Marino's Take:
The Running Backs 
2006: Played in all 13 games, starting the final eight of the season...earned second-team All-Pac-10 honors...led ASU with 223 carries for 1,229 yards (5.5 avg.) and seven touchdowns...enters 2007 ranked second in the Pac-10 Conference and 18th in the nation among returning rushers from 2006...became the first Sun Devil since Delvon Flowers in 2001 to rush for over 1,000 yards...posted the highest rushing total by a Sun Devil since Freddie Williams' 1,427 yards in 1975...a former junior college transfer playing his first season at ASU in 2006, he recorded the fourth-highest single-season rushing output in Pac-10 Conference history by a player in his debut season...his rushing total also stands as the eighth-highest total in Sun Devil history and makes him one of only five players in ASU history to surpass 1,200 rushing yards in a season...led all Sun Devils with 1,434 all-purpose yards (110.3 avg.)...averaged 94.5 rushing yards-per-game...is also ASU's second-leading returning receiver and one of the best pass-catching running backs in the Pac-10, collecting 18 receptions for 205 yards (11.4 avg.) and three touchdowns last season.
Prior to ASU: A 2006 graduate of Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kan... rushed for more than 800 yards and 12 touchdowns as a sophomore despite missing four games with an injury... earned second-team All-Jayhawk Conference... Butler CC finished 10th in the JC Gridwire Top 25... played in the National Championship game for Butler Community College as a freshman in 2004... coached by Troy Morrell.
High School: A 2004 graduate of Shawnee Mission Northwest High School...rushed for more than 1,600 yards as a senior...selected first-team all-league as a senior while leading the league in rushing...named the all-Class 6A tailback...once scored five touchdowns in the first half of a game...lettered twice in football, twice in basketball and twice in track and field...coached by Scott DeBault.
Personal: Plans to major in sports psychology and would like to pursue a career in football player psychology...parents are Brian Torain and Raedell Shinn (Southwestern Bell employee) of Olathe, Kan...has one brother, Chris (18) and one sister, Brianna (13)...hobbies include listening to music and playing basketball...born August 10, 1986 in Topeka, Kan...full name is Ryan Devon Torain. |