Will compete for playing time at tailback this fall after redshirting last year...Rushed for 66 yards on 24 carries in the Blue-White Spring Football Game.
2010: Redshirted...Named the Offensive Scout Player of the Week before the Louisville (Oct. 23) and USF (Dec. 4) games.
High School:Named to New York Daily News All-City team and New York Post All-Staten Island...named co-winner of Al Fabbri Award, given each year to the top high school football player on Staten Island...two-time Staten Island Advance All-Star....led all Staten Island players with 172 points scored...rushed for an average of 7.2 yards per carry in senior year...rushed for 1,544 yards in nine games...also had 15 receptions for an average of 23.4 yards per reception...also rushed for over 1,000 yards as a junior.
Personal Profile: Lyle James McCombs...Born on April 12, 1992...A pre-kinesiology major.