He led Florida's 5A football league in scoring his senior season with 19 touchdowns, rushing for 1,156 yards on 159 carries (7.4 average).
In the Sun Bowl, he ran for the game-clinching 2-point conversion en route to an Oregon State 39-38 victory over the University of Missouri.
Despite having arthroscopic knee surgery on November 20 (and missing the Beaver's Civil War match against the University of Oregon), Bernard was able to play in the Emerald Bowl against the Maryland Terrapins.
On 38 carries Bernard rushed for 177 yards and was awarded the 2007 Emerald Bowl Offensive MVP.
Bernard became an undrafted free agent after college and was signed a few weeks later by the St. Louis Rams.