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Show Amos James, SUSC's "Galloping Ghost" "'aalav -aaa"' I V j year basketball career at SUSC, it was his first football game since high school days at Basic High School in Henderson, Hen-derson, Nevada. In a sterling performance at Los Angeles, James also earned himself an eighth place national ranking in individual in-dividual total offense and a 10th place national ranking in kickoff return yardage (based on a per return basis). He has a 24-yard kickoff return average. "He's quick, extremely quick, getting get-ting to the holes," Tom Kingsford, SUSC head coach said. "He also has good speed, and he cuts and maneuvers well." James' ranking gains significance when compared with the figures of running backs from 240 other NAIA schools. James was a regular for the past two seasons on the Thunderbird basketball team. Last season he was instrumental in the T-Bird performances which won the NAIA District Seven championship and a berth in the NAIA national tournament. James is a 21-year old senior physical education major. He is 5-10 and is the lightest man on the SUSC squad at 155 pounds. John Borla. T-Bird defensive back, AMOS JAMES Amos James, football player and former basketball player at Southern Utah State College, has created a situation for himself. After the first full week of NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate In-tercollegiate Athletics) football competition, James is the nation's leading rusher. The problem is this: what does Amos James, who leads the nation after his first ever collegiate football game, do for an encore? James ran for 163 yards in 16 carries last week in SUSC's 27-10 victory over Cal State-Los Angeles. For James, who is just finishing up some final graduation requirements after a four- also ranked high nationally, a fifth place tie in interception return yardage. yar-dage. As a team, the Thunderbirds rank eighth nationally in team defense in the first weekly ranking released by the NAIA's national office in Kansas City, Missouri. |
