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ASU: Team leader who has a great motor ... enters the season competing with Delvon Flowers for the starting tailback job ... quality football player who can run, catch and block ... tough competitor ... was a major contributor to ASU's bowl season last year when Flowers went down with a season-ending injury ... joined the team as a walk-on two games into the season and went on to earn a scholarship ... will also be counted on as part of a trio of players who will return kickoffs. 2000: Walked on the team late and played in 10 games, starting two games at tailback ... led ASU with 180 carries for 720 yards ... his six touchdowns led ground attack ... also hauled in nine receptions for 192 yards and two touchdowns ... eight total TDs led the team ... second only to Mike Barth with 48 total points ... turned in 926 all-purpose yards, which was second to Richard Williams ... ran the ball 16 times for 65 yards and added a nine-yard pass reception in his debut vs. Utah State ... scored first touchdown vs. California on a seven-yard run ... finished the Cal game with 93 yards rushing on 17 carries ... crossed the 100-yard barrier vs. Washington State, tallying 104 yards on 26 carries, including a TD ... made his first start a monster game with 33 carries for 158 yards and a 37-yard TD vs. Oregon ... also pulled down his longest reception of the season on a 69-yard catch-and-run to the end zone vs. the Ducks ... awarded a scholarship in the week before the USC game ... netted 70 yards and a touchdown on 27 carries, plus a 45-yard touchdown catch from Griffin Goodman, in a start against the Trojans.
JUNIOR COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO: Played for one season in 1999 at Ricks Junior College in Rexburg, Idaho following a two-year mission to Brazil ... spent the 1996 campaign at the University of Idaho where he played running back and returned kicks ... finished second on the team in rushing with 212 yards and two touchdowns on 41 carries ... led the Vandals with an average of 5.2 yards per carry ... paced his squad and ranked among the best in the nation in kickoff returns with 839 yards on 32 returns (an average of 26.2 yards per return).
PERSONAL: A 1995 graduate of Mesa High School ... born April 5, 1978.
CAREER HIGHS: Rushing Attempts: 33, vs. Oregon (10/28/00). Rushing Yards: 158, vs. Oregon (10/28/00). TDs Rushing: 1, six times. Receptions: 2, twice, last vs. USC (11/4/00). Receiving Yards: 69, vs. Oregon (10/28/00). TDs Receiving: 1, twice, last vs. USC (11/4/00).
Pace's Career Statistics
Rushing
Year G/GS Att. Net Avg. TD Lg. Avg./G
2000 10/2 180 720 4.0 6 37 72.0
Receiving
Year G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Avg./G
2000 10/2 9 192 21.3 2 69 19.2
Pace's Game-by-Game Statistics
2000
Opp. Rush Net Yds. TD Long
at San Diego State -DNP-
Colorado State -DNP-
Utah State 16 65 0 13
at UCLA 8 19 0 12
California 17 93 1 18
Washington 8 17 0 5
at Washington State 26 103 1 12
Oregon 33 158 1 37
USC 21 70 1 11
at Stanford 10 25 0 4
at Arizona 16 31 1 14
vs. Boston College 25 139 1 24
