37   Rafael Santos
Rafael Santos

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Holyoke, Mass.

High School:
Holyoke H.S.

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 180

Position:
Wide Receiver


Has outstanding hands and great feet … Will compete for playing time at wide receiver … Also contributes on special teams … Could see action as a kick returner … Has played in 14 career games.

2000: Backup wide receiver … Saw his first action of the season in the victory over Maine … Also played against Villanova and Delaware.

1999: Backup wide receiver who also contributed on special teams … Saw action off the bench in 11 games (missing Toledo and Furman) … Made two receptions for 16 yards in the victory over Connecticut.

1998: Sat out the season under NCAA academic requirements.

Before UMass: Played for coach Ray Mitchell at Holyoke High School … Two-time All-Western Massachusetts selection by the Springfield Union News … Also a two-time All-Hockomock League performer … Team captain as a senior … Set a school record with 39 receptions during his junior season … Totaled 97 catches and 22 touchdowns in his high school career … Also saw time at cornerback while in high school … Competed in the hurdles, high jump, long jump and triple jump on the track team … Also lettered in basketball.

Personal: Full name is Rafael Santos, Jr. … Son of Liz and Rafael Santos, Sr. … Born September 5, 1980, in Holyoke, Mass. … Majoring in Sociology.

Santos’ Receiving Statistics

YearNoYdsAvgTDLong
19992168.009
2000000.000
Totals2168.009

Santos’ Career Highs

Receptions                  2 vs. Connecticut, 11/20/99
Receiving Yards            16 vs. Connecticut, 11/20/99
Long Reception              9 vs. Connecticut, 11/20/99
All-Purpose Yards          23 vs. Maine, 10/16/99
                           23 vs. Richmond, 11/6/99

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