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Xavier Omon

Position: Running Back
Height: 6-0
Weight: 215

Class: Junior
Hometown: Beatrice, Neb.
Major: Broadcasting with coaching minor

Sophomore Season (2005)

2005 Daktronics All-Southwest Region Second Team (offense) ... 2005 Second Team All-MIAA pick ... Don Hansen’s Football Gazette Honorable Mention Team ... Finished 26th in the country in rushing per game (117.4), 41st in all-purpose yards (134.9) and 70th in scoring (6.9) ... Went a five-game stretch of at least 100 rushing yards for an average of 168.6 per game ... Had a career-best seven pass receptions against Central Missouri (Oct. 22) ... Accounted for three scores, two rushing, versus Pittsburg State (Oct. 29) ... Was hobbled with an ankle injury as he departed early against Truman (Sept. 10) and sat out against Missouri Western (Sept. 17) ... Totaled three rushes of over 60 yards including 70-yard jaunt at Washburn (Nov. 19) ... His 309 attempts set a season record (all games) and 1,643 rushing yards was just 186 away from the top rushing mark (all games) ... In 27 career games, has 15 contests of 100-plus rushing yards including eight this season ... Became just the third running back since 1965 to have consecutive 1,000-yard rushing seasons ... Second on the Northwest lifetime charts (all games) with 33 TDs, third with 3,218 rushing yards and fifth with 558 attempts ... Posted season and career-high 225 yards on 24 carries in playoff win against Angelo State (Nov. 12) ... Stands with most career playoff rushing yards (856) and rushing touchdowns (9).

Honorable Mention Gazette and D2Football.com All-America running back ... Second Team Daktronics All-Southwest Region pick at running back ... First Team All-MIAA offensive selection at running back ... His 19 rushing touchdowns was tied for third on the school season charts (all games), one shy of the record ... Went over 100 yards in six straight contests at one point and seven games overall ... His 91-yard touchdown scamper versus Missouri Southern helped him to a 184-yard effort - that scoring play tied him for the longest from scrimmage in reported school history ... Posted two 200-yard rushing games including a career-best 221 yards against Central Missouri ... Rumbled for 160 yards on 22 carries versus Pittsburg State in the Fall Classic - that total was an opponent high against the Gorillas, who were 22nd in the NCAA in rushing defense ... Became the first freshman rusher in reported Northwest history to surpass 1,000 season rushing yards ... Ranked second in the MIAA in total rushing yardage and fourth in all-purpose ... Nationally, he ranked 19th with 121.2 rushing yards per contest and 22nd in scoring (9.2) ... MIAA Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 14) ... His 120 season points tied David Jansen in 1999 for the most by a non-kicker in school history ... Received the team award for the Phil Voge Redshirt Freshman of the Year

Beatrice High School

Earned Class B All-Nebraska honors in both football and basketball as a junior and senior ... Named Second-Team Super State in football as a senior ... Graduated in 2003.

Personal Bio

Son of Delorise Omon-Brown and Anthony Brown ... Born on Feb. 15, 1985 ... Watches Hercules, the cartoon, the night before every game ... Favorite athlete is former NFL star Walter Payton.

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