Roman Hemby (born August 16, 2002) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

running back A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback to rush the ball, to line up as a receiver to catch the ball, and block. Ther ...

for the

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Early life and high school career

Hemby grew up in

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and attended

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. Hemby was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Maryland over offers from Appalachian State, Duke, NC State, Vanderbilt, and West Virginia..

College career

Hemby played in four games and rushed 17 times for 71 yards and two touchdowns as a true freshman before redshirting the season. Hemby entered his redshirt freshman as one of the Terrapins' primary running backs alongside Antwain Littleton II. He was named the

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Freshman of the Week after rushing for 114 yards and two touchdowns on seven carries in Maryland's season opener against Buffalo. Hemby repeated as the conference Freshman of the week after rushing for 179 yards and three touchdowns in a 31-24 win over Northwestern. He was also named ''

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's'' midseason Freshman All-American.

References

External links

Maryland Terrapins bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hemby, Roman Living people American football running backs Maryland Terrapins football players Players of American football from Maryland Year of birth missing (living people)