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Jersey Number 82
Bruce Francis
- Position:
- WR
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 181
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Sicklerville, N.J.
- High School:
- Timber Creek
Bio
Fourth-year senior ... enters 2008 having made receptions in 26 consecutive games ... team[apos]s top returning receiver in both yardage and receptions ... preseason fourth-team All-MAC?selection by Phil Steele[apos]s College Football ... scholarship player who initially joined the program via Local 215.
Honors: Third-team All-MAC honoree in 2008 ... named the team[apos]s offensive MVP ... Captains[apos] Award ... named the Owlsports.com Athlete of the Week (Nov. 24, 2008) ... named the coaches[apos] offensive player of the game three times in 2008 (Buffalo, Miami, Eastern Michigan) ... named to the 2007 Phil Steele Publications[apos] third-team All-MAC ... recipient of the team[apos]s inaugural Gavin White, Jr., Walk-On Award in the spring of 2006.
2008: Team captain ... made at least one reception in a school record 38 consecutive games which ranked seventh nationally ... surpassed WR?Greg Muckerson (1998-2001) who had a 26-game reception streak ... started all 12 game at WR ... one of just seven Owls to start every game ... also saw playing time with the punt return unit ... became Temple[apos]s Division I-A career leader in receiving touchdowns, finishing his career with 23 TDs ... Owls[apos] leading receiver with 687 yards on 45 catches for a Div. I-A school record 13 touchdowns on the season ... finished as the Owls[apos] scoring leader with 78 points ... in the season opening win at Army, led TU with five receptions for 45 yards and a touchdown ... put the Owls on the scoreboard with a five-yard TD?catch ... had a 20-yard reception against Connecticut ... top receiver at Buffalo with 87 yards and two touchdowns on five receptions ... named the coaches[apos] offensive player of the game ... caught an 11-yard pass from Adam?DiMichele with 38 second to go to put TU?ahead ... had an 11-yard reception at No. 16/15 Penn State ... against Western Michigan, caught four passes from Chester Stewart for 26 yards ... had two touchdown passes from Chester Stewart in the fourth quarter at Miami, tying his career high ... named the coaches[apos] offensive player of the game ... at defending MAC?champion Central Michigan, caught a three-yard touchdown pass from Stewart in the second quarter to tie the game at 14-14 ... finished with six receptions for 74 yards ... led TU with four catches for 50 yards in the win over Ohio ... at Navy, had five receptions for a career-high 151 yards and two touchdowns, tying his career high for TD receptions in a game and tying him as Temple[apos]s career leader in receiving touchdowns ... had only one reception at Kent State, but it was a record setter ... his 32-yard TD reception made him Temple[apos]s career leader in receiving touchdowns outright ... had a record-setting day in the win over Eastern Michigan ... caught a Division I-A school record four TD passes, extending his Division I-A career record to 23 receiving touchdowns and giving him 13 on the year, another Division I-A school record for receiving TDs in a season ...named the coaches[apos] offensive player of the game ... in the season finale, had two catches for 16 yards in the win over Akron ... lettered.
2007: Played in 10 games with nine starts ... missed the final two games of the season with an injury ... started against Navy, Buffalo, Connecticut, BGSU, and Army ... TU[apos]s top receiver ... finished the season with 47 catches for 731 yards and six touchdowns ... averaged a team-best 73.1 receiving yards per game which also ranked eighth among all MAC players ... also went a perfect 2-for-2 in snaps behind center for 88 yards, including a 45-yard toss ... finished third in team scoring with six touchdowns for 36 points ... had a 59-yard touchdown reception at?Connecticut ... had a career-high eight catches against Bowling Green en route to offensive player of the game accolades from the coaches ... racked up a season-high 133 receiving yards at Army ... also had a career-best eight catches at Ohio ... made a career-long 61-yard reception touchdown in the win over Miami (Ohio) ... had a career-high eight receptions for 101 yards at Ohio, marking the second time in his career he eclipsed the century mark ... led all TU receivers with six catches for 75 yards against No. 25 Penn State ... lettered.
2006: Played in all 12 games with seven starts as a second-year sophomore ... started versus Buffalo, Louisville, Minnesota, Kent State, Clemson, Penn State, and Navy ... caught 32 passes for 484 yards and four TDs ... had four grabs for 96 yards, including a career-best 54-yarder, to earn offensive player of the game honors from the coaching staff at Vanderbilt ... made a 33-yard scoring reception against Kent State ... had a 45-yard TD grab against BGSU ... caught four and 10-yard scoring aerials to go along with seven receptions versus CMU ... lettered.
2005: Played in the final five games of the season as a true freshman ... made 14 catches for 133 yards in the final four contests ... registered first career stats at Clemson, making three grabs for 30 yards ... had a season-best seven catches for 68 yards at Virginia ... lettered.
Postgraduate: Attended Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va. for the 2004-05 academic year ... played WR and helped team to a 7-3 record under coach Robert Prunty.
High School: A 2004 graduate of Timber Creek HS in Erial, N.J. ... three-year varsity football letterwinner under head coach John Small, playing WR, QB, FS and DB ... played in the 2004 Governor[apos]s Bowl ... three-time All-Conference pick ... returned the opening kickoff of his senior season 95 yards for a TD against Paul VI ... also a track and field standout, earning All-Conference honors three times and All-State accolades as a senior.
Personal: Born January 28, 1986 ... son of Kimberly and Bruce Jones ... criminal justice major.
Honors: Third-team All-MAC honoree in 2008 ... named the team[apos]s offensive MVP ... Captains[apos] Award ... named the Owlsports.com Athlete of the Week (Nov. 24, 2008) ... named the coaches[apos] offensive player of the game three times in 2008 (Buffalo, Miami, Eastern Michigan) ... named to the 2007 Phil Steele Publications[apos] third-team All-MAC ... recipient of the team[apos]s inaugural Gavin White, Jr., Walk-On Award in the spring of 2006.
2008: Team captain ... made at least one reception in a school record 38 consecutive games which ranked seventh nationally ... surpassed WR?Greg Muckerson (1998-2001) who had a 26-game reception streak ... started all 12 game at WR ... one of just seven Owls to start every game ... also saw playing time with the punt return unit ... became Temple[apos]s Division I-A career leader in receiving touchdowns, finishing his career with 23 TDs ... Owls[apos] leading receiver with 687 yards on 45 catches for a Div. I-A school record 13 touchdowns on the season ... finished as the Owls[apos] scoring leader with 78 points ... in the season opening win at Army, led TU with five receptions for 45 yards and a touchdown ... put the Owls on the scoreboard with a five-yard TD?catch ... had a 20-yard reception against Connecticut ... top receiver at Buffalo with 87 yards and two touchdowns on five receptions ... named the coaches[apos] offensive player of the game ... caught an 11-yard pass from Adam?DiMichele with 38 second to go to put TU?ahead ... had an 11-yard reception at No. 16/15 Penn State ... against Western Michigan, caught four passes from Chester Stewart for 26 yards ... had two touchdown passes from Chester Stewart in the fourth quarter at Miami, tying his career high ... named the coaches[apos] offensive player of the game ... at defending MAC?champion Central Michigan, caught a three-yard touchdown pass from Stewart in the second quarter to tie the game at 14-14 ... finished with six receptions for 74 yards ... led TU with four catches for 50 yards in the win over Ohio ... at Navy, had five receptions for a career-high 151 yards and two touchdowns, tying his career high for TD receptions in a game and tying him as Temple[apos]s career leader in receiving touchdowns ... had only one reception at Kent State, but it was a record setter ... his 32-yard TD reception made him Temple[apos]s career leader in receiving touchdowns outright ... had a record-setting day in the win over Eastern Michigan ... caught a Division I-A school record four TD passes, extending his Division I-A career record to 23 receiving touchdowns and giving him 13 on the year, another Division I-A school record for receiving TDs in a season ...named the coaches[apos] offensive player of the game ... in the season finale, had two catches for 16 yards in the win over Akron ... lettered.
2007: Played in 10 games with nine starts ... missed the final two games of the season with an injury ... started against Navy, Buffalo, Connecticut, BGSU, and Army ... TU[apos]s top receiver ... finished the season with 47 catches for 731 yards and six touchdowns ... averaged a team-best 73.1 receiving yards per game which also ranked eighth among all MAC players ... also went a perfect 2-for-2 in snaps behind center for 88 yards, including a 45-yard toss ... finished third in team scoring with six touchdowns for 36 points ... had a 59-yard touchdown reception at?Connecticut ... had a career-high eight catches against Bowling Green en route to offensive player of the game accolades from the coaches ... racked up a season-high 133 receiving yards at Army ... also had a career-best eight catches at Ohio ... made a career-long 61-yard reception touchdown in the win over Miami (Ohio) ... had a career-high eight receptions for 101 yards at Ohio, marking the second time in his career he eclipsed the century mark ... led all TU receivers with six catches for 75 yards against No. 25 Penn State ... lettered.
2006: Played in all 12 games with seven starts as a second-year sophomore ... started versus Buffalo, Louisville, Minnesota, Kent State, Clemson, Penn State, and Navy ... caught 32 passes for 484 yards and four TDs ... had four grabs for 96 yards, including a career-best 54-yarder, to earn offensive player of the game honors from the coaching staff at Vanderbilt ... made a 33-yard scoring reception against Kent State ... had a 45-yard TD grab against BGSU ... caught four and 10-yard scoring aerials to go along with seven receptions versus CMU ... lettered.
2005: Played in the final five games of the season as a true freshman ... made 14 catches for 133 yards in the final four contests ... registered first career stats at Clemson, making three grabs for 30 yards ... had a season-best seven catches for 68 yards at Virginia ... lettered.
Postgraduate: Attended Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va. for the 2004-05 academic year ... played WR and helped team to a 7-3 record under coach Robert Prunty.
High School: A 2004 graduate of Timber Creek HS in Erial, N.J. ... three-year varsity football letterwinner under head coach John Small, playing WR, QB, FS and DB ... played in the 2004 Governor[apos]s Bowl ... three-time All-Conference pick ... returned the opening kickoff of his senior season 95 yards for a TD against Paul VI ... also a track and field standout, earning All-Conference honors three times and All-State accolades as a senior.
Personal: Born January 28, 1986 ... son of Kimberly and Bruce Jones ... criminal justice major.
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