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2024 Football Roster

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Charles A. Smith/University Communications

5 Irv Mulligan

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 205
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Beaufort, S.C.
  • Prev School Wofford
  • Highschool Whale Branch Early College HS

Biography

2023: Played in eight games… Finished the season with 674 yards on 122 carries including five touchdowns… Averaged 5.5 yards per carry and recorded a season-best rush of 66 yards… Averaged 84.3 yards per game… Also caught five passes for 42 yards… Averaged 8.2 yards per reception… Rushed for 100-plus yards three times… Finished with a season-high 174 yards on 21 carries with one touchdown against Bethune-Cookman (Sept. 23)… Finished with 115 yards on 23 carries against Alabama A&M (Oct. 14)… Ran for 110 yards on 13 carries against South Carolina State (Aug. 26) at the SWAC/MEAC Challenge… Scored a pair of touchdowns on the road against Texas State (Sept. 16) while running for 44 yards on 12 carries… Hauled in a season-high two receptions for 23 yards against Southern (Sept. 9).
 
Before Jackson State: Played in 19 games with ten starts at Wofford... Recorded 1,324 yards on 190 carries with 11 touchdowns... Also had five receptions for 42 yards... Did not see action in 2022...  Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll... Started ten games at running back and led the team in rushing with 854 yards on 124 carries, along with eight touchdowns in 2021... Had six 100+ rushing games on the season... Among Southern Conference leaders, was fourth in rushing average at 85.4 yards per game... Named All-Southern Conference second team by the media... In the season opener at Elon (Sept. 4) had 14 carries for 114 yards, including a 65-yard touchdown run in the second quarter... Against Kennesaw State (Sept. 18) had nine carries for 36 yards, including a one-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter, along with three catches for 19 yards... At VMI (Sept. 25) ran for 134 yards on 20 carries, with a 43-yard touchdown run in the first quarter... Had ten carries for 22 yards at ETSU (Oct. 2) ... Against Furman (Oct. 9) had ten carries for 126 yards, highlighted by a 72-yard touchdown run in the first quarter...  Against Samford (Oct. 16) had 16 carries for 135 yards, with a one-yard touchdown run in the third quarter and a 41-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter ... Had 46 yards on ten carries at Mercer (Oct. 23)... Against Western Carolina (Oct. 30) ran for 101 yards on 12 carries with a one-yard touchdown run in the second quarter... Against Chattanooga (Nov. 6) had 26 yards on ten carries... At The Citadel (Nov. 13) ran for 114 yards on 13 carries... Played in all five games and led the team with 353 rushing yards on 51 carries in 2020-21... Named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman Team... Against Mercer (Feb. 20) had 11 carries for 90 yards, including a five-yard touchdown run in the first quarter... Had ten carries for 40 yards at Chattanooga (Feb. 27)... At Samford (March 13) had nine carries for 69 yards... Against VMI (March 27) had nine carries for 50 yards with a two-yard touchdown run in the second quarter... Against The Citadel (Apr. 30) had 12 carries for 93 yards and a reception for 15 yards... Played in four games with 15 carries for 128 yards and a touchdown ... At South Carolina State (Aug. 31) had two carries and scored an eight-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter... Against Samford (Sept. 14) had four carries for 12 yards... Against Western Carolina (Oct. 19) had nine carries for 106 yards, including a long of 41 yards.

High School: Ran for nearly 5,000 career rushing yards in four seasons at running back for coach Jerry Hatcher at Whale Branch Early College High School... He was named All-State and All-Region three times each... During his senior season ran for 1,306 yards and 23 touchdowns... As a junior rushed for 1,406 yards and 25 touchdowns, while adding 1,678 yards and 28 touchdowns during his sophomore season... Had 500 rushing yards and seven touchdowns as a freshman... On defense he had eight career interceptions... Also played baseball and ran track at Whale Branch ... Member of the National Honor Society and student council.

Personal: Son of Irvin and Sherry Mulligan... Born February 20, 2001... Majoring in environmental studies.

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2023Graduate Student

    RB
    5'10" 205 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2024Graduate Student

    Running Back
    5'10" 205 lbs
    5