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2 Will Varney

2 Will Varney

  • Position:
    Running Back
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    205
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Potsdam, NY
  • Highschool:
    Potsdam

Summary

Biography

At UR 2023: Rochester's second-leading rusher, seeing time in all 10 games while making two starts...Rushed 129 times for 504 yards and three touchdowns, with a long of 45 yards, adding four receptions for 10 yards...Also recorded two tackles...Ran for a season-best 116 yards on 14 carries, scoring a touchdown in Rochester's 37-27 win at St. Lawrence on Oct. 14...Tallied 50+ rushing yards in half of UR's 10 contests...Season-high 45-yard rush at the University of New England on Sept. 23.

At UR 2022: Was strong second option out fo the backfield for Rochester as a junior, finishing with 662 yards rushing on 126 carries...Added two touchdowns, 11 receptions and 62 receiving yards on the year...Averaged 82.8 rushing yards per game and was over 90 all purpose yards per game...Ranked third in the Liberty League and was 65th in Division III in yards per carry (5.3) and rushing yards per game...Also, nationally ranked in total rushing yards and all-purpose yards per game, sitting top-6 in the conference in those statistics...Provided 128 yards rushing on 16 carries in the season-opener at Utica, helping Rochester to the 4th most single-game rushing yards in school history and set a new program record for yards per carry, averaging 9.0 in the contest...Career-high 165 rushing yards against Hartwick on Nov. 5, toting the ball 30 times, adding a touchdown...Three straight 100+ yard performances against Union, St. Lawrence and Hartwick late in the season.

At UR 2021: The sophomore enjoyed a solid first season with Rochester, rushing 103 times for 426 yards and 9 touchdowns in ten appearances (2 starts)...Had a 4.1 average yards per rush and chipped in six receptions for 35 yards...Scored two TD's twice on the year, coming in wins over Alfred State on Sep. 11 and at Hartwick on Nov. 6...Season-high 94 yards, including a 44-yard carry on 12 attempts against Alfred State, earning Liberty League Rookie of the Week honors for his efforts...Ranked 75th in NCAA Division III in rushing TD's and was fourth in the conference...Top-10 in the Liberty League in longest rush (6th), rushing yards (8th), total scoring (8th), rushing attempts (9th), yards per carry (9th) and rushing yards per game (10th, 42.6)...Had a touchdown in seven of UR's ten games...Member of the Liberty League and UAA All-Academic team for the fall semester.

HS: Potsdam HS graduate...Lettered in football, hockey and lacrosse for the Sandstoners...Named co-captain of football and hockey teams during junior year...Football team MVP in 2018...Earned 1st Team All-Northern honors in sophomore and junior seasons, also being named All-State in 2018...Compiled 1,500 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns during his career...Helped team to back-to-back Section X championships in 2018 and 2019...Named NYSPHSAA Athlete of Distinction...Potsdam Student-Athlete Advisory Committee...Member of the National Honor Society.
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