Oberlin, Ohio – Former NFL Running Back and current Oberlin College Assistant Coach Lee Suggs will be inducted into the inaugural class of the William Fleming High School Hall on September 3.

Suggs, a native of Roanoke, Virginia, was a standout prep star at the school in both football and track. During his senior season of 1998 he rushed for 2,918 yards and 30 touchdowns en route to earning All-America honors from both SuperPrep and PrepStar. His work on the gridiron also helped carry the Colonels to the state championship game that season.

Some of the highlights from his senior year include a 350-yard, three-touchdown game against Cave Spring and a five TD performance in a win over G.W. Danville.

“Obviously this is a great honor for me to be inducted into my high school hall of fame,” Suggs said. “I am privileged and blessed to have been a part of something special with truly great people.”

A former Virginia Northwest Region and Timeland Offensive Player of the Year, Suggs ended his high school career with 5,056 yards on 646 carriers to go along with 50 touchdowns.

On the track he was just as explosive, earning all-region and all-state honors. He ran the anchor leg on Fleming's state championship 4x100 relay team that later went on to place fifth at the National Scholastic Outdoor Track Championships in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Upon graduation from Fleming, Suggs attended Virginia Tech University where he set NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision records for most games scoring a touchdown in a single season (14 games in 2002), and most consecutive games scoring a touchdown (27 consecutive games, from Sept. 2, 2000 through Dec. 31, 2002; 57 touchdowns). He was selected in the fourth round of NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns in 2003.

Suggs is currently in his third season on the Yeomen football staff. Oberlin begins its season September 4 at Kenyon College.