2011 (Junior)
Started in seven of the team’s 12 games … led the squad and ranked seventh in the MEAC in rushing, with 698 yards (58.2 yards per game) on 153 carries … scored three touchdowns … also caught 21 passes, fourth-most on the team, for 149 yards … finished with 847 all-purpose yards, second-most on the team (70.6 ypg) … opened the year with 12 carries for 65 yards and four catches for 39 more yards against Virginia State … added 62 yards on 13 attempts at West Virginia … rushed for 21 yards on eight carries and caught three passes for a career-high 45 yards at Howard … had his first career 100-yard rushing game at Charleston Southern, amassing 105 yards on 15 carries … also caught three passes for 27 yards in the game to finish with 132 all-purpose yards … had a career-high 25 rushes for 68 yards and matched his career-high with four receptions in the win over South Carolina State … had a career day at Delaware State, running 15 times for a career-best 132 yards and his first two touchdowns of the year … scored on a 58-yard run in that one, the longest run of his career … salted the DSU game away with a 5-yard TD run late in the fourth quarter … posted 44 yards on 12 carries against Hampton and 54 yards on 16 attempts the following week against Bethune-Cookman … rushed for 48 yards on just seven carries at Savannah State … helped NSU wrap up the MEAC title with a 14-carry, 52-yard day at Morgan State … scored his final TD of the year in that one, a 2-yard run late in the fourth quarter.
2010 (Sophomore)
Played in every game except the N.C. A&T contest…served as the second-string tailback behind DeAngelo Branche for most of the year … was second on the team with 220 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 59 carries (3.9 average) … carried seven times for 14 yards and scored on a 1-yard TD run at Bethune-Cookman … also caught two passes for 26 yards in that game … had season highs of nine rushes for 56 yards at Hampton … the 56 yards were also a career high … ran eight times for 36 yards against Florida A&M and carried eight times for 30 yards against Morgan State …ended the season with a seven-carry, 44-yard day at Savannah State … also scored his second TD of the season at SSU on a 4-yard scamper.
2009 (Redshirt)
Redshirted the season.
2008 (Freshman)
Played in every game … served as NSU’s backup tailback…finished the year third on the team in rushes (62), yards (206) and rushing touchdowns (two) … had 31 yards rushing and his first career touchdown, a 6-yarder, against North Carolina A&T… also had 31 yards rushing on a career-high 10 carries at William & Mary … had a season-high 37 yards on just three attempts at S.C. State … had a season-long rush of 23 yards against the Bulldogs … had 23 yards rushing and his second TD of the year, a 1-yarder, against Florida A&M … also caught two passes for eight yards on the year.
High School
Rushed for a Virginia High School League (VHSL) state record 51 touchdowns as a senior, leading Monticello to its first-ever state Group AA Division 3 title … ran for 2,891 yards in 14 games, the fourth-highest single-season mark in VHSL history … first-team All-Jefferson District, All-Region and All-State … Virginiapreps.com Group AA state player of the year … ran for a school-record 6,383 career yards, the 12th-most in state history … accounted for 88 career touchdowns … rushed for 2,104 yards and 20 touchdowns as a junior, and added 1,054 yards and 12 scores as a sophomore.
Personal
Takeem Shabazz Hedgeman was born on Jan. 30, 1990 … son of James Stinnie and Tanya Hedgeman-Ayres … majoring in interdisciplinary studies with concentrations in PE and psychology.
Hedgeman's Career Rushing Statistics
|
YEAR
|
GP
|
Att
|
Yds
|
Avg
|
TDs
|
Lg
|
Avg/G
|
|
2011 |
12 |
153 |
698 |
4.6 |
3 |
58 |
58.2 |
|
2010
|
10
|
57
|
220
|
3.9
|
2
|
19
|
22.0
|
|
2008
|
12
|
62
|
206
|
3.3
|
2
|
23
|
17.2
|
|
Totals
|
34
|
272
|
1124
|
4.1
|
7
|
58
|
33.1
|
Hedgeman's Career Receiving Statistics
|
YEAR
|
GP
|
Rec
|
Yds
|
Avg
|
TDs
|
Lg
|
Avg/G
|
|
2011 |
12 |
21 |
149 |
7.1 |
0 |
28 |
12.4 |
|
2010
|
10
|
4
|
33
|
8.2
|
0
|
15
|
3.3
|
|
2008
|
12
|
2
|
8
|
4.0
|
0
|
6
|
0.7
|
|
Totals
|
34
|
27
|
190
|
7.0
|
0
|
28
|
5.6
|
Hedgeman’s Career Highs
Rushing
Rushes: 25 (vs. S.C. State, 10-1-11)
Yards: 132 (vs. Delaware State, 10-8-11)
TD: 2 (vs. Delaware State, 10-8-11)
Long Rush: 58 (vs. Delaware State, 10-8-11)
Receiving
Rec.: 4 (2x, last vs. S.C. State, 10-1-11)
Rec. Yards: 45 (vs. Howard, 9-17-11)
Long Rec.: 28 (vs. Howard, 9-17-11)
