Garrett Steele

Height:
6-1
Weight:
220
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Kingsburg, CA
High School:
Kingsburg HS

Expected to back up Akaninyene Umoh and Brent Michaels atfullback for Cal Poly this fall.

2011 -- Redshirt ... seven carries for 27 yardsin 2012 Spring Game.

High School -- Steele, the California MediumSchools State Player of the Year, produced state and nationalheadlines with two Hail Mary passes in the 2010 season -- one for80 yards as time ran out in the opener at San Luis Obispo and theother for 81 yards with two minutes to play in the final game ofthe year against Porterville -- leading Kingsburg to theCIF-Central Section Division III championship and a 12-1 record ...Vikings, coached by Garrett’s uncle, Dave Steele, finished ina three-way tie for the Central Sequoia League title with a 5-1mark ... believed to be the first player in California prepfootball history to both pass and rush for more than 2,000 yards inone season ... was set to play running back in 2010 before theoriginal starting quarterback for the Vikings suffered aseason-ending wrist injury in the first game of the season at SanLuis Obispo ... Steele took over the signal-calling duties andrushed for 2,008 yards on 249 carries (8.1 yards per carry) and 21touchdowns ... also completed 121 of 261 passes for 2,177 yards and26 scores ... notched 11 100-yard games rushing, including 269yards on just 21 carries and three touchdowns against Immanuel, andfour 200-yard games passing ... as a safety on defense, Steelenotched 54 tackles and two interceptions ... also averaged 36.6yards on 20 punts with a long of 50 yards ... has 4.5 speed in the40-yard dash and also played basketball and ran track at Kingsburg... named most valuable player of the Central Sequoia League andwas runner-up for Fresno Bee Player of the Year honors ... alsoearned first-team All-Fresno Bee, Cal-Hi Sports medium schoolsplayer of the year and first-team all-state honors ... ESPN Radio1430 named Steele Fresno County Player of the Year while CBS-TV 47named him Fresno County offensive player of the year ... as ajunior running back, Steele rushed for 1,006 yards and 19touchdowns with five 100-yard games and caught 28 passes for 429yards and eight more scores ... notched 42 tackles on defense,intercepted two passes and was named to the All-Central SequoiaLeague first team as both a running back and defensive back ...also was named co-offensive player of the year in the CentralSequoia League, first-team All-Fresno Bee and second-teamall-state, helping the Vikings to the first of their back-to-backCIF-Central Section championships ... four-time Central SequoiaLeague All-Academic Team member ... was recruited by SacramentoState, Nevada and Army, choosing Cal Poly because “I feltcomfortable, it has a great environment and I fit inwell.”

Personal -- Son of Todd and Sheri Steele ...father played for the New Orleans Saints from 1987-88 ... threebrothers, Ryan, Brandon and Nicholas ... enjoys fishing as a hobbyas well as other river and lake activities ... born December 22,1992, in Kingsburg, Calif. ... majors in agricultural business.