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New Mexico: Gifted running back that shows power and speed … showed great hands and great quickness … originally signed out of high school with Indiana.
2015 (Junior Season): Fifth on the team in rushing with 255 yards on 57 carries … scored two touchdowns on the season and had a long rush of 23 yards … also returned eight kickoffs for an average of 19.6 yards per return … had a season-high 48 yards rushing on a season-high 10 carries against ULM … scored a touchdown in that game … had 41 yards and a touchdown at Rutgers along with 114 yards on five kickoff returns … had a good all-purpose game with 36 yards rushing on five carries and one catch for 14 yards against San Jose State … ran for 32 with two kickoff returns for 32 yards against Boise State.
2015 (Sophomore Season): Fifth on the team in rushing with 129 yards on 16 carries, averaging 8.1 yards per carry … scored a pair of touchdowns with a long run of 64 yards … added two receptions for 32 yards … had a career-high 108 yards rushing against Mississippi Valley State on just six carries … scored touchdowns on his first two touches, a 37-yard run and then a 64-yard run … carried twice against Boise State for 14 yards and then added a 30-yard catch that set up UNM’s final score … also had a pair of carries against Utah State … added six kickoff returns for 109 yards … had a career-long 30 yard return against Wyoming.
Junior College: Lettered for Coffeyville Junior College after earning three stars out of high school from ESPN.
High School: Lettered in football at Christopher Columbus High School … rushed for 1,208 yards and 14 touchdowns during his senior campaign … averaged 10.9 yards per carry and was named first team All-Dade County … was rated the No. 8 all-purpose back in the country by rivals.com in 2013 … as both a junior and a senior he helped Columbus to region championships in 2011 and 2012.
Personal: Full name is Daryl Poitier Chestnut, Jr. … his parents are Daryl Chestnut and Alva Strachan … has four brothers, Fredrick, Woodley, Elston and Amari, and four sisters, Shavonya, Aniye, Tamara, Aliyah … birthday is December 3, 1994 … graduated with a degree in liberal arts and is working on a Master’s … picked his number because of former Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders.