Tennessee State University

Awards and Honors:
2023 FCS Football Central Freshman All-American
2023 Second Team All Big South-OVC

2023: Saw action in all 11 games with seven starts…Took over the starting role and was named a Freshman All-American after rushing for 553 yards and 10 touchdowns on 144 carries…Led the team in all rushing categories…Became the first TSU first back to finish with double-digit rushing touchdowns in a season since Trabis Ward logged 15 in 2012…Had three games with 2+ rushing scores…Ran for a career-high 105 yards against Kennesaw State (10/7) while also tacking on two scores…Logged four rushing touchdowns against Lincoln on just 12 attempts (10/21)…Hauled in 14 passes out of the backfield for 101 yards…Was named to the All-OVC Second Team.

2022: Showed great potential as he was limited to just two games during his freshman season...finished the year with 92 rushing yards on 18 attempts to average 5.1 yards per carry....made his collegiate debut against Southeast Missouri as he rushed for 38 yards on seven carries (11/5)....finished with a season-high 54 yards on 11 carries at Texas A&M-Commerce in the final game of the season (11/19).

PERSONAL: Son of Eric and Selena Gant … has one brother, Brendan, who plays football at Colorado.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played all four years at Kathleen … named All-FACA Second-Team as a senior.