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Brian Ingram
Senior
Wide Receiver
Stone Mountain, GA/Stone Mountain

High School: Standout wide receiver and defensive back at Stone Mountain High School under head coach Bill Harris...started two years at Carver High School in Atlanta before moving on to Stone Mountain for his senior year...All-City and All-Metro as a junior at Carver HS...as a senior, posted 72 tackles and seven interceptions and was named first team All-DeKalb County...led team to 9-1 record, division team title, and state playoff berth...also a standout in basketball and track...National Honor Society student...earned Governor’s Honor Award...

At Delaware: Third-year regular at wide receiver in Blue Hen spread offense...looking to close out career on a healthy note after being sidelined or limited with injuries each of his first three seasons...forms an outstanding senior combination with David Boler and Joe Bleymaier...exciting player with outstanding size...tallest wide receiver in Delaware football history...has long strides and good jumping ability...also expected to return punts, succeeding All-Atlantic 10 returner Sidney Haugabrook...began UD career as a defensive back before moving over to offense in the spring of 2002...has appeared in 34 career games with 18 starts...has career totals of 104 receptions for 1,259 yards, four touchdowns, and 12.1 yards per catch...has also returned 10 punts for 77 yards with a long of 16 in his career...ranked No. 9 all-time at Delaware in receptions, 10th in receptions per game (3.0), No. 13 in receiving yards (1,259)...caught two passes for 12 yards in spring game...

2004: Saw action in 12 games with four starts for Delaware team that went 9-4, captured the Atlantic 10 Conference title, and advanced to the NCAA I-AA quarterfinals...started first three games of the season and also vs. Navy...missed Hofstra game due to a concussion suffered in practice during the week...ranked fifth on the team with 20 receptions for 208 yards (10.4 average)...caught season-high five passes for 65 yards vs. James Madison, a game in which he snapped a streak of five straight games without catching a pass...also caught four passes for 47 yards in I-AA playoff win over Lafayette and had three receptions in each of the first three games of the season vs. New Hampshire, Towson, and West Chester...caught 100th career reception vs. Richmond...returned punt for two yards vs. Towson...caught four passes for 26 yards and one touchdown in spring game...

2003: Second-year regular...played in 13 games with six starts and ranked third on the team with 48 receptions for 595 yards (12.4 avg.) and three touchdowns...led Blue Hens to 15-1 record, NCAA I-AA national title, and Atlantic 10 Conference title...also posted a tackle vs. The Citadel...suffered partial ligament tear in right knee vs. New Hampshire and missed games vs. Rhode Island, Navy, and Maine...caught at least three passes in nine games...got off to a blistering start, averaging 6.7 catches per game over the first four contests and briefly led the nation in that category...had career highs with nine receptions for 113 yards in season opener vs. The Citadel...had eight catches for 66 yards and one touchdown vs. Richmond, four catches for 87 yards and two touchdowns vs. West Chester, and six catches for 55 yards vs. Hofstra in first four games of the season...also five catches for 68 yards vs. Northeastern...caught longest pass of the season when he hauled in a 71-yard scoring strike from Andy Hall vs. West Chester...Blue Hen Touchdown Club Offensive Player of the Week vs. West Chester...

2002: Enjoyed a solid first season...led Delaware to 6-6 record under first-year head coach K.C. Keeler...one of three starting redshirt freshmen in new spread offense...played in nine games with eight starts...did not play vs. James Madison, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire (high left ankle sprain)...team’s second leading receiver with 37 receptions for 456 yards (12.3 average) and one touchdown...4.11 receptions per game ranked ninth in the Atlantic 10 Conference...caught a two-point conversion vs. Villanova...caught at least two passes in every game he played with a season-high seven catches each vs. Richmond and The Citadel...Blue Hen Touchdown Club Offensive Player of the Week vs. Richmond...scored lone touchdown of the season on 10-yard catch from Andy Hall vs. The Citadel...caught five passes for 89 yards vs. Villanova, seven catches for 92 yards vs. Richmond, and seven catches for 79 yards vs. The Citadel...caught a 57-yard pass from Andy Hall in his collegiate debut vs. Georgia Southern...carried the ball just once, losing seven yards on a reverse vs. Villanova...thrust into punt return duty when Mike Adams went down with an injury in the opener...returned nine punts for 75 yards and a 8.3-yard average (No. 2 in Atlantic 10)...had long return of 16 yards vs. The Citadel when he returned five punts for 47 yards...moved to wide receiver from defensive back in the spring...projected as Atlantic 10 Conference Newcomer of the Year in Street & Smith’s pre-season magazine...caught eight passes for 174 yards, including an 85-yard touchdown catch in spring game...

2001: Did not see game action and retained freshman eligibility...team went 4-6 in Hall of Fame head coach Tubby Raymond’s final season...

Personal: Brian DeWayne Ingram...born Jan. 13, 1984...son of Brian and Lallje Ingram....father was a standout linebacker at the University of Tennessee and played professional football with the New England Patriots and San Diego Chargers in 1982-86...health studies major with minor in black american studies...has worked the last two summers as a counselor at UD Boy’s Lacrosse Camp.

 
 
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