Honors and Awards
2015: Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Sept. 28)
Career: Played in 28 games and owns 3 starts at running back … rushed for 1,212 yards and 11 touchdowns on 231 carries, averaging 5.2 yards per attempt ... graduated with degree in sociology in December 2018
2018 Season: Earned third letter, playing in 12 games ... logged 82 carries for career-high 545 yards and 6 touchdowns, averaging 6.6 yards per carry ... also caught 2 passes for 10 yards ... carried 12 times for 111 yards, including a career-long 39-yard run, and 2 touchdowns vs. Illinois on Oct. 20 ... logged 10 carries for 52 yards and a touchdown vs. Miami in the Pinstripe Bowl on Dec. 27 ... scored 2 touchdowns and rushed for 15 yards on 6 carries vs. BYU on Sept. 15 ... had 74 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries vs. Nebraska on Oct. 6 ... logged 77 yards on 9 carries vs. Rutgers on Nov. 3
2017 Season: Did not play due to injury
2016 Season: Earned second letter, seeing action in 6 games with 1 start (vs. Georgia State on Sept. 17) … playing time limited due to injury … recorded 32 carries for 164 yards … had a season-high 12 rushing attempts for 58 yards against Akron on Sept. 10 … ran for 41 yards vs. Illinois on Nov. 12
2015 Season: Earned first letter, playing in 10 games with 2 starts at running back … ranked second on team with 503 rushing yards on 117 attempts (4.3 average) … scored six rushing touchdowns … carried 26 times for 147 yards, both career highs, and scored two touchdowns vs. Hawai’I on Sept. 26 … rushed for 90 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries at Minnesota on Nov. 28 … carried 14 times for 45 yards and first two touchdowns of career vs. Miami (Ohio) on Sept. 12 … logged 16 carries for 84 yards vs. Troy on Sept. 19 … carried 15 times for 59 yards vs. Iowa on Oct. 3 … posted 42 rushing yards on nine carries at Maryland on Nov. 7 … made Badgers debut by rushing six times for 14 yards vs. Alabama on Sept. 5
2014 Season: Redshirt season
High School: Four-star recruit by Rivals, three-star recruit by ESPN.com, Scout and 247 Sports ... Maryland Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior in 2013 ... named first-team all-state, first-team Baltimore Sun All-Metro and first-team All-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference after rushing for 1,200 yards and 18 touchdowns as a senior, leading DeMatha to WCAC title ... as a junior, named second-team All-WCAC at running back after recording 1,017 rushing yards and scoring 21 TDs ... third-team All-WCAC at running back as a sophomore, rushing for 900 yards and 13 TDs ... finished DeMatha career with 3,117 rushing yards and 52 touchdowns ... as a freshman, recorded 55 total tackles, including five sacks, while playing defense ... high school coach was Elijah Brooks
Personal: Parents are George Deal and Towanna Deal ... cousin Mikeal Hopkins plays basketball at Georgetown ... cousin Ian Thomas played linebacker at Illinois from 2007-11 ... honor roll student ... named Maryland Army National Guard Ring of Honor Student-Athlete of the Month as a junior in September 2012
