Kory Sheets

Kory Gerren Sheets (born March 31, 1985 in Manchester, Connecticut) is a gridiron football running back for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Purdue.

Sheets has also been a member of the Miami Dolphins and Carolina Panthers.

Early years
Sheets played for Bloomfield High School, leading the team to a Connecticut State Championship as an all-purpose back. In his senior year, he had 2,588 rushing yards and 41 touchdowns in being named the state Player of the Year by The Hartford Courant as well as an all-conference selection. Sheets was also named to the 2003 Connecticut High School Football All-State team by the New Haven Register.

Sheets also earned All-State and All-American honors in track and field, while coming out of high school as the No. 23 all-purpose back in the country by Rivals.com.

College career
Sheets attended Purdue University, where he played for head coach, Joe Tiller. He majored in Organizational Leadership and Supervision.

Despite limited playing time, Sheets finished fifth in the Big Ten with 5.5 yards per carry (players with over 100 rushes) and ended up with 104 carries for 571 yards. With an average of a touchdown per 10.4 rushes, he tied with Minnesota running back Laurence Maroney for the lead in this category. Sheets also added 13 receptions for 132 yards and played on special teams as well.

In week two of the 2006 season, Sheets scored four rushing touchdowns against Miami (OH), including the game-winning touchdown in overtime. This gave him seven touchdowns for the season to that point. On November 20, 2006 Sheets recorded the first blocked punt of his career, and the third on the season for the Boilermakers.

San Francisco 49ers
After being undrafted in the 2009 NFL Draft, Sheets was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as a free agent. He was waived on October 5, 2009, but was re-signed to their practice squad the next day.

Miami Dolphins
Sheets was signed off the San Francisco 49ers' practice squad by the Miami Dolphins on October 13, 2009. With the Dolphins Sheets has 1 rush for 5 yards.

He was placed on injured reserve on August 4, 2010, due to an injury during a training camp practice. He suffered a right Achilles injury, effectively ending his season.

On August 23, 2011, he was waived by the Dolphins.

Carolina Panthers
On November 30, 2011, Sheets was signed to the Carolina Panthers' practice squad.

Saskatchewan Roughriders
The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed him on February 10, 2012. In his first regular season game with the Roughriders, Sheets rushed for 80 yards on 12 carries (6.7 yards per carry average) and scored a touchdown. Sheets' play in pre-season helped earn him the starting job at running back for the Roughriders, which came as a surprise to many, as Brandon West was expected to start. Sheets scored his first touchdown on June 29, 2012 in the season opener against the Hamilton Ti-Cats in a Saskatchewan win. His play helped the Riders to an early 3-0 start, with a touchdown in every game. Sheets became the second rusher in the CFL to reach 1000 yards in the 2012 season after Jon Cornish, with whom he continues to battle for the season rushing yardage title.

On October 8, 2012, Sheets ran over the 1000 yard mark after a 48-yard touchdown run at Rogers Centre against the Toronto Argonauts.

Personal Life
Sheets is a big fan of Twitter, in which he regularly uses under "@Sheets24K". Sheets also uses the "Holy Sheets" remark Rider fans made up after becoming famous in Riderville.