2002 Hula Bowl Maui Player Rosters
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2002 Player Profiles
Herb Haywood WR - Michigan State University
Top candidate to replace three-year starter Gari Scott at flanker . . . has been an impact player on the Spartan special teams . . . already ranks among Michigan State's all-time leaders in kickoff returns (eighth with 792 career yards on 37 returns) . . .
AS A SOPHMORE: Appeared in all 12 games in 1999, including a start vs. Wisconsin when Scott was sidelined with a knee injury, and played 234.5 minutes . . . had at least one catch in five games . . . caught 11 passes for 145 yards (13.2 avg.) and one touchdown . . . had a career-high five receptions for 43 yards in his first career start vs. Wisconsin . . . had two catches each vs. Iowa (46 yards) and Eastern Michigan (29) . . . scored his first career TD vs. Iowa on a 35-yard strike from Ryan Van Dyke in the third quarter . . . ranked sixth in the Big Ten in kickoff returns with his 20.5-yard average . . . returned 26 kickoffs for 534 yards – the sixth-best single-season total in Spartan history . . . returned six kickoffs for 132 yards vs. Florida in the 2000 Florida Citrus Bowl . . . had three kickoff returns for 99 yards vs. Penn State, including a 51-yard runback on the opening kickoff . . . selected Spartan Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Michigan (three kickoff returns for 72 yards, including a 32-yarder) . . . again ranked among the top tacklers on special teams with seven stops (2 solos, 5 assists) . . . named the Green team's offensive MVP after catching eight passes for 73 yards, including a 5-yard TD grab from Ryan Van Dyke in the fourth quarter of the '99 spring game . . .
AS A FRESHMAN: Saw action in 11 games as a red-shirt freshman in 1998 and played 188 minutes (DNP vs. Illinois/sprained left ankle) . . . caught 12 passes for 148 yards (12.3 avg.) in '98 . . . caught at least one pass in six games . . . had three receptions each vs. Northwestern (career-high 58 yards), Michigan (22) and Oregon (36) . . . rushed twice on end-arounds for 16 yards (8.0 avg.) . . . averaged a team-best 23.5 yards on 11 kickoff returns . . . returned two kickoffs for 82 yards vs. Michigan, including a season-long 67-yarder . . . led the special teams in tackles with 14 (9 solos, 5 assists) . . . named Spartan Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Minnesota after registering four tackles (3-1) . . . played a season-high 28.5 minutes vs. Michigan . . .
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