Temple University Athletics
2006 Football Roster
Roster
A.J. Bunton
- Position:
- WR
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- West Deptford, NJ
- High School:
- West Deptford
High School: A 2006 graduate of West Deptford (N.J.) HS...Rushed 80 times for 1,018 yards and 15 TDs as a senior under head coach Clyde Folsom...Was a three-year varsity letterwinner, playing RB, WR and returning kickoffs while helping team to three state titles and a 33-2 overall mark in his tenure...Had 146 career carries for 2,080 yards...Earned first Team All-Colonial Conference honors as a senior and played in the 2006 Adam Taliaferro Bowl...Also captured four varsity letters in indoor track and four varsity letters in outdoor track...Earned All-America, All State, All-County, All-Group II and all-conference honors as a sprinter...Ran the third fastest time in the nation in the 55m in 2006 with a 6.34...Captured the Group II State Championship in both the 55m and 200m...Was named the Camden Courier-Post Indoor Track Athlete of the Year as a senior...Advanced to the semifinals of the 2006 Nike Indoor Nationals in the 60m...Won the 200m at the 2006 New Jersey Meet of Champions to earn first team AP All-State honors...Won the 2006 Group II 100m and 200m state titles...Earned Philadelphia Inquirer First Team All-South Jersey honors in the 100m...Member of the National Honor Society and three-time member of the school honor roll...On the gridiron, was teammates with current Temple redshirt sophomore P/K Jake Brownell and redshirt freshman LB John Brownell, while sharing the backfield with Rutgers RB Kordell Young.
Personal: Majoring in African-American studies...Mother was a sprinter at Alabama and was a member the 1980 U.S. 4x400 team that boycotted the Summer Games...Godfather is former Philadelphia Eagles[apos] linebacker William Thomas.
