| Gavin DeFreitas |
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RS Senior
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| Hometown:
Seabrook, Md.
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| High School:
Duval/Western Maryland
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| Height / Weight:
5-11 / 192
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| Position:
Tailback
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On DeFreitas: Fifth-year senior transfer from Western Maryland College who may challenge for playing time at tailback ... big back with quickness who arrived at Maryland as a walk-on during the 1998 season ... all-conference in Division III and Western Maryland's leading rusher for two seasons ... 1,639 career yards on 448 carries in three seasons at Western Maryland ... 3.6 yards per carry average with 16 TDs ... fifth all-time rushing leader at Western Maryland ... came to Maryland as part of a "3-2" engineering program that includes a preliminary degree from one school and leads to an engineering degree at a second institution ... comes to Maryland in pursuit of the engineering phase of his program.
1998: Redshirt season while transferring from Western Maryland.
1997 (WMC): Second team All-Centennial Conference at Western Maryland ... named offensive MVP ... guided the Green Terror to their first undefeated (10-0) regular season since 1929, and their first conference title since 1963 ... team lost to national runner-up Lycoming in the first round of the NCAA playoffs ... was WMC's first NCAA playoff game in history though DeFreitas did not play because of injury ... finished junior season with 955 yards on 225 carries, a 4.2-yard average and nine touchdowns ... longest carry was 38 yards ... led WMC with 29 receptions for 313 yards ... averaged 10.8 yards per catch with one touchdown ... had four 100-yard games including a 27-carry, 141-yard effort to help clinch the league title vs. Johns Hopkins ... best rushing game was 152 yards and two TDs on 32 carries at Gettysburg ... career receiving high of six catches for 104 yards at Dickinson ... coached by Tim Keating.
1996 (WMC): WMC rushing leader with 149 carries for 480 yards, 3.2 average and four touchdowns ... best game was 106 yards vs. Ursinus, on 22 carries ... also had 16 catches for 139 yards.
1995 (WMC): Second on team in rushing with 204 yards on 74 carries ... 2.8-yard average with three touchdowns ... 14 catches for 67 yards, 4.8-yard average and one TD ... leader in kickoff returns with 16 for 292 yards and an 18.2-yard average ... long return of 36 yards.
High School: Graduated from Duval High School in 1995 ... three-year letterwinner ... was team captain, offensive MVP and all-county selection as a senior ... compiled 860 yards rushing and 318 receiving yards in his final season ...coached by Bob Estes.
Personal: Gavin Julien DeFreitas ... born Aug. 16, 1976 ... son of Vibert and Pamela DeFreitas ... currently majoring in anthropology in order to maintain adequate units for athletic eligibility in his final season of football ... preliminary degree in physics from Western Maryland.
DeFreitas Up Close
The best advice I've ever received is: "Always be the best."
My craziest ambition is: scuba diving
If I could change one thing in the world, it would be: racism
If I could change any rule in college football, it would be: change the "one knee down" rule
America's biggest problem for the next century: racism
Who would I most like to meet?: Bruce Lee
