Career Achievements: AFCA NAIA All-American Second Team (2025) ... Marian Single Season Rushing Touchdown Record Holder (2025, 22 TD) ...MSFA Midwest League MVP (2025) ... MSFA Midwest League First Team (2024, 2025) ... MSFA Mideast League First Team (2023) ... VSN NAIA All-American Third Team (2023) ... VSN NAIA All-American Honorable Mention (2024) ... MSFA Offensive Player of the Week (2024, 2x | 2025, 4x)
2025:
As a senior, La Belle had a record-setting All-American campaign, breaking a Marian record while cementing himself as one of the three-best running backs to ever play at Marian ... Named to the AFCA NAIA All-America Second Team, La Belle earned MSFA Midwest League First Team and was named as the first-ever MVP of the league ... Played in 11 of the team's 12 games and was the starting running back in each game active, ending his career with 19 starts at the position ... Was Marian's leader in rushing with 1296 net yards on the season, setting a single-season rushing touchdown record with 22 scores ... Logged seven 100-yard rushing games and had six games with two or more touchdowns on the ground ... Had five total games with three touchdowns or more ... Carried the ball 241 times ... Also caught eight passes for 73 yards and two touchdowns ... All rushing stats were career highs, while the two receiving touchdowns were his first through the air ... Averaged a career-best 117.8 rushing yards per game and 5.4 yards per carry ... Averaged 9.1 yards per catch and 124.5 all-purpose yards per game ... Opened the season with 49 yards and one touchdown against UIndy ... Against Lawrence Tech had his first 100-yard game with 187 yards and three scores ... Was named MSFA Midwest League Offensive Player of the Week following his LTU efforts ... Rushed for 140 yards on 30 carries against Indiana Wesleyan after missing the Defiance game ... Had a three TD game at Madonna, rushing for 70 yards and two scores while catching three passes for 44 yards and a touchdown ... Amassed 236 yards on 29 carries and scored two touchdowns at Taylor, earning his second player of the week nod ... Against Taylor, his 236 rushing yards was the fifth-most in school history in a single game, and was the second consecutive season rushing for 225 yards or more on the Trojans ... Totaled 60 yards on 21 carries against Saint Francis (Ind.), scoring four times, the second-most rushing touchdowns in a single game ... Was named player of the week following his four-td game in the Franciscan Bowl ... His four touchdowns in the Franciscan Bowl are the second-most rushing touchdowns in a single game in school history ... Scored three touchdowns at Olivet Nazarene, rushing for 41 yards on 19 carries ... Ran for 148 yards and three touchdowns against St. Francis (Ill.), setting Marian's single season rushing touchdown record previously held by Tevin Lake and Charles Salary ... Earned his fourth MSFA Player of the Week award following the USF game ... Scored a 63-yard touchdown while running for 109 yards against Judson ... Rushed for 118 yards and one touchdown against Saint Xavier, wrapping up his MVP honor ... In the playoff game against Dordt, ran the ball 27 times for 138 yards and a touchdown, while catching two passes for 10 yards and a score ... In single-season history, La Belle's historic season ranked the following:
- 5th in rushing yards (1296)
- 5th in carries (241)
- 1st in rushing touchdowns (22)
- 3rd in total touchdowns (24)
- 5th in rushing yards per game (117.8)
For his career, La Belle ended his decorated run at Marian as follows:
- 3rd - rushing yards (3400)
- 2nd - rushing touchdowns (48)
- 3rd - rushing attempts (562)
- 5th - rush yards/carry (6.05)
- 4th - rush yards/game (81.0)
- 10th - total offense yards (3400)
- 9th - touchdowns responsible for (50)
- 14th - total offense/game (81.0)
- 14th - total offense/play (6.05)
- 5th - all-purpose yards (3935)
- 7th - all-purpose yards/game (93.7)
- 5th - total points scored (300)
- 4th - touchdowns scored (50)
- 14th - kickoff return average/return (22.0)
2024: Logged another stellar season for the Knights, leading the rushing attack while being named to the MSFA Midwest League First Team, marking his second First Team honor ... Was named as a VSN NAIA All-American Honorable Mention honoree at the end of the season ... Was named MSFA Midwest Offensive Player of the Week twice during the season ... Played in all 10 games and started eight of the contests ... Totaled 1165 rushing yards on 208 carries and scored 17 rushing touchdowns ... Averaged 5.6 yards per carry and 116.5 yards per game on the ground ... Finished the season with 19 catches for 103 yards, bringing his total all-purpose yards to 1268 ... Averaged 5.4 yards per catch ... Opened the season with 29 yards on five carries and caught two passes for 31 yards at Siena Heights, rushing for a touchdown on the Saints while playing as the backup due to time missed in preseason ... Ran for 83 yards and caught a season-high five passes for 39 yards against Concordia in game two ... Began his takeoff in game three with 116 yards on 25 carries against Lawrence Tech ... In game four broke off a 263-yard performance against Taylor, scoring three touchdowns on 26 carries ... Averaged 10.1 yards per carry against Taylor, marking the eighth-highest yards per carry in single game history ... Scored three touchdowns which is tied for fifth most in single game history, a mark that has been accomplished 21 times by eight Knights ... Ended the Taylor game with 277 all-purpose yards and the fourth-highest rushing yards in a single game ... Scored once on 14 carries against Indiana Wesleyan in game five ... After a season-low 13 yards against IWU, bounced back with his second three-touchdown game of the season against Olivet Nazarene, totaling 125 yards on 28 carries ... Ran for 46 yards and a touchdown against St. Francis (Ind.) ... Scored two touchdowns on 24 carries and rushed for 84 yards in game eight at St. Xavier ... Had a monster half against Judson, running for 116 yards and two touchdowns in less than two quarters of work in the home finale ... His 11.6 yards per carry against Judson ranks fourth-best in program history in a single game ... Ended the season with a career-game, running 40 times for 290 yards and four touchdowns, all career-bests ... Recorded the second-most yards in single game history, third-most carries in single game history, and the third four-touchdown game in Marian's record book in the win against St. Francis (Ill.) ... Scored an 81-yard touchdown against USF, the longest run of the season and third-longest run in program history ... Had an 80-yard touchdown against Taylor, and is the only Knight with two touchdown runs of 80 yards or longer ... His 290 all-purpose yards against Taylor is the fifth-most in a single game ... Recorded the seventh-most rushing yards in a single season, doing so on the sixth-most carries ... His 17 touchdowns ended one shy of tying the program record in a single season ... Logged the fifth-best rushing yards per game average in season history ... His 17 touchdowns scored finished as the sixth most total touchdowns scored in single season history.Â
2023: After entering camp as the fourth running back, ended the season as the Knights' leading rusher and earned MSFA Mideast League First Team running back honors ... The VSN NAIA All-American played in all 11 games for Marian, finishing as the leading rusher and second leading return specialist ... Led the Knights in rushing yards with 707 on 89 carries, averaging 7.9 yards per carry ... Averaged 64.27 yards per game rushing ... Hauled in eight passes for 65 yards and a long reception of 19 yards ... Led Marian in kickoff return attempts with 11 and gained 256 yards as a kick returner with a long of 47 ... Returned one punt for 30 yards, doing so against Concordia ... Made four tackles on the year through special teams work ... Opened the season with 50 yards rushing against Judson ... Had two kick returns for 51 yards against St. Xavier ... Began takeoff in the backfield against Lawrence Tech, rushing for 75 yards including a 68-yard touchdown ... Ran for a TD in three straight games, scoring in a 73-yard outing against Madonna ... Rushed for a season-high 126 yards and a touchdown against Concordia, picking up the game-winning first down ... Ran for 105 yards marking back to back 100-yard games against St. Francis ... Picked up first career two-touchdown game with 80 yards rushing against Taylor ... Scored a touchdown on 34 yards rushing while adding 79 kick return yards against Indiana Wesleyan ... Ran for 81 yards and a touchdown against Siena Heights, capping the second of three straight games with a touchdown ... Ran for 45 yards in the NAIA Playoffs with 61 yards as a kick returner against St. Xavier.
2022: Had a successful freshman season, ending the year as the fourth-leading rusher on the team ... Appeared in 10 of 11 games on the year as a backup running back and special teams contributor ... Ran for 232 yards on 24 carries and scored two touchdowns ... In his collegiate debut, ran for 80 yards on seven carries and a touchdown on a 48 yard run ... Scored second career touchdown against Taylor in reserve duties, running for 70 yards and a score ... At Lawrence Tech ran for 71 yards including a season-best 61 yard run ... Returned one kick as the upback on the return team, going for 8 yards in the NAIA Quarterfinals at Northwestern ... Also a member of the track team, qualified for the outdoor pole vault championships as a freshman.
