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Kervin Michaud
Senior
Wide Receiver
Levittown, Pa./Pennsbury HS

High School: Standout wing back at Pennsbury High School for coach Galen Snyder...All-State in 2003 when he rushed for 1,130 yards and caught 23 passes for 545 yards for team that went 7-3...2003 Southeastern Pennsylvania Area Player of the Year for football and track and field...scored two touchdowns in Pennsylvania state All-Star Game...two-time All-Suburban One selection...2003 Trentonian Player of the Year...caught 23 passes for 545 yards and averaged 8.34 yards per carry as a junior...placed third in 400 meters and fourth in 200 meters at 2003 state track and field championships...honor roll student.

At Delaware: Team co-captain along with Kheon Hendricks, Matt Marcorelle, and Erik Johnson...one of the most versatile players in the Colonial Athletic Association...returns for third year as team’s starting wide receiver but also has filled in at running back and is among the league’s top kick returners...three-year letterwinner...multi-purpose threat who has good speed and is capable of making the big-play...shifty runner who runs precise routes and is among the team’s best downfield blockers...teams with fellow returning starters Aaron Love and Mark Duncan to give Delaware one of the most prolific pass receiving combinations in the nation...selected as a pre-season honorable mention All-American by Consensus Draft Services website...one of the team’s most experienced players with 35 games and 24 starts on his resume...has caught 116 career passes for 1,228 yards (10.6 avg.) and five touchdowns, rushed 80 times for 384 yards (4.8) and one touchdown, and returned 63 kickoffs for 1,336 yards (21.2 ag.)...2,948 career all-purpose yards (11.2 per touch) leaves him just 52 yards shy of becoming the 19th player in UD history to reach 3,000-yard plateau...one of 24 players in school history with over 1,000 career pass receiving yards...No. 2 on active NCAA list for kickoff returns (63) and No. 6 for kickoff return yardage (1,336)...63 kickoff returns ranks No. 2 all-time at Delaware, just nine shy of UD record of 72 by Eddie Conti in 1994-98...1,338 return yards ranks No. 5 all-time at Delaware, 347 shy of UD record of 1,683 by former teammate Rashaad Woodard in 2003-06...21.2 kickoff return average ranks No. 15 all-time at Delaware...ranks No. 10 all-time at Delaware in receptions (116)...will enter the 2008 season having caught at least one pass in 23 straight games, the sixth longest streak in UD history.

2007 Season: Key member of squad as a starting wide receiver and kick returner...earned third team All-CAA honors at wide receiver...led team to 11-4 record and a berth in the FCS national championship game under head coach K.C. Keeler...played in 13 games with eight starts... missed early season games vs. West Chester and Rhode Island with a knee injury suffered in opener vs. William & Mary...earned Blue Hen Touchdown Club Offensive Player of the Week honors vs. Navy...ranked second on the team and seventh in the CAA with 1,596 all-purpose yards (122.8 per game/59th in NCAA), the eighth highest single season mark in school history...team’s No. 4 leading receiver with 52 catches for 682 yards (13.1 avg.) and three touchdowns....No. 3 leading rusher with 108 yards on 16 carries (team-high 6.8 avg.)...led team in kickoff returns with 39 for 806 yards (20.7 avg.)...kickoff returns and yards both set school records...caught a pass in all 13 games he played, leading the way with career highs on eight receptions for 96 yards and two touchdowns in win over Navy...285 all-purpose yards vs. Navy was the sixth highest single game mark in UD history...also caught five passes for 75 yards vs. William & Mary, four for 51 yards vs. Monmouth, six for 58 yards vs. New Hampshire, five for 40 yards vs. Northeastern, four for 50 yards vs. Richmond, and four for 48 yards and a touchdown (nine yards) vs. Southern Illinois in the NCAA semifinals...top rushing performance was a 39-yard effort on seven attempts vs. William & Mary...also rushed for 22 yards vs. Navy and 20 yards vs. Appalachian State...reached career highs with seven kickoff returns for 167 yards (23.8 avg.) vs. Navy...167 yards was the third highest total in UD history...also averaged 27.5 yards on two returns vs. William & Mary, 24.5 yards on four returns vs. Northern Iowa, 23.5 yards on four returns vs. Villanova, and 19.5 yards on seven returns vs. Richmond...had career long return of 42 yards vs. Navy...enjoyed a solid spring and excelled in spring game with five receptions for 67 yards, including a 41-yard catch.

2006 Season: Proved to be an invaluable member of the offense once again as he split time between wide receiver and running back for most of the season and performed well at each spot...played in all 11 games with 10 starts (six at wide receiver and four at running back)...team leader in total all-purpose yardage with 989 yards (89.9 yards per game)...caught 42 passes for 387 yards 99.2 avg.) and two touchdowns while rushing 56 times for 234 yards (4.2 avg.) and one touchdowns...team’s third leading receiver and third leading rusher...started season at wide receiver but moved to backfield vs. Northeastern after starter Omar Cuff suffered an ankle injury vs. New Hampshire...also averaged 21.6 yards on 17 kickoff returns...had the team’s second longest play of the season when he caught a 57-yard pass from Joe Flacco vs. Villanova...had a season-long 22-yard run vs. Northeastern...put up consistent numbers all season, rushing for a career-high 61 yards on 15 carries vs. Towson, 58 yards on 15 carries vs. Hofstra, 48 yards on seven carries vs. Northeastern, and 41 yards and one touchdown on 15 carries vs. James Madison...caught at least one pass in each of the final 10 games of the season...caught career-high eight passes for 61 yards vs. Richmond, three passes for a career-high 78 yards and a touchdown vs. Villanova, seven catches for 62 yards vs. Towson, and six catches for 43 yards vs. Northeastern...also caught a touchdown pass vs. New Hampshire...had a season-long 36-yard kickoff return vs. Towson...averaged 28.0 yards on two kickoff returns vs. Towson and 26.5 on two kickoff returns vs. Northeastern...earned Blue Hen Touchdown Club Offensive Player of the Week honors for his performance vs. Hofstra...team went 5-6...missed spring drills with a torn pectoral muscle.

2005 Season: Earned first varsity letter as one of three redshirt freshmen to see considerable action at wide receiver...was thrust into a greater role with loss of senior David Boler in pre-season and to senior Joe Bleymaier midway through the season...responded with a solid fall, ranking fifth on the squad with 22 catches for 159 yards with a 7.2 average per catch...played in all 11 games and started seven and also carried the ball eight times for 42 yards and 5.2-yard average...also returned seven kickoffs for a 23.1-yard average and collected three tackles...started the first five games at wide receiver, played in a reserve role for the next five games, and then started the finale vs. Villanova...was only member of the team to catch at least one pass in all 11 games...had best game vs. Richmond when he caught six passes for 45 yards...also had four catches for 21 yards vs. Massachusetts and caught two passes each against West Chester, William & Mary, and Villanova...returned three kickoffs for 91 yards vs. West Chester, including a career-long 42-yarder...also returned a kickoff 29 yards against Villanova...ran twice for a season-high 29 yards vs. Maine, including a season-long 21-yard ran...collected one tackle each vs. West Chester, Towson, and William & Mary...team went 6-5...caught four passes for 32 yards in spring game.

2004: Did not see game action as a true freshman and retained freshman eligibility...team went 9-4, won the Atlantic 10 title, and advanced to the NCAA I-AA quarterfinals.

Personal: Kervin Michaud (“curvin muh-shawd”)...born June 7, 1985...son of Kettelie Sylvestre...has four brothers and sisters...civil engineering major at Delaware with a minor in mathematics...wrote several blogs for the CAA website during the spring and will produce a weekly blog during the 2008 season for the UD athletics website...conference Academic Honor Roll honoree...enjoys playing video games and fishing in spare time....has worked as a roofer during the summers...served a 2007 summer internship with Stantec, a leading firm in the design and consulting industry....served 2008 summer internship at Structures Unlimited as part of the Sabic Bridge Program...also helped mentor 41 young Saudi Arabian students in program that assists them into America's academic community.

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