2009 Media Guide
| This returning starter possesses the talent to be one of the nation’s top tailbacks and contender for All-America and other post-season honors such as the Doak Walker Award, presented to the nation’s top running back, and possibly the Heisman Trophy ... DeShaun is an impact player who has the ability to make the big play and score any time he touches the football ... He possesses excellent size, athleticism and the ability to change direction ... He has excellent hands (he has caught 49 passes in his career) ... He also possesses the strength to break tackles, has a wicked stiff-arm and is a good blocker ... Foster enters his senior year already ranked No. 4 in UCLA history with 31 career touchdowns ... In addition, his 188 points rank ninth on UCLA’s career scoring list ... The flashy tailback also ranks 11th on the career rushing list with 2,085 yards ... He could become only the sixth player in school history to rush for over 3,000 yards in his career and only the seventh Bruin to rush for at least 1,000 in two different seasons ...Foster has gained over 100 yards in his career on seven occasions ... His back-to-back 100-yard games against Alabama and Fresno State last year were the first by a Bruin since Skip Hicks did it in the final five games of the 1997 season... He did not participate in Spring Practice due to surgery on the little finger of his left hand, but was very productive in the weight room during the off season. |
