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20 James Diggs

  • Position RB
  • Height 5-6
  • Weight 194
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Baltimore, Md.
  • Highschool Archbishop Curley

Biography

Honors
• All-Centennial Conference second team, 2018 and 2019

Team Awards
• Dominator - Dickinson, Ursinus and Randolph-Macon, 2018
• Big Play Offense - Thomas More and Johns Hopkins, 2018
• "Dig In" - Ursinus and McDaniel, 2017

Career Statistics
Year GP   Rush Yds Avg TD Lg   Rec Yds Avg TD Lg
2017 6   84 434 5.2 4 55   5 33 6.6 0 12
2018 13   207 1047 5.1 12 48   12 56 4.7 0 14
2019 13   171 831 4.9 8 68   10 107 10.7 0 30
Totals 32   462 2312 5.0 24 68   27 196 7.3 0 30

Career Highs
rushes – 23 vs. Ursinus, 2019
yards – 168 vs. McDaniel, 2017
touchdowns – 2, seven times
receptions – 3 vs. North Central, 2019

Career Highlights
2019
• Led the Mules in all rushing categories
• Ranked in the top five in the CC in yards (fourth), average per carry (fifth) and rushing TDs (tied for third)
• Became the seventh player in program history to surpass 2,000 career rushing yards
• Rushed for season-high 129 yards and a TD vs. Ursinus
• Also notched a 100-yard game (20-112) with two TDs vs. Dickinson
• Long run of 68 yards set up touchdown and early tone in key win vs. Johns Hopkins
• Threw 14-yard touchdown pass vs. Juniata

2018
• Became the first Mule sophomore with a 1,000-yard rushing season since 2010
• Second in the Centennial Conference in rushing yards and third in rushing touchdowns
• Scored at least one touchdown in 8 of 13 games, including 4 multiple-TD games
• Recorded 100-yard games vs. Ursinus (163), Franklin & Marshall (110) and Randolph-Macon (105)
• First Mule with a 100-yard game in the postseason since 2007
• Season-long 48-yard run came in Randolph-Macon game
• Rushed 14 times for 69 yards in NCAA Tournament game vs. Mt. Union
• 20-yard run set up game-winning last-second field goal at Thomas More

2017
• Played in the final six varsity games and wound up as the Mules' second-leading rusher
• Led Centennial Conference freshmen in rushing yards per game
• Rushed for 168 yards - most by a Mule freshman in 17 years - on 17 carries vs. McDaniel in second career game
• His 55-yard TD run in that game was Muhlenberg's longest rush of the season
• Ran 13 times for 75 yards and two TDs in 32-6 ECAC bowl win vs. Carnegie Mellon
• Gained 82 yards on 21 carries in win at Gettysburg

Personal
• Was captain of the varsity football team at Archbishop Curley High School
• Parents are Kenneth and Renee Diggs
• Born Jan. 11, 1999
• A media and communication major
• Made the Dean's List three semesters

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2017Freshman

    RB
    5'6" 194 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2018Sophomore

    RB
    5'6" 194 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2019Junior

    RB
    5'6" 194 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2020-21Senior

    RB
    5'6" 194 lbs
    20