Terrance West is an American football player who plays the U-turn position. West is currently a free agent. He started his professional career in 2014 after being recruited by the Cleveland Browns. He also played for the NFL Titans, Baltimore Ravens and New Orleans Saints. Prior to his NFL career, he played college football at Towson.
Brief biography of Terrance West
West was born on January 28, 1991 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and a half-offer at Northwestern High School, Baltimore, Maryland, he totaled 4,700 yards to earn All-Baltimore City selection twice, this which earned him an All-Metro honorable mention.
As a junior, he amassed a total of 1,500 meters and 2,000 yards as a senior, leading his team to a 7–3 record as a junior and 9–1 as a senior. West was also on the school’s baseball, basketball, and track teams at Northwestern High. He was the leading scorer on his conference championship basketball team. He is also a member of the top ranked 4×100 meter relay team in the state.
After high school, Terrance aspired to play college football, but he didn’t have many opportunities in schools due to his poor academic qualifications and performance. However, still determined to pursue his dream of playing college football, he chose to enroll at Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia, but had to leave after a year due to the distance.
His time at Fork Union Military Academy still didn’t offer him a scholarship, so he had to look for a school that would accept him as a transfer student. During this period, he held a sales position in a Jimmy Jazz clothing store. And when all his plans and efforts to attend Clemson University, University of Maryland and Morgan State University failed, Terrance West finally opted for Towson University after contacting the head coach and learning the team’s interest in him.
West broke Towson records as a freshman with 1,294 yards and 29 touchdowns. He also led the team to a 9-2 regular season, which turned out to be their first CAA championship. In the offseason, he was named the first winner of the Jerry Rice Award as the top freshman in Championship Division Football (FCS).
During his junior season in 2013, Terrance West finished third in voting to become a Walter Payton Award finalist. He played a major role in the Tigers’ victories in games against Eastern Illinois and Eastern Washington, earning the team a berth in this year’s FCS National Championship game at Frisco, Texas. They unfortunately lost to the defending champions, the North Dakota State University Bison, by a score of 35-7.
West would forfeit his senior season and declare himself eligible for the 2014 NFL Draft in January 2014.
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NFL Career
Terrance West began his NFL career with the Cleveland Browns who drafted him 94th overall in the 3rd round of the 2014 draft. His first game with the Browns was against the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he scored his first 100 yards on sixteen carriers averaging 6.3 yards. He would finish his first season which was his only season with the Cleveland Browns with 673 rushing yards on one hundred and seventy-one (171) accomplishments with 4 touchdowns.
The following season, Cleveland traded positions to the Tennessee Titans for a conditional pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. During his tenure with the Titans, he recorded sixteen carries for fifty-one fumbles, which is twice the number of busts he recorded during his rookie season with the Browns.
The Baltimore Ravens signed him to their firm team in November 2015. He played in all sixteen games of the 2016 regular season and started with thirteen. He finished the season with 774 rushing yards, 193 accomplishments and 5 touchdowns. In May 2017, he signed an original tender with the franchise to keep him under contract for the season. Unfortunately, he has only appeared in 5 games this year due to a calf injury. He finished with 138 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns.
Terrance West signed with the New Orleans Saints in June 2018 and was released in August of the same year.
Size Weight and measurements
The running back has an excellent body that weighs 102 kg or 225 lbs with a height of 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in). His arm length measures 31 inches and his hand size is 9 1/8 inches.
Other facts about Terrance West
West is not married but he has a girlfriend named Melesha, with whom he has two children – Lyric and Harmony. She works in a salon and spa and seems to specialize in the brow maintenance and upkeep section.