Kansas State University Athletics
2020 Football
Ervin, Joe
Jersey Number 7
Joe Ervin
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 177
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Rock Hill, S.C.
- High School:
- South Pointe
Bio
2020: Opted out of the 2020 season.
2019: A true freshman who played in four games as he preserved his redshirt for the season... Rushed 23 times for 95 yards... Set season highs in rushes (10) and yards (46) at Kansas, while he scored his first-career touchdown against Bowling Green.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at South Pointe under head coach Strait Herron... Rated the 56th-best running back in the Class of 2019 by ESPN... Named to the USA TODAY Sports/American Family Insurance All-USA South Carolina team... Earned all-state honors from High School Sports Report and was a two-time all-region pick... Rushed for 3,384 yards during his career, breaking the school record of current New England Patriot Stephon Gilmore... Had 1,964 yards and 23 touchdowns as a senior, topping 200 rushing yards in each of the final five games of the year... Also caught 41 passes for 316 yards and a score during his prep career... Helped the Stallions earn a perfect 15-0 record and a state championship as a junior... Selected to play in the 2018 South Carolina North/South All-Star Game... Is the first prep player out of the state of South Carolina to sign with the Wildcats since at least 1997.
PERSONAL: Ja’Derrion Ke’Vontre Ervin was born December 24, 2000, in Rock Hill, South Carolina... Son of Keven Ervin and Renita Brown... Majoring in sociology.
2019: A true freshman who played in four games as he preserved his redshirt for the season... Rushed 23 times for 95 yards... Set season highs in rushes (10) and yards (46) at Kansas, while he scored his first-career touchdown against Bowling Green.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at South Pointe under head coach Strait Herron... Rated the 56th-best running back in the Class of 2019 by ESPN... Named to the USA TODAY Sports/American Family Insurance All-USA South Carolina team... Earned all-state honors from High School Sports Report and was a two-time all-region pick... Rushed for 3,384 yards during his career, breaking the school record of current New England Patriot Stephon Gilmore... Had 1,964 yards and 23 touchdowns as a senior, topping 200 rushing yards in each of the final five games of the year... Also caught 41 passes for 316 yards and a score during his prep career... Helped the Stallions earn a perfect 15-0 record and a state championship as a junior... Selected to play in the 2018 South Carolina North/South All-Star Game... Is the first prep player out of the state of South Carolina to sign with the Wildcats since at least 1997.
PERSONAL: Ja’Derrion Ke’Vontre Ervin was born December 24, 2000, in Rock Hill, South Carolina... Son of Keven Ervin and Renita Brown... Majoring in sociology.
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