Lorenzo Neal

Lorenzo LaVonne Neal (twitter: @LorenzoNeal)

Position: FB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 255 lbs.

Born: December 27, 1970 in Hanford, CA
College: Fresno St. (school history)
Drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 4th round (89th overall) of the 1993 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 30 (3356th overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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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
1993	23	NOR	fb	23	2	2	21	175	1	74	8.3	87.5	10.5								175	1	1	2
1994	24	NOR	fb	22	16	7	30	90	1	12	3.0	5.6	1.9	2	9	4.5	0	5	0.1	0.6	99	1	1	2
1995	25	NOR	fb	22	16	7	5	3	0	3	0.6	0.2	0.3	12	123	10.3	1	69	0.8	7.7	126	1	2	3
1996	26	NOR	FB	22	16	11	21	58	1	11	2.8	3.6	1.3	31	194	6.3	1	23	1.9	12.1	252	2	1	3
1997	27	NYJ	fb	22	16	3	10	28	0	8	2.8	1.8	0.6	8	40	5.0	1	14	0.5	2.5	68	1	0	2
1998	28	TAM	fb	41	16	1	5	25	0	12	5.0	1.6	0.3	5	14	2.8	1	5	0.3	0.9	39	1	0	1
1999	29	TEN	FB	41	16	14	2	1	1	1	0.5	0.1	0.1	7	27	3.9	2	8	0.4	1.7	28	3	0	2
2000	30	TEN	fb	41	16	5	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.1	0.1	9	31	3.4	2	8	0.6	1.9	29	2	0	1
2001	31	CIN	FB	41	16	10	5	10	0	4	2.0	0.6	0.3	19	101	5.3	1	12	1.2	6.3	111	1	0	2
2002*	32	CIN	FB	41	16	8	9	31	0	9	3.4	1.9	0.6	21	133	6.3	1	15	1.3	8.3	164	1	0	3
2003	33	SDG	FB	41	16	15	18	40	1	7	2.2	2.5	1.1	16	62	3.9	0	11	1.0	3.9	102	1	0	3
2004	34	SDG	FB	41	16	10	16	53	0	8	3.3	3.3	1.0	13	66	5.1	0	12	0.8	4.1	119	0	1	4
2005*	35	SDG	FB	41	16	15	29	98	0	9	3.4	6.1	1.8	24	145	6.0	1	21	1.5	9.1	243	1	0	5
2006*+	36	SDG	FB	41	16	11	29	140	1	43	4.8	8.8	1.8	17	83	4.9	0	21	1.1	5.2	223	1	2	5
2007*+	37	SDG	FB	41	13	8	13	32	0	10	2.5	2.5	1.0	8	23	2.9	1	9	0.6	1.8	55	1	1	2
2008	38	BAL	fb	42	16	5	12	25	0	5	2.1	1.6	0.8	7	35	5.0	0	13	0.4	2.2	60	0	0	2
Career					239	132	226	807	6	74	3.6	3.4	0.9	199	1086	5.5	12	69	0.8	4.5	1893	18	9	42
5 yrs		SDG			77	59	105	363	2	43	3.5	4.7	1.4	78	379	4.9	2	21	1.0	4.9	742	4	4	19
4 yrs		NOR			50	27	77	326	3	74	4.2	6.5	1.5	45	326	7.2	2	69	0.9	6.5	652	5	5	10
2 yrs		CIN			32	18	14	41	0	9	2.9	1.3	0.4	40	234	5.9	2	15	1.3	7.3	275	2	0	5
2 yrs		TEN			32	19	3	-1	1	1	-0.3	0.0	0.1	16	58	3.6	4	8	0.5	1.8	57	5	0	3
1 yr		BAL			16	5	12	25	0	5	2.1	1.6	0.8	7	35	5.0	0	13	0.4	2.2	60	0	0	2
1 yr		NYJ			16	3	10	28	0	8	2.8	1.8	0.6	8	40	5.0	1	14	0.5	2.5	68	1	0	2
1 yr		TAM			16	1	5	25	0	12	5.0	1.6	0.3	5	14	2.8	1	5	0.3	0.9	39	1	0	1

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
1994	24	NOR	fb	22	16	7						1	17	0	17	17.0	116
1995	25	NOR	fb	22	16	7						2	28	0	16	14.0	154
1997	27	NYJ	fb	22	16	3						2	22	0	22	11.0	90
1999	29	TEN	FB	41	16	14						2	15	0	14	7.5	43
2000	30	TEN	fb	41	16	5						1	15	0	15	15.0	44
2002*	32	CIN	FB	41	16	8						5	52	0	17	10.4	216
2003	33	SDG	FB	41	16	15						1	1	0	1	1.0	103
2004	34	SDG	FB	41	16	10						1	12	0	12	12.0	131
2006*+	36	SDG	FB	41	16	11						3	11	0	7	3.7	234
2007*+	37	SDG	FB	41	13	8						1	4	0	4	4.0	59
2008	38	BAL	fb	42	16	5						1	2	0	2	2.0	62
Career					239	132						20	179	0	22	9.0	2072
5 yrs		SDG			77	59						6	28	0	12	4.7	770
4 yrs		NOR			50	27						3	45	0	17	15.0	697
2 yrs		CIN			32	18						5	52	0	17	10.4	327
2 yrs		TEN			32	19						3	30	0	15	10.0	87
1 yr		BAL			16	5						1	2	0	2	2.0	62
1 yr		NYJ			16	3						2	22	0	22	11.0	90

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
1993	23	NOR	fb	23	2	2							0	1	0	0	0
1994	24	NOR	fb	22	16	7							0	1	0	0	0
1995	25	NOR	fb	22	16	7							0	2	0	0	0
1996	26	NOR	FB	22	16	11							0	1	2	0	0
2003	33	SDG	FB	41	16	15							0	0	1	0	0
2004	34	SDG	FB	41	16	10							0	1	0	0	0
2005*	35	SDG	FB	41	16	15							0	0	1	0	0
2006*+	36	SDG	FB	41	16	11							0	2	1	0	0
2007*+	37	SDG	FB	41	13	8							0	1	0	0	0
Career					239	132							0	9	5	0	0
5 yrs		SDG			77	59							0	4	3	0	0
4 yrs		NOR			50	27							0	5	2	0	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts
1993	23	NOR	fb	23	2	2	1		1	6
1994	24	NOR	fb	22	16	7	1		1	6
1995	25	NOR	fb	22	16	7		1	1	6
1996	26	NOR	FB	22	16	11	1	1	2	12
1997	27	NYJ	fb	22	16	3		1	1	6
1998	28	TAM	fb	41	16	1		1	1	6
1999	29	TEN	FB	41	16	14	1	2	3	18
2000	30	TEN	fb	41	16	5		2	2	12
2001	31	CIN	FB	41	16	10		1	1	6
2002*	32	CIN	FB	41	16	8		1	1	6
2003	33	SDG	FB	41	16	15	1		1	6
2005*	35	SDG	FB	41	16	15		1	1	6
2006*+	36	SDG	FB	41	16	11	1		1	6
2007*+	37	SDG	FB	41	13	8		1	1	6
Career					239	132	6	12	18	108
5 yrs		SDG			77	59	2	2	4	24
4 yrs		NOR			50	27	3	2	5	30
2 yrs		CIN			32	18		2	2	12
2 yrs		TEN			32	19	1	4	5	30
1 yr		NYJ			16	3		1	1	6
1 yr		TAM			16	1		1	1	6

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 2002 2005 2006 2007	First-Team All-Pro 2006 2007	Long Rush 1993 NFL 74 (3)	Games Career 239 (57)

Pro Bowls
2002
2005
2006
2007

First-Team All-Pro
2006
2007

Long Rush
1993 NFL 74 (3)

Games
Career 239 (57)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
2005	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
2006	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
2007	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	PosRank
1993	23	2	RB	24	83
1994	24	16	RB	16	94
1995	25	16	RB	19	85
1996	26	16	RB	37	69
1997	27	16	RB	13	98
1998	28	16	RB	10	108
1999	29	16	RB	21	89
2000	30	16	RB	15	93
2001	31	16	RB	17	88
2002	32	16	RB	22	83
2003	33	16	RB	16	94
2004	34	16	RB	12	102
2005	35	16	RB	30	74
2006	36	16	RB	28	69
2007	37	13	RB	12	101
2008	38	16	RB	6	122
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