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Published on: 10/2/2004
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Alex Haynes
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#4 Alex Haynes
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Senior tailback who has been the starter for three seasons at UCF ... provides the UCF offense with a legitimate breakaway threat ... although slowed by injuries at times, Haynes is on track to leave UCF as the school's all-time leading rusher and enters the 2004 season third in rushing ... third in school history with 22 career rushing touchdowns and 11 100-yard games ... needs just 630 yards to become UCF's all-time leading rusher ... second leading active rusher in the Mid-American Conference.
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Haynes played in 11 of 12 games in 2002 and finished sixth in the MAC in rushing ... became just the fifth back in UCF history to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark in a season after finishing the year with 1,038 yards, averaging 5.1 yards per carry ... finished the season very strong, rushing for 456 yards in the final three games of the year ... posted season highs in both yards and scores in a win against Miami (Ohio), running for 156 yards and two touchdowns ... career long 58-yard touchdown scamper against Marshall ... caught 24 balls out of the backfield with one touchdown (vs. Marshall), and hauled in a then-career-high six passes against Ohio ... went over the 100-yard mark four times ... led UCF with eight rushing touchdowns.
2001Haynes played in only nine games on the season, but managed to tally 690 yards and nine touchdowns on 140 carries (4.9 yards per carry) named the team's Most Outstanding Offensive Back and Outstanding Offensive Rookie awards ... named All-Independent by Football News, fourth-team Freshman All-American by the Sporting News and Independent Freshman of the Year by Collegesportingnews.com ... rushed for more than 100 yards on four occasions ... four 100-yard games were more than UCF had the previous three years combined ... longest run of the year was a 36-yard scamper against Utah State ... also had 14 receptions for 143 yards ... biggest game came against Tulane when he rushed 25 times for 148 yards and a school-record four touchdowns on the ground ... rushed for more than 100 yards against Syracuse, Utah State, and Akron ... three rushing touchdowns against the Zips ... suffered an injury after four carries against UAB and then missed the games against Liberty and Louisiana-Monroe.
2000Haynes showed plenty of promise while redshirting at tailback.
High SchoolHaynes graduated from Orlando's Maynard Evans High School in 2000 … played for coach J.B. Gordon ... rushed for more than 1,400 yards and 15 touchdowns as a senior and had two interceptions on defense ... chosen to play in both the Florida-Georgia and the Florida-California All-Star Games ... was twice named all-state as well as all-metro ... earned all-Orange County, all-Central Florida, and SuperPrep All-America honors as a senior ... noted as a top 100 impact player in the South and one of the top five running backs in Florida ... named Florida Super 85, SuperPrep top-35 running back in the nation, and Bill Buchalter's "Super 27" team ... also excelled in track with a career-best time of 21.89 in the 200-meter high hurdles ... track honors include three-time metro and regional hurdle champion, and two-time district champion ... rated one of the top 40 hurdlers in the nation.
PersonalHaynes is a liberal studies major ... born Feb. 13, 1982, in Tallahassee … son of Tony and Cheryl Woods.