San Diego State RB Donnel Pumphrey Shines in Poinsettia Bowl Loss to Navy

Tuesday night on television there were reruns, reruns, and more reruns on along with the Poinsettia Bowl. So that meant people either had to go to Red Box for a movie or watch one of the many bowl games that no one but the friends and family of the teams involved care about.

If you chose the ball game you were in luck. Not only did you get to see a solid game, but you got to watch a feature NFL running back in action.

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I'm talking about San Diego State running back Donnel Pumphrey.

A little on the small side (5'9" and 170 pounds), the sophomore running back has proven to be quite the talent in just two seasons. With a 112-yard effort against Navy he became the single season rushing leader for the Aztecs (1867 yards) breaking the record previously set by George Jones in 1995.

He scored his 20th touchdown of the season on this play:

SDSU evens it up. RB Donnel Pumphrey bounces outside for the 5-yd TD run, his 20th of the year. http://t.co/IGjlm8wDAT #PoinsettiaBowl
— ESPN CollegeFootball (@ESPNCFB) December 24, 2014

After putting up the kind of numbers that he has over his first two seasons he is probably already on the radar of several NFL teams. If he can put on some weight over the next year or two in college without losing his speed there will be more than a few teams looking to draft him.

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