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2018 Football Roster
Charlie Volker
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Fair Haven, N.J.
- High School:
- Rumson-Fair Haven
Senior Feature
At Princeton — 2018: earned first-team All-Ivy League honors after rushing 97 times for 675 yards and 14 touchdowns during Princeton's first perfect season since 1964 … ended career with 1994 rushing yards, seventh most in program history … his 14 touchdowns tied his own 2017 mark for sixth-most in program history … averaged 7.0 yards per carry … had 14 carries for 162 yards and two touchdowns in season-opening 50-7 win at Butler … rushed for at least one touchdown in eight of his nine starts (missed Yale game due to injury); had three rushing touchdowns in 66-0 win over Cornell … scored multiple touchdowns in four straight games (Lehigh, Brown, Harvard and Cornell). 2017: earned second-team All-Ivy League honors after ranking second in the Ivy League with 14 rushing touchdowns … rushed for 600 yards, including career-best 163 in win at Brown … broke Princeton record and ranks third in the Ivy League with a 96-yard touchdown run during Brown win, one of four he scored in that game … had at least three rushing touchdowns in three games (Brown, Harvard, Dartmouth) … rushed 20 times for 111 yards and a touchdown in road win at Lafayette … averaged 4.3 yards per rush … caught nine passes for 54 yards … missed first game of the season due to illness. 2016: led Princeton with 574 rushing yards during Ivy League championship season … averaged 4.5 yards per rush and 5.7 yards per catch … rushed 13 times for 82 yards and three touchdowns at Patriot League champion Lehigh; named to the Ivy League Honor Roll following the game … had career-best 111 rushing yards, including game-sealing 39-yard touchdown run, in Ivy-clinching 38-21 win over Dartmouth … had season-high 23 carries in road win at Georgetown … helped Princeton lead the Ivy League in scoring (34.6), total (415.5), and rushing (183.2) offense. 2015: named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week after rushing for a 62-yard touchdown in a win over eventual FCS NCAA quarterfinalist Colgate … rushed 26 times for 145 yards (5.6 avg) on the season … caught one pass for 20 yards … had season-high 11 carries at Harvard.
At Rumson Fair-Haven — earned all-state honors after ranking second in New Jersey with 2,108 rushing yards on 278 carries … earned Shore Conference and Monmouth County Player of the Year honors … two-time all-division and all-shore honoree … 2014 N.J. All-Zone running back … accounted for 3,508 combined yards and 42 touchdowns in final two seasons … averaged 7.6 yards per catch … led team to two state championships … selected to All-Shore all-star team … captain for both the football and track teams … New Jersey state champion in the 100 … all-state honoree in track and four-year anchor of 4x100 relay … county champion in the 100 and 200 … recipient of the President’s Gold and Silver Awards … Sportsmanship Award finalist … National Honor Society and Peer Leader at Rumson-Fair Haven … 2014 Dwight D. Eisenhower Award recipient.
Personal — born May 23, 1997 … son of Chuck and Lynn Volker … has an older sister Emily, a younger sister Megan and a younger brother John … enjoys sports … undecided on area of study.
