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Truman State University Athletics

2019 Football Roster

Kara Mackenzie
Kara Mackenzie
Kara Mackenzie
Kara Mackenzie
Kara Mackenzie
Kara Mackenzie
Kara Mackenzie
Kara Mackenzie
Kara Mackenzie
Kara Mackenzie

2 Jordan Salima

  • Position
    Running Back
  • Height
    5-10
  • Weight
    215
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Independence, Mo.
  • High School
    Truman HS

Biography

Career Highs:
Rushing Attempts: 41 vs McKendree (11/11/2017)
Rushing Yards: 216 at Urbana (11/16/2019)
Rushing Touchdowns: 4 at William Jewell (10/26/2019)
Catches: 8 vs Lincoln (9/24/2016)
Receiving Yards: 59 at Quincy (9/28/2019)
Receiving Touchdowns: 1 (five times, most recently vs Quincy 10/27/2018)

2018 (Junior) 
  • First team all-GLVC.
  • Enters the senior season eighth on Truman’s career rushing chart with 2,487 yards.
  • Is sixth in career rushing attempts with 621, 11thin rushing touchdowns with 20 and tied for 10thwith 25 career touchdowns. 
  • Has 3,492 all-purpose yards which is 10th.
  • Led team with 166 rush attempts and was second with 680 rushing yards.
  • Had six rushing touchdowns with two coming against Saginaw Valley.
  • Had back-to-back 100-yard rushing games with season-high 134 against McKendree and 105 the next week against Lincoln.
  • Caught 13 passes for 26 yards and a score.
  • Was ranked seventh in GLVC in rushing per game (61.8/g).

2017 (Sophomore): Second team all-GLVC…was third in the conference rushing race with 1,111 yards and had the most rushing attempts with 253…that total was the second most by a GLVC running back in a single-season and most by a Bulldog since Jerard Leverson’s 278 attempts in 2003, it was the seventh highest overall in a Truman season…had five, 100-yard games with 195 on 41 carries coming in the season finale with McKendree (Nov. 11)…was leading pass receiver with 34 catches for 277 yards…most was six catches in the first SBU game (Oct. 7) and most yards was 55 against Missouri S&T (Sept. 16)…longest run of the season was 44 yards against Lincoln (Sept. 23)…was ninth in the GLVC in total offense per game at 106.5 and sixth in scoring with 66 points…was second in all-purpose yards with 134.2 per game…a GLVC All-Academic team member.

2016 (Freshman): Second team all-GLVC as a true freshman…was fifth overall and fourth in conference-only rushing at 63.3 and 76.1 yards respectively per game…had a season high 125 yards on 20 attempts and two touchdowns while adding eight catches for 53 yards and another score in Truman’s win over Lincoln (Sept. 24)…that performance earned him the GLVC Offensive Player of the Week award…earned the conference Special Teams Player of the Week against Missouri S&T (Sept. 17) with four kick returns for 173 yards and a long of 76…averaged 119.1 all-purpose yards which was sixth in the GLVC…finished with 202 carries for 696 yards and 32 receptions for 233 yards and seven total touchdowns.

High School: Ran for a school record 2,040 yards as a senior and had over 3,800 career rushing yards at Truman High School…had single game highs of 289 yards and five touchdowns while scoring a record 21 times…a first team all-State selection and twice named all-conference and all-district…was an unanimous all-conference running back choice and was the conference offensive player of the year and most valuable player in 2015…was a finalist for the Simone award, that is given to the best player in the Kansas City metro area and was on the 2015 all-Simone team…scored 38 career touchdowns, had eight 200-yard rushing games and 17 100-yard rushing games…a member of both the National and Spanish Honor Societies and was a McCoy Award winner…a member of the Chik-Fil-A Leadership Academy.

Statistics

Season:
2019

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Historical Player Information

  • 38

    2016Freshman

    Running Back
    5'10" 212 lbs
    38
  • 2

    2017Sophomore

    Running Back
    5'10" 208 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2018Junior

    Running Back
    5'10" 210 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2019Senior

    Running Back
    5'10" 215 lbs
    2