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2015 Football Roster

Bern Connelly
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23 Connor Kacsor

  • Position RB
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 211
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Leo, Ind.
  • Highschool Leo

Biography

At Dayton:
2015
• Returned as a starter at the running back, rushing for 606 yards and 6 touchdowns on 141 carries.
• Rushed for a seaon high 244 yards and 3 touchdowns in the victory over Duquesne (9/19/15).
Finished his career as UD's All-Time leading rusher with 3,543 yards.
• Kacsor was named a preseason Second Team All-American by Stats LLC and Lindy's.  
2014
• The top returning rusher in the Pioneer Football League, Kacsor was named to the Walter Payton Award watch list, and also named PFL Offensive Player of the Year and First Team All-PFL.
• Kacsor started all 11 games for the Flyers during the 2014 season and was named the recipient of the White-Allen Most Valuable Player Trophy, an award voted on by members of the team.
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He recorded 255 carries for 1547 yards.
• He averaged 6.1 yards per carry and scored 17 touchdowns.
• Kacsor also recorded 21 catches for 122 yards (5.8 avg.).
• His 301 yards against Georgetown in the season opener set the Dayton single-game record, and he is the only FCS player with three rushing performances of 210 yards or more during the 2014 season.

2013
• Kacsor led the Flyers in rushing with 177 carries for 996 yards.
• He averaged 5.5 yards per carry and scored 10 touchdowns.
• Kacsor rushed for over 100 yards in five games and eclipsed the 200 yard mark in the game against Davidson (10/5).
• In that game, he rushed for 244 yards and scored two touchdowns.
• The following week against Stetson (10/12), Kacsor rushed for 133 yards and scored three touchdowns.
• In addition to his efforts on the field, Kacsor was named a member of the PFL Academic Honor Roll.
 
2012
• Kacsor was the first Flyer freshman football player to run for 100 yards in a game three times in a season when he had with 135 at Davidson, 106 in the Morehead State win and 124 vs. Valpo in back-to-back-to-back weeks.
• He is only the second freshman to rush for 100 yards in a game at UD.
• The first was quarterback Kelly Spiker, who ran for 142 yards vs. Morehead State and 157 vs. Butler in back-to-back weeks in the 2000 season.
• Kacsor led the PFL with a 10.6 yard-per-carry average in 2012.
• He gained 432 yards and scored five TD’s.
• He was a member of the 2012 PFL Academic Honor Roll.


2011
• Kacsor missed most of his senior season in high school, and then redshirted his first year at UD in 2011.

Personal:
• Son of Kirk and Cindy Kacsor
• Born on June 28, 1993
• Double major in Marketing and Finance
• Kacsor was a captain of the football team.
• In his junior year he was first team all-conference, area, and state.
• He played in three games as a senior before injuring his knee.
• In that junior season, he rushed for 1,559 yards and had 23 touchdowns.
• He finished as his high school’s all-time leading rusher.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2013Redshirt Sophomore

    RB
    6'0" 190 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2014Senior

    Running Back
    6'0" 200 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2015Redshirt Senior

    Running Back
    6'0" 211 lbs
    23