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***Walter Payton Award Candidate***
Will be the Crusaders’ team captain ... The first player
in school history to serve as a captain for three seasons ... Ranks
first all-time at Holy Cross in career touchdown passes (83),
career yards of total offense (9,984), career completions (821),
career pass attempts (1,301) and career completion percentage
(.631), while standing second in career passing yards (9,679) and
career pass efficiency (141.9 rating) ... Enters the season 25th
all-time in NCAA football championship subdivision history in
career passing yards, 26th in career yards of total offense, and
28th in career touchdown passes ... Has 18 career games with at
least 300 passing yards and five career games with at least 400
passing yards, both school records.
2008: Named the Patriot League Offensive Player of
the Year for the second straight season, in addition to being a
first team All-Patriot League selection ... Received the Gold
Helmet from the New England Football Writers and the George
“Bulger” Lowe Award from the Gridiron Club of Greater
Boston (both awards honor the Division I Player of the Year in New
England) ... Selected to the New England Football Writers All-Star
team ... Placed ninth in the voting for the Walter Payton Award ...
Earned honorable mention All-America honors from The Sports Network
... Received the Dr. H. Martin Deranian Award from Big Brothers Big
Sisters of Central Massachusetts ... Completed 340 of 520 passes on
the year for 3,838 yards and 34 touchdowns with 17 interceptions
... Also rushed for 79 yards and four touchdowns, and had 3,917
yards of total offense ... Led the Patriot League in passing yards,
total offense and pass efficiency ... Led the nation in total
offense, passing yards and completions, while standing second in
points responsible for, and 23rd in passing efficiency ... Set
school single-season records for passing yards, total offense,
completions and pass attempts, while tying the record for touchdown
passes ... Also placed second on the Holy Cross single-season list
for completion percentage and fourth for passing efficiency ...
Selected as the Sports Network National Offensive Player of the
Week after the victory over Brown ... Named the Patriot League
Offensive Player of the Week five times (following the Brown,
Lehigh, Fordham, Bucknell and Lafayette games) ... Tied his own
conference record by taking home Patriot League Offensive Player of
the Week honors four weeks in a row ... Earned ECAC Offensive
Player of the Week honors after the Brown, Bucknell and Fordham
games ... Received the Boston Globe Gold Helmet as the Division I
Player of the Week in New England following the Brown game ...
Connected on 41 of 54 passes for a season-high 430 yards and four
scores against Brown, tying his school single-game record for
completions ... Threw for 398 yards and four scores on 38 of 49
passing against Bucknell ... Completed 35 of 59 passes for 407
yards and five touchdowns against Fordham ... Hit on 28 of 49
attempts for 422 yards and three scores at Lafayette, including a
37-yard touchdown pass to win the game with six seconds left ...
Connected on 28 of 39 passes for 330 yards and three touchdowns
against Lehigh ... Received the Dr. Edward N. Anderson Award
following the contest with Lehigh, as the Most Valuable Player of
Holy Cross’ Family Weekend game ... Hit on 33 of 45 passes
for 391 yards and two touchdowns in the victory at Dartmouth, in
addition to rushing for a score ... Completed 41 of 63 passes for
376 yards and three touchdowns at Yale, while leading two 90-yard
touchdown drives in the fourth quarter to force overtime ... Set
new school single-game records for both completions and pass
attempts against Yale ... Completed 16 of 27 attempts for 316 yards
and three touchdowns in the regular season finale at Colgate ...
Threw for 280 yards and three touchdowns on 25 of 39 passing in the
victory at Georgetown, while also rushing for a score ... Hit on 27
of 52 attempts for 239 yards and a score at Harvard, in addition to
rushing for a touchdown ... Completed 28 of 44 passes for 249 yards
and three touchdowns against No. 4 Massachusetts.
2007: Named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the
Year, and received first team All-Patriot League honors ... Placed
12th in the voting for the 2007 Walter Payton Award, given to the
National Player of the Year in the football championship
subdivision ... Selected to the New England Football Writers
All-Star Team ... Named an honorable mention All-American by the
Sports Network ... Completed 297 of 482 passes on the season for
3,604 yards and 30 touchdowns with just eight interceptions, in
addition to rushing 51 times for 137 yards and four scores ... Had
a pass efficiency rating of 141.6, while averaging 327.6 passing
yards and 340.1 yards of total offense per game ... Ranked second
in the nation in passing yards, total offense and completions,
fifth in points responsible for and 21st in passing efficiency ...
Led the Patriot League in passing yards, total offense and pass
efficiency ... Stands second on the Holy Cross single-season lists
for total offense (3,741), completions (297) and pass attempts
(482), while ranking third for passing yards (3,604) and touchdown
passes (30), fourth for completion percentage (61.6) and fifth for
passing efficiency (141.6) ... Had a streak of 199 passes thrown
without an interception, spanning five games from Oct. 6-Nov. 3 ...
Earned Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week honors three
times (following the Colgate, Georgetown and Harvard games) ...
Received the Boston Globe Gold Helmet as the New England Division I
Player of the Week following the wins over Harvard and Brown ...
Named National Offensive Player of the Week by Don Hansen’s
National Weekly Football Gazette and ECAC Offensive Player of the
Week following the Harvard game ... Selected as the National
Offensive Player of the Week by the Sports Network after the
victory over Colgate ... Hit on 29 of 42 attempts for 441 yards and
three touchdowns in the season-ending victory over Colgate, while
rushing six times for 32 yards ... Set new career-highs for both
passing yards and yards of total offense (473) against the Raiders,
which were both the second-highest totals in school history ...
Completed 29 of 37 passes for 404 yards and six touchdowns in the
victory at Brown, including two scoring strikes in the fourth
quarter ... Set a career high for touchdown passes against the
Bears ... Connected on 29 of 55 attempts for 339 yards and four
touchdowns in the victory over Harvard, including a 40-yard scoring
pass to Thomas Harrison with 19 seconds remaining to win the game
... Received the Johnny Turco Award following the Harvard game, as
Holy Cross’ Homecoming MVP ... Hit on 22 of 32 attempts for
375 yards and three scores in the 59-10 victory at Lehigh ... Threw
for 363 yards and three touchdowns on 30 of 43 passing in the win
at Bucknell ... Completed 32 of 53 passes for 309 yards and three
touchdowns against Fordham, while rushing for 26 yards on five
carries ... Connected on 24 of 35 attempts for 298 yards and two
touchdowns in the win over Dartmouth, while rushing twice for 15
yards and another score ... Threw for 302 yards and two scores on
22 of 33 passing in the win over Georgetown.
2006: Named third team All-Northeast Region by
Don Hansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette ... Played in
nine games on the season, starting eight times ... Completed 184 of
299 passes on the year for 2,237 yards and 19 touchdowns with just
six interceptions ... Finished the season with 2,326 yards of total
offense, while being responsible for 122 points ... Led the Patriot
League in total offense and passing yards, while placing second in
pass efficiency rating (141.3) ... Ranked eighth in the nation in
passing yards, ninth in completions, 10th in total offense and 20th
in passing efficiency ... Placed fifth on the Holy Cross
single-season list for completion percentage, sixth for passing
efficiency and ninth for touchdown passes ... Earned Patriot League
Offensive Player of the Week honors four weeks a row (following the
Fordham, Brown, Dartmouth and Lafayette games), becoming the first
player in conference history to accomplish that feat ... Named ECAC
Offensive Player of the Week and won the Boston Globe Gold Helmet
Award following the victory at Lafayette ... Completed 34 of 46
passes for 352 yards and four touchdowns at Lafayette, in addition
to rushing for a score ... Hit on 20 of 32 passes for 259 yards and
a touchdown in the win at Dartmouth ... Connected on 30 of 39
attempts for 329 yards and four scores against Brown ... Completed
19 of 27 passes for 263 yards and three touchdowns against Fordham,
while rushing for 23 yards ... Threw for 309 yards and two scores
against Lehigh ... Hit on 19 of 33 attempts for 277 yards and two
touchdowns against Bucknell ... Passed for 268 yards and two scores
at Colgate, in addition to rushing for 67 yards.
2005: Did not see any varsity action due to
injury, and received a medical redshirt.
High School: Two year starter for the football
team at St. Xavier High School ... Threw for 2,450 yards and 17
touchdowns during his career ... Team had a 12-1 record when he
started ... Led team to the Greater Cincinnati League title during
senior season ... Named to the Honor Roll ... Also a member of the
St. Xavier basketball team.
Personal: Son of Charles and Rose Randolph ...
Father played football at the University of Michigan ... Majoring
in Economics and Accounting.
Randolph's Passing Statistics YEAR GP-GS COMP-ATT INT PCT YARDS TD LONG 2006 9-8 184-299 6 61.5 2237 19 53 2007 11-11 297-482 8 61.6 3604 30 48 2008 11-11 340-520 17 65.4 3838 34 75 TOTAL 31-30 821-1301 31 63.1 9679 83 75
Randolph's Rushing Statistics YEAR GP-GS ATT YARDS AVG TD LONG 2006 9-8 49 89 1.8 1 48 2007 11-11 51 137 2.7 4 32 2008 11-11 65 79 1.2 4 20 TOTAL 31-30 165 305 1.8 9 48
Randolph's Career Highs
Passing Yards 441 vs. Colgate, 11/17/2007
Passing Completions 41 at Yale, 10/4/2008
41 vs. Brown, 10/11/2008
Passing Attempts 63 at Yale, 10/4/2008
Longest Pass 75 at Colgate, 11/22/2008
Passing Touchdowns 6 at Brown, 10/6/2007
Interceptions Thrown 3 three times, last vs. Fordham, 11/8/2008
Rushing Yards 67 at Colgate, 11/11/2006
Rushing Attempts 11 at Colgate, 11/11/2006
Longest Rush 48 vs. Fordham, 9/30/2006
Rushing Touchdowns 1 nine times, last at Dartmouth, 10/18/2008
Total Offense 473 vs. Colgate, 11/17/2006
Randolph's Game-By-Game Stats
-------Passing------- Total Offense
Opponent Comp-Att-Yards-TD-Int Plays-Yards-TD
Freshman - 2006 at Georgetown * 10-15-79-0-0 17-82-0 Northeastern DNP -- injured at Harvard DNP -- injured at Marist 8-12-101-1-0 15-93-1 Fordham * 19-27-263-3-2 35-286-3 Brown * 30-39-329-4-0 45-327-4 at Dartmouth * 20-32-259-1-0 41-268-1 at Lafayette * 34-46-352-4-0 51-343-5 Lehigh * 26-53-309-2-1 56-313-2 Bucknell * 19-33-277-2-2 35-279-2 at Colgate * 18-42-268-2-1 53-335-2 2006 Season Totals 184-299-2237-19-6 348-2326-20
Sophomore - 2007 at Massachusetts * 32-62-296-2-0 72-286-3 Harvard * 29-55-339-4-1 61-372-4 Georgetown * 22-33-302-2-1 38-324-3 Yale * 22-43-230-1-3 49-243-1 at Brown * 29-37-404-6-0 42-423-6 Dartmouth * 24-35-298-2-0 37-313-3 at Lehigh * 22-32-375-3-0 33-378-3 at Bucknell * 30-43-363-3-0 45-363-3 at Fordham * 32-53-309-3-1 58-335-3 Lafayette * 26-47-247-1-2 50-231-2 Colgate * 29-42-441-3-0 48-473-3 2007 Season Totals 297-482-3604-30-8 533-3741-34
Junior - 2008 Massachusetts * 28-44-249-3-0 51-260-3 at Harvard * 27-52-239-1-1 58-235-2 at Georgetown * 25-39-280-3-2 46-294-4 at Yale * 41-63-376-3-3 69-372-4 Brown * 41-54-430-4-0 58-441-4 at Dartmouth * 33-45-391-2-2 52-398-3 Lehigh * 28-39-330-3-2 46-352-3 Bucknell * 38-49-398-4-1 55-414-5 Fordham 35-59-407-5-3 61-410-5 at Lafayette 28-49-422-3-2 58-431-3 at Colgate 16-27-316-3-1 31-310-3 2008 Season Totals 340-520-3838-34-17 585-3917-38
Career Totals 821-1301-9679-83-31 1466-9984-92
* denotes games Randolph started
