Monmouth University Athletics

Career Snapshot

• Declared for the NFL Draft after completing third season of eligibility
• Finished his career at Monmouth as the second leading rusher in school history (3,974)
• Named FCS Running Back of the Year in 2019
• NCAA FCS leading rusher in the country as a junior (1,995 yards)
• Consensus All-American in 2019
• Finished third in the voting for the Walter Payton Award - the highest finish for a Monmouth player ever
• Finished with over 4,800 all-purpose yards
• 239 points scored is third most in the Monmouth history
• Found the endzone 39 times in his career
• Had 20 career 100+ yard rushing games
• Appeared in 34 career games for the Blue & White

2019 (Junior)

• Named FCS Running Back of the Year by the FCS ADA
• First Team Concensus All-American, including AFCA, STATS FCS, Walter Camp Foundation among others
• Started all 14 games for the Hawks
• Ran for 1,995 yards to lead the NCAA and set a new Monmouth single season record
• Ran for 100+ yards in nine of 14 games with four 200+ yard rushing performances
• Also had 336 yards receiving with two touchdowns
• Finished with a Monmouth record 2,331 all-purpose yards
• Scored 20 touchdowns
• Had a career-high 240 yards rushing and two touchdowns against Hampton (11/23)
• His 306 total offense yards against Hampton tied the Monmouth record
• In Monmouth's second-round playoff game against JMU, Guerriero sprinted for a  93 yard touchdown run, the longest in Big South history and the second longest run against James Madison
• It was the longest touchdown run in FCS Playoff history 

2018 (Sophomore)

• Appeared in nine games, starting six in 2018
• STATS FCS National Player of the Week Honorable Mention in Week Two in the win against Hampton, rushing for a career-high 209 rushing yards and three touchdowns (9/8)
• Named Second-Team All-Big South at Running Back
• Named Big South Offensive Player of the Week in Week Two
• Finished first in Big South with 102 rushing yards per game and third in total rushing yards with 918
• Finished second in the Big South and second on the team with 6.9 yards per carry
• Tied for third in Big South and first on the team with eight rushing touchdowns
• Totaled 182 rushing yards and a touchdown in the win against Gardner-Webb (11/17)

2017 (Redshirt Freshman)

• Appeared in 11 games at running back and kick returner
• Second Team All-American by the AFCA
• Hero Sports Freshman All-American
• First Team All-Big South as a running back and kick returner
• Named Big South Co-Freshman of the Year
• All-ECAC Second Team selection
• Finalist for the Jerry Rice Award- finished ninth in voting as the nation's top freshman
• Named STATS FCS National Player of the Week for week 2
• Ran for 1,061 yards and nine touchdowns
• First Monmouth 1,000 rusher since 2013
• Fifth player in Monmouth history with a 1,000 yard season
• Recorded the longest kickoff return in school history- a 95 yard return against Liberty (10/21)
• Had a school-record 263 all-purpose yards in a win over Lehigh (9/9)
• His 1,408 all-purpose yards was sixth most in school history
• Recorded six 100-yard rushing performances 
• Had a career-high 189 yards and two rushing scores against Lehigh
• Big South Offensive Player of the Week (9/11)
• Big South Special Teams Player of the Week (10/22)
• Two-time Big South Freshman of the Week (9/2, 11/6)

2016 (Freshman)

• Did not compete for the Hawks as a freshman
• Joined the team prior to the 2017 season
• Ran track, winning the MAAC Outdoor Championship in the 100m and 200m

Before Monmouth: Three-sport standout at Lyndhurst high school … played football for coach Rich Tuero and was a member of the Golden Bears’ basketball and track and field teams … ran for 3,813 yards on 349 carries (10.9 avg.) and scored 36 total touchdowns in his career … named first team all-league in junior and senior seasons … also earned second team all-county, Second Team All-North Jersey and Second Team All-State Group 2 honors as a senior in 2015 … named first team all-league in basketball as a senior … Bergen County Meet of Champions winner in the 100 and 200-meter dash as a senior and was named first team all-county in track.

Personal: Son of Staci Guerriero ... majoring in finance ... member of Monmouth’s track and field program as a sprinter and was named Rookie of the Meet at the outdoor MAAC championships after winning the 100-meter dash (10.65) and 200-meter dash (21.89) in 2017.