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2023 Football

4 Amari Venerable

  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Position RB
  • Major Exercise Science
  • Hometown University Park, Ill.
  • Prev School Crete-Monee

Biography

  • All-MSFA Midwest League First Team (2021)
  • 2x MSFA Midwest League Offensive Player of the Week (9/27/21 & 10/18/21)

2022

Played in four of the team's 12 games ... rushed 35 times for 184 yards ... averaged 5.3 yards per carry with one touchdown ... caught eight passes for 82 yards and a touchdown ... had nine carries for 77 yards and a score at Judson (Ill.) on Oct. 29 ... recorded one catch for 44 yards vs. St. Ambrose (Iowa) on Nov. 5 ... posted 15 carries for 76 yards vs. No. 19 St. Francis (Ill.) ... collected 31 yards on 11 carries, along with seven receptions for 38 yards and a touchdown at No. 7 Marian (Ind.) in the NAIA Football Championship Series First Round on Nov. 19.

2021

NAIA Rankings

  • Rushing Yards - 27th (872)
  • Yards per game - 27th (87.2)
  • Rushing Touchdowns - T-28th (10)
  • Yards per carry - 29th (5.5)
  • Carries - T-36th (158)

MSFA Rankings

  • Rushing Yards - 2nd (872)
  • Rushing Touchdowns - 2nd (10)
  • Carries - 3rd (158)
  • Yards per game - 3rd (87.2)
  • Yards per carry - 3rd (5.5)

Played in all 10 of the team's games with nine starts ... ran for 872 yards on 158 carries, averaged 5.5 per rush, 87.2 rushing yards per game and scored 10 touchdowns ... had 14 receptions for 119 yards and a touchdown ... tallied 991 all-purpose yards ... ran for 134 yards on 23 carries and scored a touchdown vs. University of Saint Francis (Ind.) on Sept. 25 ... scored two touchdowns (one rushing, one receiving) and totaled 111 all-purpose yards vs. No. 13 Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) on Oct. 9 ... rushed for a season-high 198 yards on 31 carries and scored twice at Missouri Baptist University on Oct. 16 ... posted his third 100-yard rushing performance with 100 yards on 19 carries with a touchdown and made two catches for 37 yards vs. Judson University (Ill.) on Oct. 30 ... broke off his longest run of the year, a 25-yard touchdown in overtime, to defeat No. 20 University of St. Francis (Ill.) and finished with 11 carries for 73 yards and two scores on Nov. 13.

2020

MSFA Rankings

  • Rushing Yards per game - 11th (26.3)
  • Rushing Yards - 15th (158)

Played in six of the team's eight games with one start as a redshirt freshman ... ran for 158 yards on 35 carries and averaged 4.5 yards per carry ... scored his first collegiate touchdown vs. Missouri Baptist on March 13, 2021 ... had a season-high 80 rushing yards vs. St. Francis (Ill.) on April 10, 2021 ... posted a season-long rush of 21 yards at Trinity International (Ill.) on Feb. 28, 2021 ... made three receptions for 26 yards and had a season-high 15 yards vs. St. Ambrose (Iowa) on March 27, 2021.

2019

Redshirted during his freshman season.

Career Rushing Stats
Year GP Att. Yds. YPC TD Lg. Yds/Gm
2020 6 35 158 4.5 1 21 26.3
2021 10 158 872 5.5 10 25 87.2
2022 4 35 184 5.3 1 24 46.0
Career 20 228 1,214 5.3 12 25 60.7

Career Receiving Stats
Year GP Rec. Yds. YPC TD Lg. Yds/Gm
2020 6 3 26 8.7 0 11 4.3
2021 10 14 119 8.5 1 34 11.9
2022 4 8 82 10.3 1 44 20.5
Career 20 25 227 9.1 2 44 11.4

Statistics

Season:
2023

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2022Junior

    RB
    5'9" 200 lbs
    23
  • 4

    2023Senior

    RB
    5'9" 200 lbs
    4