University of Calgary Athletics

2012: Named a Canada West all-star at running back for the second straight year … dressed in seven of eight games and played in six, recording 636 yards on just 79 carries to lead feature backs in the conference with an 8.1 yards-per-carry average … ranked the No. 5 prospect by the Canadian Football League’s Central Scouting bureau for the 2013 CFL draft on Sept. 19 … had a career-high 217-yard rushing performance Oct. 12 at Alberta, scoring three TDs (two rushing, one receiving) … bettered that performance with his 22-carry, 251-yard shredding of the Regina defence during the Hardy Cup …

2011: Finished second in the conference rushing race by just 13 yards, finishing with a career-high 898 … added seven touchdowns on the season … recorded his first 200-yard rushing game Sept. 9 against UBC, scoring the game-winning touchdown in the dying seconds of the game … had another monster game against UBC, this time in the Hardy Cup, with 22 carries for 194 yards … named a Canada West all-star and first team All-Canadian at running back … attended the CIS East-West Bowl …

2010: Dressed an played in all eight conference games and all four playoff games, including the Mitchell Bowl and the Vanier Cup … named MVP of the Mitchell Bowl (winner of the Maury L. Van Vliet trophy), as selected by TSN, after picking up a career-high 127 rushing yards in Calgary’s 35-8 win over Saint Mary’s … scored the touchdown that sealed the game for the Dinos on a 33-yard romp to the end zone from a direct snap on third down … threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Parker out of the wildcat offence in the conference semi-final against Regina … recorded 270 rushing yards and 266 receiving yards in the regular season, led by a 105-yard rushing effort at Manitoba …

2009: Dressed for all eight conference games and all four playoff games, including the Uteck Bowl and the Vanier Cup … racked up 310 yards on 49 carries during the regular season, adding four touchdowns … also had 7.5 tackles, mostly on special teams … had a career-high 13 carries for 156 yards off the bench in the Uteck Bowl at Saint Mary’s in Halifax, scoring one major … had at least 40 rushing yards six times during the season, including playoffs …

Before UC: St. Francis MVP in both Grade 11 and Grade 12 – the first time a Grade 11 player had won the award in the school’s history … led the Browns to a perfect 10-0 record and the provincial title in 2007 … averaged 170 yards rushing per game and 8.7 yards per carry in his senior year … starred for Team Canada at the 2009 IFAF World Junior Championship in Canton, Ohio, winning a silver medal … named first team all-tournament running back after pacing Canada’s running game in Ohio …

Personal: Parents Eugene and Kamba … full name Steven Yamukeka Lumbala … youngest brother in a football family, following in the footsteps of Jacques-Olivier, who played one season at UC before transferring to Saint Mary’s after a stint with the Colts, and Rolly, who starred for the Idaho Vandals … born in Montreal … graduate of St. Francis High School, where he was Valedictorian in 2009 … studying in the Haskayne School of Business, majoring in International Business … hopes to earn an MBA and/or pursue a professional football career … inaugural recipient of the Gary Deman – St. Francis High School award, a scholarship named after the legendary St. Francis coach …