Eastern Michigan Athletics
2005 Football Roster
Sep 20 (Sat)
3:30 p.m.
Roster
Trumaine Riley
- Position:
- WR
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Akron, Ohio
- High School:
- Walsh Jesuit
PERSONAL: Full name: Trumaine Antwan Riley...Son of Zakery and Janine Riley...Born 9-10-83...Criminal justice major...Has two sisters, Janay and Tiavonte, and two brothers, Zakery and Truvonte...EMU: One of the 2002 recruits who became a full-time student in 2003 and has been the starting kick returner the past three seasons...Has led the team in punt returns and kickoff returns the last three seasons...Owns the EMU career kickoff return mark with 99 and his 1,863 career kickoff return yards also tops the EMU record book...Also competed on the 2004, 2005 and 2006 EMU baseball teams...2005: Led the team in kickoff returns and punt returns...Returned 12 punts for 73 yards, which ranked him 77th in the NCAA...His team-leading 22 kickoff returns for 492 ranked him sixth in the Mid-American Conference (22.36 yards per return), which also ranked 62nd nationally...Also caught 21 passes for 200 yards...Singled out by the coaching staff for eight game-day awards...Selected for Championship Special Teams performances three times, against Michigan (Sept. 17), Central Michigan (Sept. 24) and Kent State (Oct. 1)...Earned Winning Performance awards for the Cincinnati and Louisiana Lafayette (Sept. 10) games...Named the Offensive Eagle of the Week for the Kent State game, was a Special Teams Eagle of the Week for the Central Michigan game, and earned a Championship Performance award for the Toledo (Oct. 8) contest...Started in 48 of 51 games in which he played for the baseball team and batted .277 with 44 hits, 15 RBI and stole 9-of-17 bases on a team that qualified for the MAC Postseason Tournament...2004: Played in all 11 games and started twice, against Ball State (Oct. 9) and Northern Illinois...Served as EMU’s top return man and receiver...Finished ninth in the Mid-American Conference in punt returns at 8.0 yards per game and was 18th in kickoff returns at 15.3 yards per game...Ranked fifth on the team in receiving with 20 catches for 302 yards and two touchdowns...Scored on a 64-yard pass from quarterback Matt Bohnet against Eastern Illinois (Sept. 25) and had an 18-yard touchdown reception from Bohnet against Northern Illinois (Nov. 20)...Selected the Offensive Player of the Week for the Northern Illinois game when he hauled in six passes for 74 yards and returned four kickoffs for 85 yards...Also selected as a Special Teams Player of the Week for the Eastern Illinois game...Chosen by the coaching staff for a Championship Performance against Central Michigan (Nov. 6), and a Championship Special Teams pick for the Idaho (Oct. 2) game...Also played on the EMU baseball team, playing most of the year as the center fielder, appearing in 53 games and starting 43 times...Hit .245 on the year with three doubles, a triple and nine RBI and paced the team in stolen bases with 16 in 19 attempts...2003: Started in 11 games as a return man, missing only the UCF game (Nov. 8) with an injury...Finished fifth in the Mid-American Conference in punt returns with 15 for 156 yards, and was 14th in kickoff returns with 41 for 725 yards ...Named Special Teams Eagle of the Week twice, for outstanding effort in the East Tennessee State (Aug. 28) game, when he returned four kickoffs for 101 yards, and against Bowling Green (Oct. 18) when he had two kickoff returns for 45 yards and two punt returns for 29 yards...Best return game came against Maryland (Sept. 27) when he returned seven kickoffs for 125 yards...Top punt return effort was 42 yards on three returns against Ball State (Nov. 15)...Also caught nine passes for 86 yards as a reserve wide receiver...HIGH SCHOOL: Standout two-sport star at Walsh Jesuit H.S. in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio....Played football for Head Coach Gerry Rardin...Earned three varsity football letters and four varsity baseball letters...Senior Year: Football: Named first-team All-Summit County and was an All-State honorable mention selection on both offense and defense...Named his team’s Defensive Back of the Year...First-team All-District and first-team Akron Touchdown Club All Star...Named first-team All-Star by The Cleveland Plain Dealer...Baseball: Stolen base leader and varsity letter winner...Junior Year: Football: Leading rusher on the team with 1,100 yards and 16 touchdowns...Honorable mention All-Northeast Ohio pick...Baseball: Golden Glove winner...Sophomore Year: Football: Played tailback and defensive back on a state championship team...Baseball: Won the 10th Man Award.
