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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2007-08 Men's Track and Field

David Wurst

  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Orion, Mich.
  • Highschool Lake Orion

Biography

Career: Two-time Ivy League champion ... Two career 100-yard receiving games—102 at Bucknell (10/9/10) and 101 at Princeton (11/6/10) ... Led the 2010 Ivy title team in receptions and receiving yards ... Started all 10 games as Penn finished the year ranked atop the Ivy League in scoring offense and total yards ... Finished with 44 receptions, 533 yards and one touchdown in 36 career games at wide receiver ... Career-best nine catches at Bucknell ... Scored his first collegiate touchdown in Penn’s 52-10 win at Princeton.

2009: Played in the last nine games ... Finished fifth on the team with 11 catches for 126 yards ... Had two catches in four different games ... Season-high three receptions in win over Bucknell (Oct. 10) ... Season-best 34 receiving yards at Dartmouth (Oct. 3) and against the Bisons.

2008: Appeared in nine games ... Started in the first-place matchup with Harvard (Nov. 15) ... Caught seven passes for 68 yards on the season ... Had two catches each in home games against Villanova (Sept. 20), Dartmouth (Oct. 4) and Brown (Nov. 1) ... Season-high 25 yards in the season opener versus Villanova ... Had one catch for a season-long 20 yards against Columbia (Oct. 15) ... Also had a tackle at Lafayette (Sept. 27), saving a touchdown inside the five-yard line.

2007: Played in eight games ... Only two catches came at Brown (Oct. 27), for a total of 14 yards ... Had tackles in special-teams action against Harvard (Nov. 10) and Cornell (Nov. 17).

Lake Orion HS: Four-year letterwinner and captain of football team ... Honorable mention all-state selection 2006 ... All-Metro North, all-county, all-league selection 2006 ... Led team to the league championship in senior season ... Also lettered in track and hockey and captained both ... Earned all-state, all-county and all-league honors in hockey in 2006 ... Helped team earn the league and regional championships in hockey in 2006 ... Honor Roll student ... Earned Scholar Athlete Award.

Personal: Born Dec. 14, 1988 in Royal Oak, Mich. ... Son of Michelle and Steve Wurst ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Career Stats:

RUSHINGgattyardstdlongavg/cavg/g
2007800000.00.0
2008900000.00.0
2009900000.00.0
20101013033.00.3
TOTAL3613033.00.1
 
TOTAL OFFENSEgrushpasstotalavg/g
200780000.0
200890000.0
200990000.0
2010103030.3
TOTAL363030.1
 
RECEIVINGgrecyardstdlongrec/gavg/cavg/g
20078214070.27.01.8
200897680200.89.77.6
20099111260291.211.514.0
201010243251392.413.532.5
TOTAL36445331391.212.114.8
 
SCORINGgtdrushrcvretpat2patfgtotalavg/g
20078000000000.0
20089000000000.0
20099000000000.0
201010101000060.6
TOTAL36101000060.2
 
ALL PURPOSEgrushrcvprkrirtotalavg/g
20078014000141.8
20089068000687.6
20099012600012614.0
201010332500032832.8
TOTAL36353300053614.9
 
TACKLESguaatotaltflpdfffrblk
200781120.00000
200891010.00000
200990000.00000
2010101010.00000
TOTAL363140.00000
 
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Points scored: 6, at Princeton, Nov 06, 2010 
Touchdowns: 1, at Princeton, Nov 06, 2010 
Rush attempts: 1, Columbia, Oct 16, 2010 
Rush yards: 3, Columbia, Oct 16, 2010 (1 carries)
Long rush: 3, Columbia, Oct 16, 2010 
Receptions: 9, at Bucknell, Oct 09, 2010 
Receiving yards: 102, at Bucknell, Oct 09, 2010 (9 receptions)
Receiving TDs: 1, at Princeton, Nov 06, 2010 
Long reception: 39, at Princeton, Nov 06, 2010 
Total offense attempts: 1, Columbia, Oct 16, 2010 (1 rush,0 pass)
Total ofense yards: 3, Columbia, Oct 16, 2010 (3 rush,0 pass)
All-purpose yards: 102, at Bucknell, Oct 09, 2010 
Tackles: 1, Dartmouth, Oct 02, 2010 (1-0); at Lafayette, Sep 27, 2008 (1-0)