University of Tennessee Athletics
RB Alvin Kamara Signs With Vols
December 17, 2014 | Football
Butch Jones is pleased to welcome running back Alvin Kamara to the Tennessee football family. Kamara signed with the Vols on JUCO Signing Day, Wednesday, after a standout season at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas.
I am officially a Vol!!!!!! ⚪️🔶⚪️🔶⚪️🔶
-- Alvin Kamara (@A_kamara6) December 17, 2014
#VolNation welcome @A_kamara6 into the Tennessee Football Family!!! #BrickByBrick pic.twitter.com/LGaX1ZVPBa
-- Butch Jones (@UTCoachJones) December 17, 2014
ALVIN KAMARA
R-Sophomore • Running Back • 5-11 • 200 Running backs coach Robert Gillespie on Kamara:
Norcross, Ga. • Norcross H.S./Alabama/Hutchinson C.C. (Kansas)
Prospect Rankings
247 Sports: 4-star (No. 4 JUCO overall prospect, No. 2 JUCO running back, No. 2 JUCO prospect in Kansas)
ESPN: 4-star (No. 2 JUCO overall prospect, No. 2 JUCO running back)
Rivals: 4-star
Scout: 5-star
2014 - R-Freshman At Hutchinson Community College:
• Played 2014 season at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas for coach Rion Rhoades
• Named KJCCC Offensive Player of the Year
• In nine games, ran for 1,211 yards (134.6 per game) with 18 touchdowns
• Led Blue Dragons with 1,469 all-purpose yards and 21 touchdowns
• Caught 18 passes for 219 yards and three receiving touchdowns
• Helped Blue Dragons to school-record 11 victories and No. 4 national JUCO ranking
• Rushed for 100-plus yards in eight of nine games including first seven of the season
• Ran for career-best 220 yards and four touchdowns in win over Iowa Central (9/20) as he totaled 283 all-purpose yards
• Follows in the footsteps of NFL Pro Bowler Cordarrelle Patterson in joining Tennessee after playing at Hutchinson
2013 - Freshman At Alabama:
• Redshirt season as a true freshman at the University of Alabama
High School:
• Starred at Norcross High School in Georgia for Coach Keith Maloof
• No. 1 all-purpose back in the 247Composite, the No. 5 player in Georgia and the No. 42 player nationally
• Nation's No. 2 all-purpose by Rivals.com and the No. 45 player in the Rivals100
• Ranked as the No. 6 player in Georgia by Rivals
• Selected to participate in the 2013 Under Armour All-American Game
• No. 32 in the ESPN150 and the No. 4 running back and No. 4 player in Georgia
• 247Sports listed him as the No. 3 all-purpose back and the No. 7 player in Georgia, while ranking him 66th in the Top247
• Invited to "The Opening" in the summer of 2012 on the Nike campus in Oregon
• Rushed for 2,264 yards and 26 touchdowns while averaging 7.5 yards per carry as a senior in 2012
• Added 22 receptions for 286 yards and five touchdowns
• Second-team All-American as a running back by MaxPreps
• Earned Georgia Mr. Football honors from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Class AAAAAA Player of the Year and garnered first-team All-State honors from the Georgia Sports Writers Association
• Added 1,300 yards and 17 touchdowns as a junior in 2011
Personal:
• Full name: Alvin Mentian Kamara
• Born: July 25, 1995
