2020: Started four of six games at tailback…Ranked second on the team in rushing with 184 yards and four touchdowns on 50 attempts…Averaged 3.7 yards per rush and 30.7 yards per game…Ran for a season-best 52 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries at Eastern Illinois (2/28)…Gained 41 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns a week later vs. Murray State (3/7)…Caught four passes for 16 yards out of the backfield…Missed two of the last three weeks of the season with an ankle injury.
2019: Played in 12 games and made six starts…Was Southeast Missouri’s leading rusher with 684 yards and five touchdowns on 142 carries…Averaged 4.8 yards per carry and 57 rushing yards per game…Also caught nine passes for 28 yards out of the backfield…Ranked first on the team in kick returns…Ran back 12 kickoffs for 274 yards averaging 22.8 yards per return…Rated sixth in the Ohio Valley Conference in rushing…Finished second on the team in all-purpose yards (986)…Ran for a season-high 117 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries vs. Tennessee Tech (10/5), the first 100-yard game of his career…Scored two touchdowns and had 83 rushing yards vs. Eastern Kentucky (10/9)…Also had the game-winning touchdown on a 12-yard run with 37 seconds left against the Colonels…Earned the team’s Top Offensive Back Award.
2018: Named Phil Steele First-Team Special Teams Freshman All-American…Ranked fifth in the nation in kick returns (33.1 ypr) and 11th in kick return touchdowns (1)…Played in 10 games as a true freshman…Ranked third on the team in rushing with 341 yards and four touchdowns on 64 carries…Caught three passes for 29 yards...Averaged 5.3 yards per carry and 34.1 rushing yards per game…Ranked fourth on the team with 867 all-purpose yards…Led the team in kick return yards (497) and kick return average (33.1 ypr)…His 33.1 kick return average broke the school’s all-time single-season record…Earned Ohio Valley Conference Specialist of the Week honors on Nov. 18…Played in his first career college game for the injured Marquis Terry at Eastern Kentucky (9/22)…Ran for 37 yards and scored his first career touchdown on a 1-yard run in the fourth quarter against the Colonels…Scored two touchdowns and ran for 66 yards on 11 attempts at Tennessee Tech (10/6)…Picked up a season-high 77 yards vs. Eastern Illinois (11/17)…Returned three kickoffs for 180 yards and scored on a 97-yard kickoff return vs. Eastern Illinois (11/17)…His 97-yard kick return for a touchdown was second-longest in school history.
Prep: First-Team All-State selection at Lovejoy High School as a senior...Earned honorable mention All-State honors as a sophomore and junior...Named Region 4-AAAAA Offensive Player of the Year and Clayton County Player of the Year...Racked up 4,430 rushing yards and scored 50 touchdowns in three years as Lovejoy’s starting running back...Ran for 1,943 yards and 27 touchdowns, and averaged 176.6 rushing yards per game as a senior... His 1,943 yards marked a new single-season record...Had eight 100-yard games...Rushed for 1,487 yards and 12 touchdowns as a junior...Also recorded eight 100-yard games and averaged over 100 yards per game (123.9)...Caught 18 passes for 167 yards and another touchdown out of the backfield...Scored a total of 246 points in his career, including 168 as a senior...Ran for 261 yards and a single-game school record six touchdowns on 31 carries against East Coweta.
Personal: Born September 20, 1999...Majoring in General Studies...Son of Terrell Custis and Lakisha Newman-Custis.
