Travis Prentice Travis Jason Prentice ( born October 27 , 1976 ) is a former American football running back . Prentice previously held the NCAA Division I - A record for career rushing touchdowns before being broken by Wisconsin ' s , Montee Ball on November 24th 2012 . High school career . Prentice attended duPont Manual High School in Louisville , Kentucky , where he was first team All - District and second team All - State his senior year while running for 1 , 510 yards and 17 touchdowns . College career . Prentice was redshirted his freshman year . The next year , Prentice had a very productive season even though he never broke into the starting line - up . In his first game he ran for 102 yards and two touchdowns ; for the season he ran for 601 yards on 123 carries and 12 touchdowns . In his sophomore year , Prentice earned a spot in Randy Walker ' s starting line - up and rushed for 1549 yards and 25 touchdowns . He was named first team All - Mid - American Conference and was one of eight semifinalists for the Doak Walker Award . In Prentice ' s junior year he ran for 1787 yards and 19 touchdowns while leading the RedHawks to a 10 - 1 season . Once again he was one of eight semifinalists for the Doak Walker Award . He was edged by Marshall ' s Chad Pennington in the MAC ' s Vern Smith Award for player of the year . His senior year was under a new head coach , Terry Hoeppner , who installed a more open passing attack rather than relying on the running game . Prentice ran for 1659 yards and 17 touchdowns . In the process he broke several Division I - A scoring records and was named third team All - American by the Associated Press . Prentice ended his career at Miami with 5 , 596 yards on 1 , 138 carries and numerous school , conference and NCAA records . At one point he recorded 862 consecutive touches without a fumble . Notable games . vs . Akron ( 1999 ) Prentice exploded for 376 rushing yards in a 32 - 23 win against Akron . This set the Mid - American Conference record for most yards in a single game . At the time it was the 6th highest rushing total in Division I - A history . On his final carry of the game he broke Ricky Williams ' career records both for points scored and total touchdowns with a 72 - yard touchdown run . At North Carolina ( 1998 ) Prentice helped lead the RedHawks to a 13 - 10 upset of the # 12 ranked North Carolina Tar Heels , rushing for 162 yards and a touchdown . Most of his yards came in the second half , including several carries on the last drive that led to a last - second game - winning field goal by John Scott . It was the first time in ten years that one player rushed for more than 150 yards on UNC . At Virginia Tech ( 1997 ) Prentice helped Miami to a 24 - 17 win over then - undefeated and twelfth - ranked Virginia Tech . His numbers were not great ( 82 yards on 21 carries ) , but he ran for a touchdown on a game - changing fake field goal that was named CNN ' s “ play of the day . ” Professional career . Prentice was the first pick in the third round by the Cleveland Browns in the 2000 NFL Draft . He spent three years in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns , Minnesota Vikings and the Arizona Cardinals .