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In 2003, as a junior at St Charles Catholic High School in LaPlace, Tyrell Fenroy rushed for 1,590 yards and 32 touchdowns. He was selected as the Clarion Herald's "Player of the Year." He was the District 10-3A MVP, and he was selected to the 3A All-State team.
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In 2003, as a junior at St Charles Catholic High School in LaPlace, Tyrell Fenroy rushed for 1,590 yards and 32 touchdowns. He was selected as the Clarion Herald's "Player of the Year." He was the District 10-3A MVP, and he was selected to the 3A All-State team.
Pretty Impressive.
As a senior in 2004, Fenroy rushed for 2,100 yards, scored 44 touchdowns, and did not fumble once. Again, he was selected as the Clarion Herald's "Player of the Year." Again, he was the District 10-3A MVP, and, again, he was selected to the 3A All-State team.
Despite getting weekly calls from football programs like Florida, Texas, and Tennessee his two offers at the end of his senior season were from Louisiana and Mississippi. The Ragin' Cajuns sent linebacker coach Tim Rebowe, a Norco native to recruit Fenroy.
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by Paul Angelle
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"I was very much involved in the recruiting process," said Ann Fenroy of her son's experience. "Coach Rebowe, from UL, had been going to the games. He came to our house. He brought the running backs' coach to our house."
Ann knew her son could play football; she just wanted to know that her son was going to be in good hands.
"The last thing I said to the coaches was that Tyrell was in their care," Ann added. "Later on, at an awards banquet in Lafayette, where they gave Tyrell an award, my husband passed out and had to go the hospital - we were there for a week.
"The coaches took good care of us. They visited, they sent food, and they are definitely good for their word. I'm impressed."
Fenroy visited Lafayette, with another visit planned the following week. He committed to Louisiana during his trip, and was planning his trip for the next week when his mother told him not to go.
"When you commit to something, like a school, you give your word," explained Ann. "You don't have to take visits. He made a commitment, and he made the right decision."
Even with his impressive Prep resume', Fenroy was not the star running back recruit that year for the Ragin' Cajuns. UL had won a heated recruiting war with Kansas State over a 3-star speedster from Houston named Deon Wallace.
The two backs did have coaches in Lafayette smiling at the depth at the position, as there were two seniors and a junior coming back. It was clear that someone was going to have to red shirt... something Fenroy was not interested in doing. The issue took care of itself as Wallace suffered an injury pre season and took a redshirt.
As a true freshman in 2005, Fenroy rushed for over 1,000 yards for the Ragin' Cajuns.
Not too bad.
Unreal when you add the fact that in over 100 years of playing football, UL had a grand total of ZERO 1,000-yard running backs in their history, ever. This true freshman from LaPlace was the first one.
He did it again in 2006.
Amazingly, suffering through some serious injuries, he did it again in 2007.
Now he's a senior.
In the Cajuns opener he came within a few yards of setting the all-time rushing record for the university in the second quarter against Southern Mississippi. The Golden Eagles had a big lead and coaches kept Fenroy out after a big collision, fearing some sort of head injury.
"They thought something was wrong with him," laughed Ann. "They asked him what the score was, and he didn't know. He never knows what the score is. It doesn't matter to him; he runs with the ball the same way. He checks the score after the game is over, and sometimes he doesn't remember what the final was."
Fenroy did manage to break the school record the following week on his first carry against Illinois in Champagne. There was a collective exhale from the sports information staff as well as from the Ragin' Cajun coaches.
Saturday was game 3, the Louisiana home opener against Kent State. Fenroy had his best game as a Cajun. He rushed for 196 yards and 3 touchdowns. He also sprinkled in 68 yards receiving.
If he can manage another 730 yards over the next 9 games, Tyrell Fenroy will be only the 7th running back to EVER have 4 1,000-yard seasons. As it stands, he and 15 only 15 others have had 3.
Those who know Tyrell know him as a man of faith. He calls his mother the morning before every football game to share prayer time together.
"That's our tradition," Ann explains. "Every game he calls me... every game. He calls and he says, 'momma let's pray.'"
When the 2008 Doak Walker Award candidate list was released, Tyrell's name was on it. One requirement for that award... or to be a candidate... is that you have to be on schedule to graduate.
"Graduation is important to Tyrell," Ann added. "He's in Criminal Justice. He wants to play football in the NFL, and he wants to be a State Trooper... don't ask me why he wants to be a State Trooper. He likes to be in the middle of all the action."
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