2024: Selected as the Patriot League Preseason Offensive Player of the Year while garnering preseason All-Patriot League laurels...added to the preseason watch list for the 2024 Walter Payton Award presented by Stats Perform...also earned Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-America First-Team...slotted to the FCS Football Central Preseason All-America First Team and Phil Steele’s All-America Second Team...finalist for the Walter Payton Award…chosen to the All-Patriot League First Team, his second straight selection…started in all 12 games…collected his second consecutive 1,000-yard rushing season and passed 3,000 rushing yards for his career…lead the Patriot League with 1,139 rushing yards to finish 23rd in the nation while also ending 20th in rushing yards per game (94.9)…rushed for 16 touchdowns, scoring three in games against Monmouth (9/7), Marist (9/14) and Colgate (11/9)...set career highs for receiving with 30 catches for 232 yards…finished 19th in nation in all-purpose yards (115.7) and seventh in rushing TDs (16).
2023: Named a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, which is given to the offensive player of the year in the FCS...Associated Press All-America Second-Team Offensive honors...named to the All-Patriot League First-Team...also a Stats Perform All-America Second-Team honoree...named the team Offensive MVP following the season...started 11 games, missing only the Colgate game due to injury (11/4)...ran the ball 235 times for 1,460 yards and 15 touchdowns...set a new Lafayette single-season rushing record...finished second in the nation in rushing yards per game (132.7), third in rushing yards (1,460), fourth in points per game (9.3) and all-purpose yards (147.6) and fifth in rushing touchdowns (15)...led the Patriot League in rushing overall and in conference play (148.2)...managed to rush for 100 yards in eight games and 200 twice (owning two of the twelve 200-yard rushing performances in school history)...caught 19 passes, tallying 161 yards and two touchdowns for 1,621 total yards on the season...cranked out a career-best 229 yards on 30 carries with two touchdowns in a win over No. 11 Holy Cross (10/21)...earned Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week laurels for his performance against Fordham (11/11) when he had 31 carries for 204 yards...scored three touchdowns on 166 yards in a win over Lehigh (11/18) and followed that with a four-TD, 127-yard performance vs. No. 12 Delaware in the FCS Playoffs, tying the Patriot League FCS Playoff record for points (24) and touchdowns (4)...selected as one of 51 Leopard players who earned Patriot League Academic Honor Roll distinction after achieving a 3.65 GPA.
2022: Played in all 11 games, starting nine contests in his rookie season...carried the ball 115 times for 465 yards and a touchdown to lead the team in rushing...reeled in 25 passes for 109 yards out of the backfield...had seven or more carries in every game with a season-high of 17 in a win over Bucknell (10/1)...scored first collegiate touchdown with a 71-yard first-quarter sprint to the end zone in the rivalry win over Lehigh (11/19) when he finished the game with 10 carries for 108 yards, his first 100-yard rushing game...the 71-yard run was the Leopards' longest play from scrimmage in 2022...his play against Lehigh garnered him Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors (11/21)...also served as a key kick returner, bringing back 17 kicks for 325 yards, including a season-best 68-yard return in the season opener vs. Sacred Heart (9/3)...also returned four punts for 31 yards.
AT ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE H.S.: Played running back, slot and kick and punt returner for the 2021 WCAC champions…named All-State First Team at the AA level…earned All-Met and All-WCAC First-Team honors as a senior, also taking home a WCAC Offensive Player of the Year citation…selected as the DC Player of the Year by Maxpreps and the DC Touchdown Club…two-sport athlete who played point guard for the basketball team.
Personal: Son of Tiffany Curtis…born 9/8/03.
