Yvenson Bernard
2007: Yvenson (EVAN-son) is a powerful runner with deceptive speed and a good receiver out of the backfield...a back who gets stronger as the game progresses...a certain Doak Walker Award (top RB) preseason candidate...enters the year with 2,648 career rushing yards, third all-time at OSU...if he matches his last two seasons average he would end his career with 3,982 yards, the second-highest total ever at OSU and would rank sixth in the history of the Pac-10, trailing only Charles White (USC/6,245), Ken Simonton (OSU/5,044), Marcus Allen (USC/4,810), Darrin Nelson (Stan/4,169) and Napoleon Kauffman (Wash/4,106)...OSU and USC are the only two programs to have multiple players in the top-10 for career rushing in the Pac-10...enters the year with 164 career points, sixth at OSU...25 career rushing touchdowns, tied for third at OSU...co-team captain. 2006: Earned first team All-Pac-10 honors...co-team captain...preseason Doak Walker Award candidate ...Sports Illustrated named him the 12th best back in the nation on Oct. 26...OSU was 6-0 when he rushed for 100-plus yards...second in the Pac-10 and tied for 15th in the nation at 100.5 yards per game – 18 backs in Division I averaged 100-plus...fourth in the Pac-10 for all-purpose yards at 121.8...his 1,307 yards for the season was sixth-best at OSU...scored the game-winning two-point conversion against Missouri in the Sun Bowl with 23 seconds remaining...season-high eight receptions in the Sun Bowl win, including his second career reception for a touchdown – a 7-yard pass from Matt Moore with 6:02 left in the game to draw OSU to within seven points...missed the USC game with an ankle injury...rushed for a season-high 168 yards (36 att.) at Stanford. 2005: Bernard’s 1,321 yards rushing ranked fifth all-time for a single season at OSU, trailing only past Beaver greats Steven Jackson (St. Louis Rams) and Ken Simonton...honorable mention All-Pac-10 Conference...became the prominent threat on the ground after the third game and from that point on accounted for 1,107 of his total rushing yards (84%)...his 13 rushing touchdowns marked the sixth-highest ever at OSU and his 14 overall total touchdowns tied for the sixth-highest for a single season...rushed for 194 yards (14th highest OSU total) and two touchdowns in the team’s 23-20 victory over No. 18 California in Berkeley – two games later he had 192 yards and two scores vs. Arizona...his 120.1 yards per game ranked ninth in the
BOCA RATON: Yvenson was a four-year starter for head coach Brian Dodds...started at tailback, fullback and strong safety during his prep career...rushed for 3,000-plus yards during his career, including more than 1,400 yards and 21 touchdowns as a senior...also accounted for 13 receptions for 190 yards and a touchdown as a senior...Palm Beach Post “Perfect 10” member as a senior...honorable mention all-state as a senior and first team All-South Florida as selected by three area newspapers...as a senior he played in the Outback Bowl, a game that featured the top prep players in a three-county area...Yvenson helped the team to the division title as a junior with a 9-1 record...SuperPrep Magazine selected him to the all-region team as a senior...seven of his prep teammates signed with Division I programs following his final prep year...also a standout in baseball and was a 30th round draft pick of the Minnesota Twins...came to Corvallis (2,696 miles from Boca Raton) as a result of playing in HS with former OSU strong safety Sabby Piscitelli – the connection was formed by current OSU Assistant A.D. Bob Clifford, who is a native of Florida and was cooking hot dogs for the Boca Raton HS booster club during games.
PERSONAL: Born in Boynton Beach, Florida...son of Yvens and the late Jossette Bernard...Yvenson wears his mother’s initials on his gloves...has a younger brother, Giovanni...majoring in merchandising management and is on track to graduate in December.
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