2016 Football Roster

21 Daviante Sayles

  • Position RB
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 175
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown San Diego, Calif.
  • Highschool Rancho Buena Vista HS
  • Prev School Palomar College

Biography

2016 (Junior): Finished second on the team with 70 rush attempts and third on the team with 269 rushing yards… Recorded UWF’s longest rushing play of the year, going for a 58-yard run against eventual NCAA Division II National runner-up North Alabama… Also caught eight passes for 54 yards… Scored rushing touchdown against Ave Maria in season opener.

Signed NLI with Eastern Illinois out of high school in Feb. 2013 ... Played the 2014-15 seasons at Palomar College in Escondido, Calif.

2015 (R-So. at Palomar College): After a year of feeling out the program, became the primary offensive threat for the Comets, leading the team in rushing, receiving and scoring ... First Team All-Southern Conference ... Finished with 796 yards on the ground in 210 attempts for a 79.6 per game avg ... Caught 36 passes for 336 yards, amounting to a 9.6 yards per catch avg. ... Scored 13 TDs, with 11 on the ground and two receiving ... Had 1,132 all-purpose yards ... Finished his JUCO career in style, carrying the ball 20 times for 137 yards and five TDs at Santa Ana (11/14/15) ... Tied the school record with five TDs against Santa Ana - all five were on the ground, establishing a new rushing TD single-game mark ... Named Outstanding Offensive Player by his teammates.

2014 (R-Fr. at Palomar College): Rushed for 379 yards on 101 carries ... Led the team with seven TDs and averaged 34.5 yards per game ... Caught six passes for 43 yards ... Returned 10 kickoffs for 247 yards, including a long of 41 yards ... Finished the year with 669 all-purpose yards in 11 games.

2013 (Fr. at Eastern Illinois): Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Paul Gomes at Rancho Buena Vista HS… opened senior season with explosive numbers but missed a majority of the year with an injury… in just five games he rushed for 1,164 yards including a season high 339 yards on 51 carries against Scripps Ranch HS... scored 15 touchdowns in those five games with 5 TD’s in a win over Orange Glen HS… had a 306 yard rushing game against Westview HS… helped team get off to a quick start that carried them to the California Division I quarterfinal playoff round… as a junior played receiver and wing back… rushed for 394 yards with another 270 yards on kickoff returns.

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