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Jersey Number 22
Isaiah Ifanse
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 202
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Bellevue, WA
- High School:
- Bellevue
Bio
Montana State (Records) Finished the 2022 season with 3,742 career rushing yards, Montana State’s all-time record... he broke Ryan Johnson’s mark (3,646) on a 68-yard touchdown run in the FCS Quarterfinal win against William & Mary... gained 1,623 yards in 2021, an MSU single-season record... his 17 career 100-yard games ties Johnson’s school record and his eight in 2021 was one behind Troy Andersen’s single-season mark... his 25 career rushing touchdowns is sixth-most among all Bobcats... finished with 1,123 yards on 193 carries in 11 playoff games, 284 yards (54 carries) in his three Cat-Griz games.
(2022) Returned from a devestating knee injury to play in MSU’s three playoff games... gained 91 yards on 10 carries to help push the Cats past Weber State in the Second Round... gained 162 yards on 11 carries (two touchdowns) against William & Mary... set MSU’s career rushing record on the spectacular 68-yard touchdown run... 28 yards on seven carries vs. South Dakota State. (2021) Enjoyed one of the finest seasons in Bobcat history... set a single-season MSU record with 1,623 rushing yards and finished his junior campaign with 3,461 yards, second-most in Bobcat history... became MSU’s first All-America running back since Tony Boddie in 1982 by earning Second Team honors from AFCS, Hero Sports, Stats Perform and AP... MSU’s first First Team All-Big Sky running back since Cody Kirk in 2011... his 280 carries was second in MSU history, and his 115.9 yards-per-game was seventh. (2019) Rushed for 813 yards on 113 carries with six touchdowns in 11 games... missed four games with injuries... his 196 rushing yards against Austin Peay in the FCS Playoffs is a Bobcat post-season record. (2018) Honorable Mentiona All-Big Sky, and Hero Sports Freshman All-America Honorable Mention... the only game he didn’t start, Idaho, was a formation situation... 139 rushing yards vs. UIW was MSU playoff record... 1,025 yards makes him the only Bobcat freshman in history to gain more than 1,000 yards in a season... joined Troy Andersen as first true freshman running backs to start their Bobcat debuts since 1956... became only the second Bobcat freshman to rush for over 100 yards as early as his third game with 146 yards vs. Wagner...became the first Bobcat freshman to gain 100 rushing yards twice in his first four games, and the second to rush for 100+ in consecutive games, by gaining exactly 100 against Portland State... after missing practice all week against Idaho, rushed 13 times for 53 yards and a TD against the Vandals... burst out for an MSU freshman record 227 yards against Cal Poly.
High School Named Washington’s Gatorade Player of the Year in 2017, also landing all-league and all-state honors at Bellevue High... played on three conference title teams and rushed for 2,468 yards and 44 touchdowns at Bellevue.
Academics and Personal Enrolled in University Studies... born Isaiah Tanimola Ifanse in Olympia, Washington, in 2000... one of four children of Jennifer and Joe Ifanse... has officiated flag football games in summer months.
(2022) Returned from a devestating knee injury to play in MSU’s three playoff games... gained 91 yards on 10 carries to help push the Cats past Weber State in the Second Round... gained 162 yards on 11 carries (two touchdowns) against William & Mary... set MSU’s career rushing record on the spectacular 68-yard touchdown run... 28 yards on seven carries vs. South Dakota State. (2021) Enjoyed one of the finest seasons in Bobcat history... set a single-season MSU record with 1,623 rushing yards and finished his junior campaign with 3,461 yards, second-most in Bobcat history... became MSU’s first All-America running back since Tony Boddie in 1982 by earning Second Team honors from AFCS, Hero Sports, Stats Perform and AP... MSU’s first First Team All-Big Sky running back since Cody Kirk in 2011... his 280 carries was second in MSU history, and his 115.9 yards-per-game was seventh. (2019) Rushed for 813 yards on 113 carries with six touchdowns in 11 games... missed four games with injuries... his 196 rushing yards against Austin Peay in the FCS Playoffs is a Bobcat post-season record. (2018) Honorable Mentiona All-Big Sky, and Hero Sports Freshman All-America Honorable Mention... the only game he didn’t start, Idaho, was a formation situation... 139 rushing yards vs. UIW was MSU playoff record... 1,025 yards makes him the only Bobcat freshman in history to gain more than 1,000 yards in a season... joined Troy Andersen as first true freshman running backs to start their Bobcat debuts since 1956... became only the second Bobcat freshman to rush for over 100 yards as early as his third game with 146 yards vs. Wagner...became the first Bobcat freshman to gain 100 rushing yards twice in his first four games, and the second to rush for 100+ in consecutive games, by gaining exactly 100 against Portland State... after missing practice all week against Idaho, rushed 13 times for 53 yards and a TD against the Vandals... burst out for an MSU freshman record 227 yards against Cal Poly.
High School Named Washington’s Gatorade Player of the Year in 2017, also landing all-league and all-state honors at Bellevue High... played on three conference title teams and rushed for 2,468 yards and 44 touchdowns at Bellevue.
Academics and Personal Enrolled in University Studies... born Isaiah Tanimola Ifanse in Olympia, Washington, in 2000... one of four children of Jennifer and Joe Ifanse... has officiated flag football games in summer months.
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