Utah State University Athletics

HONORS
Second-Team All-Mountain West (2024).

RECORDS
Rushed for 1,845 yards on 316 carries (5.8 ypc) and 13 touchdowns during his two seasons at Utah State (2023-24) … his 1,845 yards are the 14th-most in school history … rushed for 1,109 yards as a senior in 2024, which are the 17th-most in school history.

CAREER NOTES
Played in 25 games with 13 starts during his two seasons at Utah State (2023-24) … rushed for 1,845 yards on 316 carries (5.8 ypc) and 13 touchdowns and caught 33 passes for 151 yards (4.6 ypr) … had seven career 100-yard rushing games.

2024 (SENIOR SEASON)
Earned second-team All-Mountain West honors as he appeared in 12 games with 10 starts … rushed for 1,109 yards on 198 carries (5.6 ypc) and eight touchdowns, while catching 22 passes for 99 yards (4.5 ypr) … led the team in all-purpose yards with 1,208 and was second on the team in scoring with 48 points … his 1,109 rushing yards are the 17th-most in a single season in school history … had five 100-yard rushing games during the year, which were the second-most in the MW … rushed for a career-high 191 yards on 20 carries (9.6 ypc) and tied his career high with two touchdowns against Hawai’i (11/16) … rushed for 148 yards and one touchdown on a career-high 27 carries at Temple (9/21) … rushed for 131 yards on 23 carries (5.7 ypc) and had a career-high four catches for a career-best 43 yards as he recorded 174 all-purpose yards against Wyoming (10/26) … gained 115 yards on 19 carries (6.1 ypc) and one touchdown against No. 12 Utah … ran for 109 yards on a 26 carries and one touchdown at No. 21 Boise State (10/5) … scored a career high two rushing touchdowns against New Mexico (10/19) as he gained 79 yards on 24 carries … finished the season ranking fourth in the MW and 28th in the nation in rushing (92.4 ypg), fourth in the MW and 41st in the nation in rushing yards per carry (5.60), fourth in the MW and 53rd in the nation in all-purpose yards (100.7 ypg), and eighth in the MW and 84th in the nation in rushing touchdowns with eight (0.67 pg).

2023 (JUNIOR SEASON)
Played in all 13 games with three starts … finished the season rushing for 736 yards on 118 carries (6.2 ypc/56.6 ypg) and five touchdowns … caught 11 passes for 52 yards … had two 100-yard rushing games during the year … rushed for a career-high 181 yards on a career-high 22 carries and one touchdown against Nevada (11/11) … posted his second 100-yard rushing game of the season at New Mexico (11/24) in the regular season finale as he gained 106 yards on 18 carries, and scored his fifth rushing touchdown of the season on a 17-yard run … gained 91 yards on five carries, including a career-long 60 yard run for a touchdown, against Idaho State (9/9) … had 12 carries for 75 yards and a 24-yard touchdown against Fresno State (10/13) … added a 5-yard touchdown run at San José State (10/21) … had 81 all-purpose yards in his Aggie debut at No. 25 Iowa (9/2) as he rushed for 59 yards on seven carries and had three receptions for 22 yards, including a season long of 26 yards, all of which were season highs … had seven rushes of at least 20 yards on the season, including three of 40-plus yards … was ninth in the MW in rushing (56.6 ypg).

JUNIOR COLLEGE
Spent the 2022 season at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, as he rushed for 355 yards on 88 carries (4.0 ypc) and six touchdowns ... rushed for a season-high 102 yards on 21 carries against Garden City CC ... scored a season-high two touchdowns against Butler CC as he gained 75 yards on 15 carries ... helped the Badgers to an 8-2 record.

PREVIOUS SCHOOLS
Spent the 2021 season at Marshall and the 2020 season at Lackawanna College, but did not appear in any games.

HIGH SCHOOL
Was named the MVP of the Erickson League and the New England Player of the Year following his senior season at Salisbury (Connecticut) High School in 2018 as he rushed for 1,890 yards on 199 carries (9.5 ypc/236.3 ypg) and 30 touchdowns ... had eight 100-yard rushing games ... rushed for a career-high 367 yards on 30 carries and a career-best six touchdowns against Williston Northampton HS, which included a career-long 94-yard touchdown ... rushed for 297 yards and three touchdowns on 23 carries against Avon Old Farms HS ... rushed for 2,920 yards and 42 touchdowns as a junior and 2,084 yards and 29 touchdowns as a sophomore ... earned first-team All-State honors three straight years and was named his league’s Player of the Year as a junior, as well ... helped his team to a pair of district titles.

PERSONAL
Son of Rahsul and Angela Faison ... his cousin, Rian Wallace, spent three years in the NFL and won Super Bowl XL with the Pittsburgh Steelers ... earned his bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies from USU in the fall of 2024 ... name is pronounced Ruh-suhl Fay-zon.