University of Maine Athletics

2010 OFFSEASON: Named a Consensus Draft Services Preseason Second Team All-American . . . named to Phil Steele’s Preseason All-CAA Second Team. 2009: Missed the season due to injury . . . named a Maine Scholar-Athlete Award winner. 2009 OFFSEASON: Named a preseason first-team All-American by The Sports Network ... named a preseason second-team All-American by Consensus Draft Services ... named a preseason All-CAA selection. 2008: Named a second-team All-American by The Sports Network … named an honorable-mention All-American by College Sporting News … named to the All-CAA Football First-Team … was named the CAA Football Rookie of the Week twice (Sept. 29 & Oct. 20) started all 13 games at fullback … led the team in rushing with 625 yards and seven touchdowns … also led the team in receptions with 25 for 285 yards and one score … rushed for over 100 yards twice … accounted for 109 yards rushing/receiving against top-ranked James Madison (9/27), including 82 yards on the ground … rushed for a touchdown in the win at No. 20 Delaware (10/11) … totaled 189 all-purpose yards (120 rushing, 69 receiving) and three scores in the win over Hofstra (10/18) … scored on a 71-yard touchdown run, and caught the game-tying touchdown pass in the second overtime, which led to the game-winning extra point over the Pride … recorded 106 all-purpose yards (68 rushing, 38 receiving) versus Northeastern (10/25) … rushed eight times for 79 yards and a touchdown, while also catching two passes for 29 yards against Iona (11/1) … rushed for 83 yards and a score in the win at No. 13 Massachusetts (11/8) … rushed for 121 yards and three touchdowns at Rhode Island (11/15) … caught a pass for 32 yards against New Hampshire (11/22) … rushed five times for 23 yards and caught a pair of passes for 14 yards in the playoffs at Northern Iowa (11/29) … named a Maine Scholar-Athlete. 2007: Sat out the season as a redshirt … was named a Maine Scholar-Athlete Rising Star. BEFORE MAINE/PERSONAL: Played running back, strong safety, returned kicks and kicked for coach Bill County at Lewiston H.S. ... served as a captainduring his senior season ... won the 2006 Fitzpatrick Award ... won the 2006 Maine Gatorade Player of the Year ... named the Sports Illustrated Player of the Year ... earned all-state honors from 2005-06 ... named the 2006 Lewiston Sun Journal MVP ... named the 2006 Pine Tree Conference Player of the Year ... named the Portland Press Herald Athlete of the Year ... led his team to the playoffs in 2006 ... rushed for 4,562 career yards ... recorded 554 tackles in his career ... also played basketball and competed on the track & field team ... won the state championship in the long jump ... was a member of his school’s National Honor Society ... born July 31, 1989 ... son of Nadine Turcotte ... a kinesiology & physical education major/exercise science. . .he and his wife, Allysha, are expecting their first child, Aiva Jeannette, in the fall.