Jehuu T. Caulcrick

No. --     Free Agent
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Personal information
Date of birth: August 6, 1983 (1983-08-06) (age 26)
Place of birth: Liberia
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Weight: 255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
College: Michigan State
Undrafted in 2008
No regular season or postseason appearances
Career history
As player: New York Jets (2008–2009)* *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Sporting News Freshman All-Big Ten (2004) Honorable mention All-Big Ten (2007)
Career NFL statistics as of 2009
Rushing yards	--
Rushing average	--
Rushing TDs	--
Stats at NFL.com

Jehuu Tobias Caulcrick [pronounced /ˈdʒeɪjuː ˈkɔːlkrɪk/] (born August 6, 1983 in Liberia) is an American football fullback who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Michigan State.

Contents 1 Childhood 2 High school years 3 College career 3.1 Statistics 4 Professional career 4.1 Pre-draft 4.2 New York Jets 4.3 Other 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Childhood

“	(Coming to America has been...) A new beginning for me. I had the opportunity to come here and start my life over.	”
—Jehuu Caulcrick

Caulcrick is the son of Bonita Karr and Jerome Blamo.^[1] He was born in the African country of Liberia. Living in Libera when civil war broke out, Caulcrick had seen his adopted brother killed and his grandfather shot in the leg while trying to protect his grandchildren.^[2] He also read about his father, who was a politician, being assassinated in the newspaper.^[3] In Liberia, he and his family went from refugee camp to refugee camp. Caulcrick witnessed much violence, and stated that they literally were stepping over dead bodies at times.^[2]. Caulcrick stated that coming to America was "A new beginning for me. I had the opportunity to come here and start my life over".^[3] In an interview with ESPN First Take, Caulcrick stated that as a young child, he was always on the run due to his father's political career.^[3]

At the age of 9, Caulcrick moved to Findley Lake, New York with his mother and sister.^[4]

[edit] High school years

Caulcrick stated that he started playing football at Clymer Central School, did not have a soccer team at the time, so he went to football practice one day and was hooked from the start. He also participated in track & field, where he won Class title in the shot put.^[5]

Caulcrick played for Coach Howard McMullen at Clymer. Caulcrick led the team to four straight Section VI Class D championships and four consecutive appearances in the state final four. He accumulated 100 career rushing TDs, and is the all-time rushing leader with 6,559 career yards. As a Junior, he gained 1,670 yards on 205 carries and scored 33 Touchdowns. As a Senior, he was named Western New York Player of the Year after he rushed for 2,161 yards and 28 touchdowns. He was named Class D Player of the Year by the New York State Sportswriters Association, Player of the Year by The Buffalo News and The Post-Journal. He was a 3 time all-state and All-Western New York selection. He was also named to PrepStar's All-Eastern Team. Going into college, Superprep rated him the 2nd best fullback in the nation, and Rivals.com ranked him 5th best.^[5]

[edit] College career

At Michigan State, he played tailback and part time fullback due to his large size (255 pounds). He graduated with a major in sociology.^[5] He split game time with Javon Ringer.

Caulcrick was redshirted in 2003.^[5]

In 2004, as a Freshman, Caulcrick was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team by Sporting News. He finished with 619 yards on 113 carries (a 5.5 average).^[5]

In 2005, as a Sophomore, Caulcrick played in all 11 games. He rushed 89 times for 478 yards (5.4 avg.) and a team-leading seven touchdowns.^[5]

In 2006, as a Junior, Caulcrick played in 11 of 12 games, including six starts at Runningback. He finished with 426 yards on 108 carries (3.9 avg.), and again led the team in rushing touchdowns with 6.^[5]

In 2007, as a Senior he had 872 yards on 222 attempts and 21 touchdowns (a then MSU single season record) splitting time with Javon Ringer. Caulcrick was an honorable mention All-Big Ten selection by the media. He was also named one of four team captains by his teammates. He led the Big Ten and ranked 11th in the nation in scoring with 9.7 points per game. Caulcrick's 240 career points are seventh most in MSU history. He was a preseason honorable mention All-America selection by Street & Smith's. He was also named Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week after scoring a career-high four touchdowns vs. UAB.^[5]

His 532 career rushing attempts rank 7th most in Spartan history. During his time at Michigan State, he totalled 2,395 career yards (4.5 avg.), ranking 10th all-time in MSU history. Caulcrick's 39 rushing Touchdowns are second-best in MSU History (4 behind Lorenzo White's record of 43).^[5]

[edit] Statistics

YEAR[6]	ATT[6]	YDS[6]	AVG[6]	LNG[6]	TD[6]
2004	113	619	5.5	59	5
2005	89	478	5.4	40	7
2006	108	426	3.9	30	6
2007	222	872	3.9	42	21
Total	532	2395	4.5	59	39

[edit] Professional career

[edit] Pre-draft

Sports Illustrated listed Jehuu Caulcrick as a "bruising" runner. ^[7] On NFLDraftscout.com, Caulcrick was rated 9 out of 98 fullbacks going into the NFL.^[2]

[edit] New York Jets

After going undrafted in the 2008 NFL Draft, Caulcrick was signed as a free agent by the New York Jets.^[8] He was waived during final cuts on August 30, 2008 and subsequently re-signed to the team's practice squad.^[9] On December 23, 2008, He was waived from the practice squad. On December 26, 2008 he was re-signed to the practice squad, only to be waived again a day later.

Caulcrick was then re-signed to a future contract following the end of the 2008 season. He was released during final cuts on September 5, 2009 and re-signed to the practice squad a day later. However, Caulcrick was again released when the team re-signed Danny Woodhead to the practice squad.

[edit] Other

Caulcrick tried out along with four other players for the Detroit Lions on October 7th, 2009.^[10]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Michigan State Spartans bio
• New York Jets bio

Preceded by Jaren Hayes

Michigan State Spartans Starting Running Back 2004—2007

Succeeded by Javon Ringer