2011 Football Roster
Roster
Desmond Haynes
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Silver Spring, Md.
- High School:
- Paint Branch HS
As a Senior (2011): Did not see game action ... named special teams scout team player of the week for his work leading up to the NC State game (11/26).
As a Junior (2010): Played in three games as a reserve cornerback ... saw action vs. Morgan State (9/11), Wake Forest (10/30) and East Carolina (12/29) ... did not record any statistics.
As a Sophomore (2009): Did not see game action ... joined the team at the beginning of the season after not playing football his first two years at Maryland.
At Paint Branch High School: Ran track and played football for the Panthers ... recorded 65 tackles, including 18 tackles for loss and four sacks, and one interception as a senior while playing linebacker and defensive end ... finished fourth in the 100-meter dash at the 3A West Regional in 2006 ... placed 13th in the 3A State Championship in the same event that year ... placed 33rd overall in the 2006 Maryland Junior Combine ... outstanding student who graduated with a 3.2 grade-point average and was a member of the National Honor Roll and National Society of High School Scholars ... a recipient of the W.E.B. Dubois Scholarship ... active in the Relay For Life community service project ... coached my Mike Nesmith.
Personal: Born in Silver Spring, Md. ... parents are Floretta Doson Haynes and Eon Haynes ... father ran track and boxed in his birth country of Guyana ... an economics/international development major, with a minor in French.
