3,341 | 5.1 | 48 | 88 | 108 | 814 | 8.0 | 5 | 41 |
