Sony Michel (Footballer) Biography, Age, Stats, Injury, Jersey

Sony Michel Biography

Sony Michel is an American football running back for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Georgia.

 Sony Michel Age

Michel is 28 years old as for 2023 born on February 17, 1995 in Orlando, Florida.

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Weight and Height

Michel Weighs 215 lb (98 kg).He stands at a height of 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m).

 Sony Michel Career

Michel attended American Heritage School in Plantation, Florida. He was the starting running back for the American Heritage Patriots, beginning in his eighth grade year there.

As a senior, Michel rushed for 1,833 yards and 24 touchdowns. He rushed for 4,758 yards and 63 touchdowns over three years playing on varsity.

Michel was rated by Rivals.com as a five-star recruit and was ranked as the third best running back and 13th best player overall. On April 26, 2013, Michel committed to the University of Georgia to play college football.

Sony’s older brother Marken Michel is a receiver for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League, and was the 2017 West Division Most Outstanding Rookie.

As a sophomore in 2011, Michel also competed in track and field at American Heritage, he earned first-place finishes in both the 100-meter dash (10.99s) and 200-meter dash (21.91s) at the FHSAA 2A District Meet. Michel posted a personal-best time of seconds in the 100-meter dash at the 3rd Annual Miramar Invitational, where he placed first.

Sony Michel College career

In 2014, as a true freshman at Georgia, Michel played in eight games and made one start. Due to a fractured shoulder blade, he missed five games.

He rushed for 410 yards on 64 carries with five rushing touchdowns. In 2015, Michel entered as a backup to Nick Chubb, but earned extensive playing time.

Michel took over as the starter and ran for 145 yards after Chubb was injured in a game against the Tennessee Volunteers.

He totaled 840 rushing yards in the 2016 season, and four rushing touchdowns to go along with 22 receptions for 149 receiving yards and a receiving touchdown.

With true freshman, Jake Fromm starting at quarterback for the Bulldogs in 2017, the team relied heavily on its senior running backs, Chubb and Michel, to carry the load.

Despite remaining second in the depth chart behind Chubb, and receiving only two-thirds as many carries as Chubb, Michel had a breakout year, finishing with 1,227 rushing yards (156 carries), only 118 yards fewer than Chubb’s 1,345 (223 carries).

On October 7 during a blowout game against Vanderbilt, Michel rushed for 150 yards and a score on only 12 carries. Three weeks later, in an October 28 rout of Florida, Michel rushed for 137 yards on only 6 carries, scoring twice on runs of 74 yards and 45 yards.

Michel’s biggest game of the year was against Oklahoma which came on New Year’s Day in the Rose Bowl, Georgia’s first-ever College Football Playoff game.

Injury

Michel suffered a knee injury in training camp which caused him to miss the entire preseason. Michel made his NFL debut in a Week 2 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Sony Mi Statistics