Roger Craig

Roger Timothy Craig

Position: RB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 222 lbs.

Born: July 10, 1960 in Davenport, IA
College: Nebraska (school history)
Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2nd round (49th overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 93 (222nd overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Hall of Fame finalist in 2010

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Fine Details · Last updated May 18, 2013 12:25PM

All-Time Rank: #341. Keenan McCardell… #342. Fred Dryer… #343. Jerry Mays… #344. ROGER CRAIG… #345. Dave Grayson… #346. Seth Joyner… #347. Jim Langer…

All-Time Rank: #341. Keenan McCardell… #342. Fred Dryer… #343. Jerry Mays… #344. ROGER CRAIG… #345. Dave Grayson… #346. Seth Joyner… #347. Jim Langer…

Rushing & Receiving

							Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1983	23	SFO	FB	33	16	13	176	725	8	71	4.1	45.3	11.0	48	427	8.9	4	23	3.0	26.7	1152	12	6	10
1984	24	SFO	FB	33	16	16	155	649	7	28	4.2	40.6	9.7	71	675	9.5	3	64	4.4	42.2	1324	10	3	13
1985*	25	SFO	FB	33	16	16	214	1050	9	62	4.9	65.6	13.4	92	1016	11.0	6	73	5.8	63.5	2066	15	5	17
1986	26	SFO	FB	33	16	15	204	830	7	25	4.1	51.9	12.8	81	624	7.7	0	48	5.1	39.0	1454	7	4	10
1987*	27	SFO	fb/RB	33	14	14	215	815	3	25	3.8	58.2	15.4	66	492	7.5	1	35	4.7	35.1	1307	4	5	13
1988*+	28	SFO	RB	33	16	15	310	1502	9	46	4.8	93.9	19.4	76	534	7.0	1	22	4.8	33.4	2036	10	8	17
1989*	29	SFO	RB	33	16	16	271	1054	6	27	3.9	65.9	16.9	49	473	9.7	1	44	3.1	29.6	1527	7	4	15
1990	30	SFO	RB	33	11	11	141	439	1	26	3.1	39.9	12.8	25	201	8.0	0	31	2.3	18.3	640	1	2	5
1991	31	RAI	RB	22	15	13	162	590	1	15	3.6	39.3	10.8	17	136	8.0	0	20	1.1	9.1	726	1	2	6
1992	32	MIN	rb	33	15	1	105	416	4	21	4.0	27.7	7.0	22	164	7.5	0	22	1.5	10.9	580	4	2	5
1993	33	MIN	rb	33	14	3	38	119	1	11	3.1	8.5	2.7	19	169	8.9	1	31	1.4	12.1	288	2	1	2
Career					165	133	1991	8189	56	71	4.1	49.6	12.1	566	4911	8.7	17	73	3.4	29.8	13100	73	42	113
8 yrs		SFO			121	116	1686	7064	50	71	4.2	58.4	13.9	508	4442	8.7	16	73	4.2	36.7	11506	66	37	100
2 yrs		MIN			29	4	143	535	5	21	3.7	18.4	4.9	41	333	8.1	1	31	1.4	11.5	868	6	3	7
1 yr		RAI			15	13	162	590	1	15	3.6	39.3	10.8	17	136	8.0	0	20	1.1	9.1	726	1	2	6

Defense & Fumbles

								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1983	23	SFO	FB	33	16	13							0	6	1	0	0
1984	24	SFO	FB	33	16	16							0	3	1	0	0
1985*	25	SFO	FB	33	16	16							0	5	0	0	0
1986	26	SFO	FB	33	16	15							0	4	1	0	0
1987*	27	SFO	fb/RB	33	14	14							0	5	2	0	0
1988*+	28	SFO	RB	33	16	15							0	8	2	0	0
1989*	29	SFO	RB	33	16	16							0	4	1	0	0
1990	30	SFO	RB	33	11	11							0	2	0	0	0
1991	31	RAI	RB	22	15	13							0	2	0	0	0
1992	32	MIN	rb	33	15	1							0	2	0	0	0
1993	33	MIN	rb	33	14	3							0	1	0	0	0
Career					165	133							0	42	8	0	0
8 yrs		SFO			121	116							0	37	8	0	0
2 yrs		MIN			29	4							0	3	0	0	0
1 yr		RAI			15	13							0	2	0	0	0

Kick & Punt Returns

							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1988*+	28	SFO	RB	33	16	15						2	32	0	17	16.0	2068
1993	33	MIN	rb	33	14	3						1	11	0	11	11.0	299
Career					165	133						3	43	0	17	14.3	13143
8 yrs		SFO			121	116						2	32	0	17	16.0	11538
2 yrs		MIN			29	4						1	11	0	11	11.0	879

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts
1983	23	SFO	FB	33	16	13	8	4	12	72
1984	24	SFO	FB	33	16	16	7	3	10	60
1985*	25	SFO	FB	33	16	16	9	6	15	90
1986	26	SFO	FB	33	16	15	7		7	42
1987*	27	SFO	fb/RB	33	14	14	3	1	4	24
1988*+	28	SFO	RB	33	16	15	9	1	10	60
1989*	29	SFO	RB	33	16	16	6	1	7	42
1990	30	SFO	RB	33	11	11	1		1	6
1991	31	RAI	RB	22	15	13	1		1	6
1992	32	MIN	rb	33	15	1	4		4	24
1993	33	MIN	rb	33	14	3	1	1	2	12
Career					165	133	56	17	73	438
8 yrs		SFO			121	116	50	16	66	396
2 yrs		MIN			29	4	5	1	6	36
1 yr		RAI			15	13	1		1	6

Similar Players

What does "similar" mean?

NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	John L. Williams, Adrian Peterson, Terry Metcalf, Marshall Faulk, Eric Dickerson, LaDainian Tomlinson, Warrick Dunn, John Brockington, Curtis Martin*, Maurice Jones-Drew
4	John L. Williams, Terry Metcalf, Gale Sayers, Warrick Dunn, Franco Harris, Marshall Faulk, Eric Dickerson, Joseph Addai, Earl Campbell*, Eddie George
5	John L. Williams, Eric Dickerson, Terry Metcalf, Franco Harris, Earl Campbell, Barry Sanders, Curtis Martin, Warrick Dunn, Eddie George, Gale Sayers
6	Eric Dickerson, Marcus Allen, John L. Williams, Ricky Watters, Curtis Martin, Jim Brown, Tony Dorsett, Larry Brown, Lenny Moore, Franco Harris*
7	Eric Dickerson, Ricky Watters, Curtis Martin, Tony Dorsett, Jim Brown, Marcus Allen, Barry Sanders, Franco Harris, Lenny Moore, Walter Payton*
8	Eric Dickerson, Marcus Allen, Walter Payton, Tony Dorsett, Ricky Watters, John L. Williams, Curtis Martin, Eddie George, Franco Harris, Lenny Moore*
9	Eric Dickerson, Marcus Allen, Lenny Moore, John L. Williams, Walter Payton, Tiki Barber, Eddie George, Warrick Dunn, Franco Harris*, Fred Taylor
10	Eric Dickerson, Marcus Allen, James Brooks, Lenny Moore, Tiki Barber, John L. Williams, Fred Taylor, Ricky Watters, Tony Dorsett, Warrick Dunn
11	Eric Dickerson, Marcus Allen, James Brooks, Fred Taylor, Lenny Moore, Tiki Barber, John L. Williams, Ricky Watters, Warrick Dunn, Tony Dorsett
Career	Eric Dickerson, Tiki Barber, James Brooks, John L. Williams, Fred Taylor, Ricky Watters, Lenny Moore, Ottis Anderson, Eddie George, Leroy Kelly*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Awards 1988 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP 1988 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year	Pro Bowls 1985 1987 1988 1989	First-Team All-Pro 1988	Approximate Value 1985 NFL 17 (8) 1988 NFL 17 (8)
Rushing Att 1987 NFL 215 (6) 1988 NFL 310 (3) 1989 NFL 271 (10) Career 1991 (34)	Rushing Yds 1987 NFL 815 (8) 1988 NFL 1502 (3/83) 1989 NFL 1054 (10) Career 8189 (39)	Rushing TD 1985 NFL 9 (8) 1988 NFL 9 (9) Career 56 (48)	Long Rush 1983 NFL 71 (8) 1985 NFL 62 (10)
Yds/Rushing Att 1985 NFL 4.9 (6) 1988 NFL 4.8 (4)	Rushing Yds/Game 1988 NFL 93.9 (3) Career 49.6 (134)	Receptions 1985 NFL 92 (1) 1986 NFL 81 (5) 1987 NFL 66 (3) 1988 NFL 76 (7) Career 566 (80)	Long Reception 1985 NFL 73 (10)
Touchdowns 1983 NFL 12 (8) 1985 NFL 15 (2) Career 73 (77)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1983 NFL 12 (8) 1985 NFL 15 (2) Career 73 (74)	Yds From Scrimmage 1985 NFL 2066 (2/45) 1986 NFL 1454 (10) 1987 NFL 1307 (4) 1988 NFL 2036 (1/51) 1989 NFL 1527 (6) Career 13100 (37)	All-Purpose Yds 1985 NFL 2066 (3/98) 1987 NFL 1307 (7) 1988 NFL 2068 (2/95) Career 13143 (57)
Total Offense Career 8189 (190)	Touches 1985 NFL 306 (10) 1986 NFL 285 (9) 1987 NFL 281 (3) 1988 NFL 388 (3/59) 1989 NFL 320 (7) Career 2560 (30)	Yds/Touch 1985 NFL 6.8 (10)	Playoff Games Career 18 (107)
Playoff Games Started Career 16 (85)	Fumbles 1988 NFL 8 (6) Career 42 (167)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1985	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1985	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1985	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1987	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1988	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1988	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1988	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1988	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1988	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1988	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1988	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1989	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1983	23	16	RB	187	37	16	42
1984	24	16	RB	192	70	11	24
1985	25	16	RB	297	146	2	2
1986	26	16	RB	187	50	12	32
1987	27	14	RB	155	52	6	25
1988	28	16	RB	264	124	2	3
1989	29	16	RB	195	74	10	22
1990	30	11	RB	70		49
1991	31	15	RB	79		43
1992	32	15	RB	82		40
1993	33	14	RB	41		67
				1749	553

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	John L. Williams, Adrian Peterson, Terry Metcalf, Marshall Faulk, Eric Dickerson, LaDainian Tomlinson, Warrick Dunn, John Brockington, Curtis Martin*, Maurice Jones-Drew
4	John L. Williams, Terry Metcalf, Gale Sayers, Warrick Dunn, Franco Harris, Marshall Faulk, Eric Dickerson, Joseph Addai, Earl Campbell*, Eddie George
5	John L. Williams, Eric Dickerson, Terry Metcalf, Franco Harris, Earl Campbell, Barry Sanders, Curtis Martin, Warrick Dunn, Eddie George, Gale Sayers
6	Eric Dickerson, Marcus Allen, John L. Williams, Ricky Watters, Curtis Martin, Jim Brown, Tony Dorsett, Larry Brown, Lenny Moore, Franco Harris*
7	Eric Dickerson, Ricky Watters, Curtis Martin, Tony Dorsett, Jim Brown, Marcus Allen, Barry Sanders, Franco Harris, Lenny Moore, Walter Payton*
8	Eric Dickerson, Marcus Allen, Walter Payton, Tony Dorsett, Ricky Watters, John L. Williams, Curtis Martin, Eddie George, Franco Harris, Lenny Moore*
9	Eric Dickerson, Marcus Allen, Lenny Moore, John L. Williams, Walter Payton, Tiki Barber, Eddie George, Warrick Dunn, Franco Harris*, Fred Taylor
10	Eric Dickerson, Marcus Allen, James Brooks, Lenny Moore, Tiki Barber, John L. Williams, Fred Taylor, Ricky Watters, Tony Dorsett, Warrick Dunn
11	Eric Dickerson, Marcus Allen, James Brooks, Fred Taylor, Lenny Moore, Tiki Barber, John L. Williams, Ricky Watters, Warrick Dunn, Tony Dorsett
Career	Eric Dickerson, Tiki Barber, James Brooks, John L. Williams, Fred Taylor, Ricky Watters, Lenny Moore, Ottis Anderson, Eddie George, Leroy Kelly*