Yvenson Bernard

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birthplace=Boynton Beach, Florida
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college=Oregon State
undraftedyear=2008
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* St. Louis Rams (2008)*
* Seattle Seahawks (2008)*:*Offseason and/or practice squad member only
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* Honorable mention All-Pac-10 (2005)
* First-team All-Pac-10 (2006)
* Second-team All-Pac-10 (2007)
* Emerald Bowl Offensive MVP (2007)
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Yvenson Bernard [EVAN-son] (born October 25, 1984 in city-state|Boynton Beach|Florida) is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Oregon State.

Bernard has also been a member of the Seattle Seahawks.

Early years

Bernard was a four-year starter and played running back, fullback and strong safety at Boca Raton High School in Boca Raton, Florida. He led Florida’s 5A football league in scoring his senior season with 19 touchdowns, rushing for 1,156 yards on 159 carries (7.4 average). Bernard also played baseball and was selected in the 30th round of the 2003 MLB Draft by the Minnesota Twins.

College career

Bernard played at running back for OSU from 2004-2007.

In 2005, Bernard took the position of starting running back for the OSU. He ended the season with 1321 yards rushing on 299 attempts (averaging 4.4 yards/carry), and finishing with 13 touchdowns. Continuing 2006, Bernard rushed for 1309 yards on 296 attempts (averaging 4.4) with 12 touchdowns.

As a senior, Bernard was named as co-captain for the 2007 season. Despite having arthroscopic knee surgery on November 20 (and missing the Beaver’s Civil War match against the University of Oregon), Yvenson was able to play in the Emerald Bowl against the Maryland Terrapins. On 38 carries Bernard rushed for 177 yards, and was awarded the 2007 Emerald Bowl Offensive MVP. For the season, he ended with 1214 yards rushing on 275 carries.

Bernard ended with 3,862 career rushing yards, becoming the Beaver’s second all-time leading rusher behind Ken Simonton with 5,044 yards. Bernard also moved to No. 6 in the Pac-10’s all-time rushing list.

External links

* [https://admin.xosn.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4700&ATCLID=129802 Oregon State Beavers bio]