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2007: Appeared in all 11 of the Rams' games, starting each contest to run his streak of starts to a team-high 32 consecutive contests...Is one of only 10 WSSU roster players to start all 11 games in 2007...Has started every game of his WSSU career and has the opportunity to break the WSSU all-time consecutive start streak of 41 games currently occupied by former WSSU tight end Stan Wright if he starts the Rams' first 10 games...Also has the opportunity to tie the Rams' all-time start record of 43 career starts currently occupied by former WSSU punter Chad Oakley who played four complete seasons and one game during his medical redshirt season if he starts all of WSSU's games...Ran his start streak to 32 consecutive contests, the longest start streak on the current WSSU roster (one start ahead of teammate Joe Blanks)...A team leader for the Rams, Helton was a part of a WSSU offensive line that propelled the Rams to their first winning season (6-5 overall) at the Division I-FCS level.
2006: Appeared all 11 of the team's games, starting all 11...Was an integral part of the team's offensive front playing the crucial center position...Closed out the season with a 21-game consecutive start streak intact.
2005: Appeared in all ten games for the Rams, starting all 10...Was part of a Rams' offensive line that helped to see two running backs break the 900-yard rushing mark...Named to the CIAA All-Rookie Team.
2004: Spent the entire 2004 season as a redshirt...Did not dress for, nor participate in, any of the Rams' 10 games.
Personal: Helton returns to the Rams' lineup in 2008 as a projected fourth-year starter following very successful 2005, 2006 and 2007 campaigns where he has started every game for the Rams...Earned CIAA All-Rookie Team honors in 2005...A native of Dalzell, S.C. he is a 2004 graduate of Crestwood High School where he was named to the North vs. South All-Star Game...The son of Claude and Debby Helton...Born in Sumter, S.C. on December 5, 1985...Nicknamed "Bud."






