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Received his B.S. from Western Carolina in the spring of 2005 in Business Administration and Law.
2004 (Jr.): Played in all 11 games, serving as the team's starting fullback (actually started eight games) ... Was a team captain for all 11 games ... Carried the ball nine times for 15 yards and caught four passes for 29 yards ... One of his receptions was a career-long, 15-yarder at Alabama.
2003 (So.): Serving as the team's starting fullback, played in 11 games, missing the season opener at N.C. State after having off-season knee surgery ... Had 22 rushes for 58 yards with two touchdowns ... Was the feature back in WCU's short yardage situations, including a one-yard TD which proved to be the game winner at East Tennessee State ... Not only scored, but set up a score at ETSU ... On the Bucs' first punt attempt, Bush blocked a punt which T. Alford caught in mid-air and returned two yards for a touchdown ... Also scored in a short yardage situation, scoring from two yards out and giving the Cats a 16-3 lead early in the second quarter at Georgia Southern ... Was credited with two tackles on special teams.
2002 (RFr.): Made the switch from linebacker to fullback during spring drills ... Played in all 11 games ... While he was the starting fullback, was only the official starter twice in Western's spread offense ... Was the Catamount's fourth-leading rusher with 85 yards on 24 attempts, an average of 3.54 yards per rush ... Also caught three passes for 15 yards ... Had a season-high six attempts in the season opener at Liberty, gaining 39 yards ... Had two rushes for 13 yards versus West Virginia Tech, a one-yard TD rush and a 12-yard TD rush ... Carried the ball five times for seven yards at Wofford, including a one-yard touchdown ... Added two receptions for 12 yards against the Terriers.
2001 (Fr.): Redshirted.
Prior to Western: A four-year starter for Pebblebrook, including three years on both offense and defense ... Named honorable mention All-Cobb County twice (1999 and 2000) ... Helped his team to a 10-1 mark and the region title as a senior ... Posted 71 tackles as a senior and 82 tackles as a junior ... Ranked second in rushing as a junior with 459 yards and six TDs ... Also participated in track.
John Bush's Career Rushing Statistics
G Att. Net Yds Avg. TD Long Avg./G
2002 11 24 85 3.5 3 13 7.7
2003 11 22 58 2.6 2 13 5.3
2004 11 9 15 1.7 0 4 1.4
Totals 33 55 158 2.9 5 13 4.8
John Bush's Career Receiving Statistics
G Rec. Yards Avg. TD Long Avg./G
2002 11 3 15 5.0 0 10 1.4
2003 11 4 32 8.0 0 11 2.9
2004 11 4 29 7.2 0 15 2.6
Totals 33 11 76 6.9 0 15 2.3
