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Dusty McGrorty #25
Position: Running
Back
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 220
Born: 05/09/1981
Hometown: Warrenton, Oregon
News...
McGrorty
Inks NFL Pact With St. Louis Rams 04/25/04 S.O.U.
SOU
trio nervously await their NFL fate 04/24/04 Mail Tribune
Dusty
Up For Oregon Sports Award 01/23/04 S.O.U.
Something
to prove 12/12/03 Ashland Daily Tidings
Shades
of Blue and Gray 12/09/03 S.O.U.

Blue squad's Dusty McGrorty (32) is taken
down by the Gray's Derrick Pope (5), Deandre Eiland (41),
Damane Duckett (95), Cody Spencer. By Dave Martin | The Associated
Press
Dusty
named NAIA Offensive Player of the Week for the second time
this season. November 18, 2003
Dusty
named NAIA Offensive Player of the Week for October 28,
2003
Dusty,
an NAIA Player-Of-The-Year candidate for 2003
Dusty,
the subject of a small-college feature story in The Oregonian.
McGrorty
to pit skills against big boys 12/12/03 Mail Tribune
McGrorty
caps SOU career with a bang 11/16/03 Mail Tribune
McGrorty
chalks one up for the good guys 10/12/03 Mail Tribune
McGrorty
plans on carrying load against Eastern Oregon 11/15/03
Mail Tribune
McGrorty
rushes closer to records 12/02/02 Mail Tribune
McGrorty
keeps SOU in the running 11/15/02 Mail Tribune
McGrorty
carries load as SOU rolls past Simon Fraser 10/22/00 Mail
Tribune

Dusty accepts his previous years helmet,
auctioned as part of a fund raiser 2002.
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| Rushing
Statistics |
| YR |
TC |
YDS |
AVG |
TD |
LONG |
| 2000 |
225 |
1,093 |
4.9 |
15 |
97 |
| 2001 |
208 |
1,059 |
5.1 |
22 |
67 |
| 2002 |
291 |
1,560 |
5.4 |
16 |
72 |
| 2003 |
259 |
1,702 |
6.6 |
22 |
96 |
| TOTALS |
983 |
5,414 |
5.7 |
75 |
97 |
| Kick
Return Statistics |
| YR |
TC |
YDS |
AVG |
TD |
LONG |
| 2002 |
7 |
203 |
29.0 |
1 |
88 |
| 2003 |
7 |
171 |
24.4 |
0 |
51 |
| TOTALS |
14 |
374 |
26.7 |
1 |
88 |
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2004 - 2003
- 2002 - 2001 - 2000
- High School
Collegiate Career Summary :
Finished his collegiate career as the greatest
rusher and scorer in Northwest small-college history as a
result of breaking 10 school and eight regional records, including:
- Most touchdowns, game (5)
- Longest touchdown run (97)
- Most 100-yard games, career (29)
- Most 200-yard games, career (7)
- Most 100-yard games, season (9)
- Career rushing yardage (5,414 - No. 4 all-time in NAIA)
- Career scoring (474 points - No. 2 all-time in NAIA)
- Career touchdowns (79 total - 75 rushing, 3 receiving,
1 return)
- Scored at least 15 touchdowns in all four seasons at SOU
- Had 14 career games with three or more touchdowns
- A three-time NAIA All-American, including first-team status
in 2002 and ’03.
- An NAIA Player of the Year candidate.
- The Oregon Collegiate Athlete of the Year award winner.
- A 2003 AFCA All-American -- only the third in school
history.
- A 2003 third-team Associated Press Little All-American
-- the school’s first such honoree since 1947 and
second overall.
- The school’s first ever two-time NAIA Player of
the Week selection with 257 yards and four touchdowns against
Humboldt State and a career-best 303 yards against Eastern
Oregon.
- Compiled a total of 259 carries for a career-best 1,702
yards and 22 touchdowns to help SOU compile a fifth consecutive
winning season (5-4 overall after a 1-4 start).
- Finished second in the NAIA for both rushing (189.1 per
game) and scoring (14.7).
- Became the NAIA all-time rushing touchdown leader (75
total, including 22 as a senior).
- Led Northwest small-college players in rushing yardage
four straight years.
- Recorded the second-longest touchdown rush in Northwest
small-college history (96 vs. Humboldt State).
- Was the first SOU player ever to receive an invitation
to play in the NCAA Div. I-dominated Blue Gray All-Star
Classic.
- Led SOU to an 8-3 record and a second consecutive trip
to the NAIA Championship Series quarterfinals.
- Continued his ascent up SOU’s rushing and scoring
career leader lists by rushing for a single-season school
record 291 times for 1,560 yards in 10 season outings.
- Led the NAIA for rushing (156.0 per game, 5.4 per touch)
and finished fifth for scoring (10.2).
- Scored 16 rushing touchdowns and 17 total, SOU's fourth-best
season output.
- Finished the season only 848 rushing yards away from surpassing
the school and Northwest small-college record established
by his three-time All-American predecessor, Griff Yates
(1996-99).
- Recorded 139 or more rushing yards in nine of 10 season
games.
- Nine of his 29 career 100-yard games came in 2002, including
a career-best 231 yards in a 31-10 triumph at NCAA I-AA
University of San Diego.
- Had game-highs of 184 yards and four touchdowns in SOU's
42-35 double-overtime loss at Linfield.
- Opened the 2002 season with an 88-yard kickoff return
for a touchdown against Humboldt State.
- A two-time finalist for the Ad Rutschman Award, which
is annually given to Oregon’s top small-college athlete.
- Assembled his second consecutive 1,000-yard rushing season,
gaining 1,059 on 208 carries, a 96.3 game average.
- Established school and regional records and led the country
in scoring with 22 rushing TDs and 25 overall, a 13.6 game
average.
- Received honorable mention NAIA All-American status and
achieved first-team Little All-Northwest and third-team
Football Gazette accolades.
- Tied a school game record with five touchdowns in a 64-21
romp at Azusa Pacific.
- Compiled seven 100-yard rushing outings, including a season-high
178 on 15 carries in the season-opener against Montana State-Northern.
- Finished the season second on SOU’s all-time lists
for TDs (40), scoring (240) and fifth for rushing yards
(2,152).
- Assembled the most illustrious season ever for a Raider
freshman running back.
- A second-team All-Little Northwest all-star who was only
the sixth SOU player ever to rush for over 1,000 yards in
a season (1,093).
- Compiled what was the school’s fourth-highest season
effort for rushing touchdowns (15) and was fifth for rushing
yardage and total carries (225).
- Broke the school record and Northwest small-college for
longest run from scrimmage, a 97-yard romp at Simon Fraser.
Wound up torching the Clan defense for 230 yards on 25 carries
and four scores, the school’s second-highest game
point total ever at that time and the seventh-best game
rushing effort. Earned NAIA Independent Player of the Week
status for the performance.
- His 85-yard TD run the following week at MSU-Northern
was the 15th-longest scoring scamper in Northwest small-college
lore.
- Had five 100-yard performances, including a 38-carry,
195-yard effort at Humboldt State.
- Caught 13 passes for 71 yards.
- The 1998 Class 2A Offensive and Defensive Player of the
Year.
- Rushed for state records of 2,593 yards and 40 TDs and
rarely played more than a half due to the prep 35-point
mercy rule.
- Rushed for 403 yards and six touchdowns in a single half.
- A two-year all-state selection and a three-year Northwest
League all-star. Played in the 1999 East-West Shrine All-Star
Game.
- Went 37-0 with 26 pins en route to the 1999 189-pound
state wrestling championship.
- Elected 1998-99 senior class president.
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