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JASLEE ROUSON, RB

5-10, 225, Flanders, N.J. (The Hun School of Princeton)

 

  HIGH SCHOOL?Hailing from a high school, The Hun School of Princeton, that has been a Division I-A pipeline (seven players off the 2005 team after 11 signing with D-IA schools from the 2004 squad), he earned first-team all-state honors on offense (tailback) and second-team mention on defense (cornerback) as selected by state coaches.  A SuperPrep All-Northeast selection (the No. 21 player in New Jersey, the fourth running back), Big Time Magazine, a popular prep football magazine in New Jersey, tabbed him as one of the state’s top 15 prospects and the third-rated back.  At the Elite College Combine in the summer of 2005, he won the top running back award.  He was first-team all-state on both offense and defense as a junior, and earned first-team all-Maple Conference and first-team all-Mercer County honors on both sides of the ball as a junior and senior.  As a senior power/V-back, he rushed for 600 yards and nine touchdowns on 65 carries, and caught 20 passes for 250 yards and two scores.  On defense, playing a combination cornerback and rover, he was in on 55 tackles (45 solo), picking off eight passes to go with 10 pass deflections, three quarterback sacks, two forced fumbles and a recovery.  As a junior, he had 750 yards and seven touchdowns on 83 carries, with 30 receptions for 350 yards and three TDs on offense; he had 98 tackles (78 solo), with seven interceptions, 12 passes broken up, three sacks, two forced fumbles and a recovery on defense.  He played his freshman and sophomore seasons at Mount Olive, where he played tailback and rushed for 2,100 yards over two years, scoring 27 touchdowns (1,100 and 14, respectively, as a sophomore), earning first-team all-Morris Country and all-league honors both seasons.  He played safety on defense, with two interceptions as a freshman. Top career games: as a senior in a 42-7 win over Blair Academy, he rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns; as a junior in a 42-0 win over Case Western (Ohio), he rushed for 230 yards and three TDs while making 10 tackles and two interceptions; and as a freshman at Mount Olive, in a 14-13 win over Jefferson in the state title game in the snow (the players wore sneakers because the ground was so hard), he was the only freshman starter on either team and ran for 105 yards and a touchdown.  Under coach Dave Dudeck, The Hun School of Princeton went 9-1 his junior season and won the New Jersey State Prep Championship (with a 4-5 record his senior year).  As a freshman at Mount Olive, coached by his father, Lee, his team won the Division IV state championship with an 11-1 mark (going 7-4 his sophomore season, losing in the first round of the playoffs).  He also lettered twice in track (sprints and jumps); he has prep bests of 10.9 in the 100-meter dash, 22.1 in the 200 and 21-10 in the long jump.

  ACADEMICS?He is undecided on his major at Colorado, but is interested in special education.  He was the recipient of the National Academic Scholarship Award for African-American students the summer before his senior year, as he was rewarded for an 1820 SAT score and a 3.0 grade point average.

  PERSONAL?Born August 5, 1987 in Livingston, N.J.  His hobbies include lifting weights, spending time at home, and reptiles; he has had a love for reptiles since he was 5, especially snakes, iguanas and lizards.  He has a pet skink (a lizard like creature with a big belly, small legs and a snake-like body).  His father (Lee) lettered four times at tailback for Colorado between 1981-84; he exited CU as the school’s fourth all-time leading rusher (2,296 yards) as well as third in receptions (86) and 10th in receiving yards (696).  The elder Rouson was drafted in the eighth round by the New York Giants in the 1985 draft and went on to enjoy a seven-year NFL career with the Giants (1985-90) and the Cleveland Browns (1991).  JasLee has done numerous community service activities, working at his local firehouse, hospital and church (in the day care center).  He won the Most Extracurricular Activities Award in eighth grade for all his outside activities.  (First name is pronounced jace-lee.)