2020 Football Roster
Jersey Number 22
A'Varius Sparrow
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 197
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Orlando, Fla.
- High School:
- Jones
2020 (Fr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Played in six games, adding depth at running back; used on special teams
- Season-high three plays against Kansas, Kansas mState, Texas and TCU
- WVU Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week (Kansas)
- Finished with three carries for 10 yards with a long of six yards against Kansas
High School
- Played running back for coach Elijah Williams at Jones High
- Earned 5A All-State Honorable Mention
- Selected No. 21 on Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida Top 60 recruits
- Played just two years of football after previously concentrating on wrestling
- Used at linebacker for part of his junior season, but then exploded as a running back during his senior year
- Finished with more than 3,200 yards during his junior and senior seasons
- Helped lead Jones to a 13-2 record, the Florida 5A state championship game and a No. 11 finish in the state
- Finished with 2,135 yards and 26 touchdowns as a senior
- Rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns in the state title contest
- Had 200 or more rushing yards in four games and 100 or more yards in 11 games
- Scored multiple touchdowns in 12 games
- Season-high 276 yards and two touchdowns against Johns Creek
- Had 240 yards and three touchdowns in the playoffs against Wakulla
- Three-star rating by ESPN, rivals and 247Sports
- No. 73 running back nationally by 247Sports
- Rated No. 144-top prospect in Florida and No. 244 by ESPN
Personal
- Son of Lonzo Sparrow and Porscha Taylor
- One of five children (2 brothers, 2 sisters)
- Major is undecided
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