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2008: Phil Steele’s First Team All-Sun Belt Conference.
2007: Arnold rushed for 1,060 yards and a career-high nine touchdowns while averaging 6.5 yards per carry in 2007, earning All-Sun Belt Conference honors for the second consecutive season . . . Named Phil Steele’s First Team All-Sun Belt Conference . . . Doak Walker Award candidate . . . His 6.5 rushing average was the best in the Sun Belt Conference among the top 10 rushing leaders and his nine rushing touchdowns were the second most among the same group . . . Arnold ranked 44th in the nation in rushing and his 6.5 average per rush was the second higest in the nation among all running backs ranked in the top 50 for rushing yards . . . The 2006 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year eclipsed 1,000 yards rushing for the second straight season to become the only player in ASU history to accomplish the feat in his first two seasons . . . Posted a career-high 225-yard rushing performance against Louisiana-Lafayette, the third most in school history for a single game and the most ever by an ASU player at Indian Stadium . . . Arnold also added 52 yards receiving and posted a touchdown receptions to give him 10 total scores on the year . . . Athlon’s Preseason Second Team All-Sun Belt Conference . . . Lindy’s Preseason Second Team All-Sun Belt Conference . . . Phil Steele’s Second Team All-Sun Belt Conference.
2006: Sporting News Third Team Freshman All-American . . . Football Writers Association of America's 2006 Scripps Freshman All-America Team . . . Third leading rusher in nation among all freshmen. . . . Second Team All-Sun Belt Conference . . . First player in ASU history to be named Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year . . . Little Rock Touchdown Club’s ASU Player of the Year . . . Chosen twice as the SBC Offensive Player of the Week . . . Became the 13th player in ASU history to rush for over 1,000 yards . . . Started every game at running back . . . Rushed for over 100 yards in five games, including a career-high of 156 yards in the 2006 finale against Louisiana-Lafayette . . . Finished the year with 1,076 rushing yards, averaging 5.1 yards per carry, and scored four touchdowns . . . Ranked No. 3 in all-purpose yards in the Sun Belt Conference and was also ranked No. 3 in the Sun Belt Conference in rushing.
2005: Redshirted and participated on the scout team.
HIGH SCHOOL: Carried for 1,251-yards and 11 TD’s in just seven games for McClellan . . . tabbed as the state’s 16th-rated senior by SuperPrep recruiting magazine . . . rushed for 1,352-yards and 20 TD’s as a junior on 156 carries . . . two-year totals are 366 carries for 2,603-yards (7.11 ypc avg.) and 31 TD’s . . . Hooten’s 2004 Preseason Class AAAAA first-team tailback . . . ended junior year as an All-State player and ran 4.38 40-yard dash in the FCA Combine the summer of his senior season . . . preseason watch-list member for the 2004 State Farm Award Offensive Player of the Year in AAAAA . . . received two-star rating by Rivals.com . . . coached by Anthony Chambers.
PERSONAL: Recruited by Arkansas and Arkansas-Pine Bluff . . . father, Reggie, Sr., played from 1974-77 at Purdue as a receiver.
QUICK HITTERS: Recorded nine career 100-yard rushing games, the seventh most in school history . . . Only player in ASU history to rush for 1,000 yards in each of his first two seasons . . . 5.7 career yards per rush average is the fourth highest in school history entering the 2008 season . . . 2,136 career rushing yards is the 11th most in school history . . . Ranks among the Arkansas State top-10 single-season performances for rushing yards for both his freshman and sophomore campaigns.
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