Travaris Cadet
Running Back - RB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 210
Junior
Previous Affiliations
Central
Pearl River C.C.
Previous Experience
Miami, Fla.
A threat to find the end zone every time the ball is in his hands, Cadet will likely get a lot of touches as a wide receiver and kickoff/punt returner in his second season with the Mountaineers ... a year ago, the junior-college transfer was the primary backup to All-America quarterback Armanti Edwards in addition to seeing time at receiver and on returns ... during the offseason, the coaching staff decided to let him focus entirely on the WR and KR/PR positions in an effort to best take advantage of his game-breaking skills.
2009: Saw action in all 14 games, primarily as a backup quarterback, wide receiver and punt returner ... was slated to be ASU’s third quarterback going into the season but was the backup behind DeAndre Presley for the opener at East Carolina due to an injury suffered by starter Armanti Edwards during the offseason ... after ASU fell into a 29-7 hole, Cadet made his debut with 5:28 remaining in the third quarter and engineered three-consecutive scoring drives to cut the deficit to 29-24 ... trailing by five points with 1:28 to play, he drove the Mountaineers to midfield but the comeback bid ended when CoCo Hillary couldn’t haul in a fourth-down pass from Cadet with 16 seconds to go ... in just over a quarter of work, Cadet rushed 15 times for 35 yards and a touchdown and completed 7-of-9 passes for 55 yards while nearly pulling off the come-from-behind upset at ECU ... following the season opener, he slid into the No. 2 quarterback spot and backed up Edwards for the rest of the season ... he also retained his role as ASU’s primary punt returner (24 ret., 134 yds., 5.6 avg. for the season) and was in for a handful of snaps each week at wide receiver (four rec., 21 yds. for the season) ... despite the limited action, he finished the year as ASU’s third-leading rusher (366 yards and three touchdowns on 70 carries — 5.2 avg.) ... came off the bench to rush eight times for 68 yards and a touchdown in win over North Carolina Central ... rushed 11 times for a career-high 131 yards and a touchdown and completed 4-of-7 passes for 64 yards in just a little more than a quarter at quarterback in 52-16 rout over Georgia Southern ... when Edwards was injured late in the first half of SoCon-clinching win at Elon, Cadet ran seven times for 47 yards (also caught an eight-yard pass from Edwards during 27-10 win) ... made his first-career start at QB a week later in regular-season finale versus Western Carolina, running 17 times for 58 yards and completing 8-of-16 passes for a career-best 101 yards ... also had a would-be 75-yard punt-return touchdown called back due to a penalty prior to ASU’s first series versus WCU ... saw limited action in three FCS playoff games with no offensive stats ... jump-started ASU’s potential game-tying drive with a 24-yard kickoff return late in the national semifinal loss at Montana.
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