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Rushel Shell III (born September 7, 1993) is an American football running back from Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. As a high school senior running back at Hopewell high school he was regarded by many as one of the top high school athletes in the country.〔(MaxPreps Fresh Faces Class of 2012 Top 100 - MaxPreps News )〕〔(College football recruiting: Rushel Shell is something special - ESPN )〕〔(Class of 2012 Football Top 100 Watch List - MaxPreps News )〕〔(Espnhs Magazine - Espnhs | High School Sports Rankings, Results, Training, Performance, College Recruiting | How To Win )〕〔(Hopewell running back Rushel Shell breaks records in backfield. - SI.com - High School Player of the Week )〕 He was ranked as the 11th best overall prospect (and 3rd best Running Back) in the class of 2012 by MaxPreps,〔(Tom Lemming unveils 2012 Top 100 - MaxPreps News )〕 20th (#4 RB) by Scout.com,〔(Scout.com: Football Recruiting )〕 24th (#3 RB) by ESPNU〔(ESPN Football Recruiting - Player Rankings - ESPN )〕 and 45th (#5 RB) by Rivals.com.〔(Yahoo Sports: Rivals.com Ranking - Rivals.com Rivals100 2012 )〕 After receiving numerous scholarship offers from top football programs throughout the country,〔(RB Rushel Shell getting offers from all over - ESPN )〕 Shell announced his commitment to Pitt on October 14, 2011.〔(As expected, Hopewell standout commits to Pitt )〕 Prior to his Sophomore season, Shell quit the Pitt football team with the intention to transfer to another school.〔http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/pitt-big-east/pitt-running-back-rushel-shell-to-leave-pitt-681722/〕 Shell initially decided to transfer to UCLA, but then tried to return to Pitt, but coach Paul Chryst refused Shell's request. Shell ultimately narrowed his choices of transfer destinations to the University of Kentucky and West Virginia University, before deciding to enroll at West Virginia. ==High school career== Shell finished his career as the leading rusher in Pennsylvania state〔(Franklin Regional's 1st field-goal try of season nets winning points )〕〔PIAA Football Records#Rushing〕 and WPIAL history. He also set a new national record by running for 100 yards or more in 39 consecutive games〔 and ran for 200 yards or more 25 times in his high school career.〔(Post-Gazette High School Football Player of the Year: Rushel Shell )〕 In 2008, Shell was MaxPrep's national freshman of the year〔(Pennsylvania's Shell Tabbed Top Freshman - MaxPreps News )〕 after rushing for 1,516 yards. He also became the first freshman to ever make the ''Pittsburgh Post Gazette''’s "Fabulous 22".〔(Fabulous 22: The top high school football players in the WPIAL and City League )〕 In 2009, as a sophomore, Shell rushed for 2,740 yards—becoming only the third player in WPIAL history to rush for over 2,000 yards in the regular season,〔(Football Notebook: Deer Lakes is looking to end playoff drought )〕 raising his career total to 4,256.〔(Blue Chip Chat with Rushel Shell )〕 He was again named to the "Fabulous 22" following the season.〔(The Fabulous 22: The region's top high school football athletes )〕 In 2010, prior to his junior season, he was named the ''Pittsburgh Tribune-Review''’s preseason player of the year.〔(Hopewell's Shell leads Trib's All-Preseason Team - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review )〕 He ran for 2,102 yards during the regular season (9 games), the third highest total in WPIAL history, and became the first WPIAL player to twice rush for 2,000 yards in the regular season.〔(Shell sets record as Hopewell tops West Allegheny )〕 He finished the season with 2,510 yards, raising his career total to 6,766. Following the season, he was named the Post-Gazette's player of the year,〔(Football Player of the Year: Rushel Shell )〕 was again named to the "Fabulous 22,"〔(The Post-Gazette's 2010 Fabulous 22 )〕 and was selected as the inaugural "Mr. Pennsylvania" for football.〔(Green, Shell named Mr. Pennsylvania Football at awards ceremony | PennLive.com )〕 MaxPreps also named him to their second team All-American team.〔(2010 U.S. Air Force All-American Team - MaxPreps News )〕 In 2011, prior to his senior season, he was named to the Post-Gazette's pre-season Fabulous 22.〔(2011 High School Football Preview: Preseason Fabulous 22 )〕 On September 23, he set a new WPIAL record for most career rushing yards.〔(Super Shell: Hopewell star breaks Vernillo's record on 54-yard run, scores winning TD, too )〕 He finished the regular season with 1,764 yards rushing, the most in the WPIAL.〔(Football Statistical Leaders )〕 In his last game, he set a new state record for most rushing yards and broke the national record by rushing for 100+ yards for the 39th consecutive game.〔 He finished the season with 2,302 yards, giving him 9,078 yards for his career. Following the season, he was again named the Post-Gazette's player of the year, becoming only the third two-time winner.〔 He was also named second team All-American by Sports Illustrated.〔(SI.com's 2011 High School Football All-Americas - More Sports - SI.com )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rushel Shell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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