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Jersey Number 24
Demaris Purifoy
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 198
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Wauwatosa, Wis.
- High School:
- Wauwatosa West HS
2018 SEASON (JUNIOR): Member of the Bison program, but was sidelined by injury and did not play.
2017 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Rushed 18 times for 85 yards and scored on a 2-yard touchdown in the Week 1 win over Mississippi Valley State before suffering a season-ending knee injury late in the contest.
2016 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Fifth running back in a deep and talented stable of ball carriers...Appeared in two home wins...Rushed three times for nine yards against Illinois State...Had five carries for 11 yards against Indiana State.
2015 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterman and two-year starter for coach Matt Good at Wauwatosa West...Rushed 184 times for 1,712 yards and 22 touchdowns his senior year averaging 9.3 yards per carry...Back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons...Rushed 114 times for 1,132 yards and 13 TDs as a junior...All-state first team...Two-time all-region...Two-time all-conference first team...Conference co-Offensive Player of the Year...Qualified for the state track meet in the 100 and 400 meters as a junior, and the 4x100 and 4x200 relays as a sophomore.
2017 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Rushed 18 times for 85 yards and scored on a 2-yard touchdown in the Week 1 win over Mississippi Valley State before suffering a season-ending knee injury late in the contest.
2016 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Fifth running back in a deep and talented stable of ball carriers...Appeared in two home wins...Rushed three times for nine yards against Illinois State...Had five carries for 11 yards against Indiana State.
2015 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterman and two-year starter for coach Matt Good at Wauwatosa West...Rushed 184 times for 1,712 yards and 22 touchdowns his senior year averaging 9.3 yards per carry...Back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons...Rushed 114 times for 1,132 yards and 13 TDs as a junior...All-state first team...Two-time all-region...Two-time all-conference first team...Conference co-Offensive Player of the Year...Qualified for the state track meet in the 100 and 400 meters as a junior, and the 4x100 and 4x200 relays as a sophomore.
PERSONAL: Majoring in marketing...Son of Danette Parr of Wauwatosa, Wis., and Dewayne Purifoy of Milwaukee...Has one sister, Ashlie.
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