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LaDainian Tomlinson

LaDainian Tomlinson

Position: RB
Height: 5-10    Weight: 221 lbs.
Born: June 23, 1979 in Rosebud, TX
College: TCU

Career AV: 115 (51st overall since 1950)

5-time Pro Bowler & 3-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 2001 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

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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
2001 22 SDG RB 21 16 16 339 1236 10 54 3.6 77.3 21.2 59 367 6.2 0 27 3.7 22.9 1603 10 8 10
2002* 23 SDG RB 21 16 16 372 1683 14 76 4.5 105.2 23.3 79 489 6.2 1 30 4.9 30.6 2172 15 3 15
2003 24 SDG RB 21 16 16 313 1645 13 73 5.3 102.8 19.6 100 725 7.3 4 73 6.3 45.3 2370 17 2 19
2004*+ 25 SDG RB 21 15 15 339 1335 17 42 3.9 89.0 22.6 53 441 8.3 1 74 3.5 29.4 1776 18 6 18
2005* 26 SDG RB 21 16 16 339 1462 18 62 4.3 91.4 21.2 51 370 7.3 2 41 3.2 23.1 1832 20 3 17
2006*+ 27 SDG RB 21 16 16 348 1815 28 85 5.2 113.4 21.8 56 508 9.1 3 51 3.5 31.8 2323 31 2 25
2007*+ 28 SDG RB 21 16 16 315 1474 15 49 4.7 92.1 19.7 60 475 7.9 3 36 3.8 29.7 1949 18 0 17
2008 29 SDG RB 21 16 16 292 1110 11 45 3.8 69.4 18.3 52 426 8.2 1 32 3.3 26.6 1536 12 1 14
2009 30 SDG 21 9 148 497 8 36 3.4 55.2 16.4 10 45 4.5 0 25 1.1 5.0 542 8 2
Career 136 127 2805 12257 134 85 4.4 90.1 20.6 520 3846 7.4 15 74 3.8 28.3 16103 149 27 135

Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
2003 24 SDG RB 21 16 16 1 1 100.0 21 1 100.0 0 0.0 21 21.0 41.0 21.0 1.3 158.3 0 0 21.0 41.0 0.0
2004*+ 25 SDG RB 21 15 15 1 2 50.0 38 0 0.0 0 0.0 38 19.0 19.0 38.0 2.5 95.8 1 1 12.3 12.3 33.3
2005* 26 SDG RB 21 16 16 3 4 75.0 47 3 75.0 0 0.0 26 11.8 26.8 15.7 2.9 153.1 0 0 11.8 26.8 0.0
2006*+ 27 SDG RB 21 16 16 2 3 66.7 20 2 66.7 0 0.0 19 6.7 20.0 10.0 1.3 125.0 0 0 6.7 20.0 0.0
2007*+ 28 SDG RB 21 16 16 1 1 100.0 17 1 100.0 0 0.0 17 17.0 37.0 17.0 1.1 158.3 0 0 17.0 37.0 0.0
Career 136 127 8 11 72.7 143 7 63.6 0 0.0 38 13.0 25.7 17.9 1.1 154.4 1 1 11.8 23.5 8.3

Defense & Fumbles

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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
2001 22 SDG RB 21 16 16 0 8 0 0 0
2002* 23 SDG RB 21 16 16 0 3 0 0 0
2003 24 SDG RB 21 16 16 0 2 2 0 0
2004*+ 25 SDG RB 21 15 15 0 6 2 0 0
2005* 26 SDG RB 21 16 16 0 3 1 0 0
2006*+ 27 SDG RB 21 16 16 0 2 1 0 0
2008 29 SDG RB 21 16 16 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
2009 30 SDG 21 9 0 2 0 0 0
Career 136 127 0 27 7 0 0 1 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
2001 22 SDG RB 21 16 16 10 10 60
2002* 23 SDG RB 21 16 16 14 1 15 90
2003 24 SDG RB 21 16 16 13 4 17 102
2004*+ 25 SDG RB 21 15 15 17 1 18 108
2005* 26 SDG RB 21 16 16 18 2 20 120
2006*+ 27 SDG RB 21 16 16 28 3 31 186
2007*+ 28 SDG RB 21 16 16 15 3 18 108
2008 29 SDG RB 21 16 16 11 1 12 72
2009 30 SDG 21 9 8 8 48
Career 136 127 134 15 149 894

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

2006 NFL AP MVP
2006 NFL PFWA MVP
2006 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
2006 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
2006 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year
2006 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year

Pro Bowls

2002
2004
2005
2006
2007

First-Team All-Pro

2004
2006
2007

Rushing Att

2001 NFL 339 (3/74)
2002 NFL 372 (2/25)
2004 NFL 339 (6/74)
2005 NFL 339 (5/74)
2006 NFL 348 (2/55)
2007 NFL 315 (4)
2008 NFL 292 (6)
Active 2805 (2)
Career 2805 (15)

Rushing Yds

2001 NFL 1236 (9)
2002 NFL 1683 (2/35)
2003 NFL 1645 (3/41)
2004 NFL 1335 (7)
2005 NFL 1462 (6/93)
2006 NFL 1815 (1/17)
2007 NFL 1474 (1/89)
2008 NFL 1110 (10)
Active 12257 (1)
Career 12257 (10)

Rushing TD

2001 NFL 10 (4)
2002 NFL 14 (5/51)
2003 NFL 13 (6/82)
2004 NFL 17 (1/22)
2005 NFL 18 (3/15)
2006 NFL 28 (1/1)
2007 NFL 15 (1/37)
2008 NFL 11 (7)
2009 NFL 8 (7)
Active 134 (1)
Career 134 (2)

Long Rush

2002 NFL 76 (2)
2003 NFL 73 (7)
2006 NFL 85 (3/40)

Yds/Rushing Att

2003 NFL 5.3 (4)
2006 NFL 5.2 (4)
Active 4.4 (20)
Career 4.4 (92)

Rushing Yds/Game

2002 NFL 105.2 (3/49)
2003 NFL 102.8 (5/59)
2004 NFL 89.0 (10)
2005 NFL 91.4 (6)
2006 NFL 113.4 (1/22)
2007 NFL 92.1 (2)
Active 90.1 (2)
Career 90.1 (6)

Receptions

2003 NFL 100 (4/51)
Active 520 (20)
Career 520 (94)

Touchdowns

2001 NFL 10 (10)
2002 NFL 15 (6/97)
2003 NFL 17 (3/48)
2004 NFL 18 (2/34)
2005 NFL 20 (3/20)
2006 NFL 31 (1/1)
2007 NFL 18 (2/34)
2008 NFL 12 (8)
Active 149 (1)
Career 149 (3)

Points Scored

2005 NFL 120 (9)
2006 NFL 186 (1/1)
Active 894 (16)
Career 894 (56)

Rushing/Receiving TD

2001 NFL 10 (10)
2002 NFL 15 (6/95)
2003 NFL 17 (3/47)
2004 NFL 18 (2/33)
2005 NFL 20 (3/19)
2006 NFL 31 (1/1)
2007 NFL 18 (2/33)
2008 NFL 12 (8)
Active 149 (1)
Career 149 (3)

Yds From Scrimmage

2001 NFL 1603 (9)
2002 NFL 2172 (3/23)
2003 NFL 2370 (1/3)
2004 NFL 1776 (5)
2005 NFL 1832 (5/94)
2006 NFL 2323 (2/6)
2007 NFL 1949 (2/63)
2008 NFL 1536 (8)
Active 16103 (1)
Career 16103 (10)

All-Purpose Yds

2002 NFL 2172 (4/52)
2003 NFL 2370 (2/13)
2004 NFL 1776 (9)
2005 NFL 1832 (9)
2006 NFL 2323 (2/19)
2007 NFL 1949 (8)
Active 16103 (1)
Career 16103 (15)

Touches

2001 NFL 398 (1/42)
2002 NFL 451 (1/4)
2003 NFL 413 (3/26)
2004 NFL 392 (2/50)
2005 NFL 390 (3/51)
2006 NFL 404 (3/35)
2007 NFL 375 (1/88)
2008 NFL 344 (5)
Active 3325 (2)
Career 3325 (11)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
2002Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
2003Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
2004Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
2005Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
2006Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
2007Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
2001 22 16 RB 220 85 7 13
2002 23 16 RB 307 155 3 3
2003 24 16 RB 346 204 2 2
2004 25 15 RB 287 130 3 5
2005 26 16 RB 323 180 3 3
2006 27 16 RB 431 270 1 1
2007 28 16 RB 310 174 1 2
2008 29 16 RB 226 77 7 15
2009 30 9 RB 102 1 23 73
2552 1276

College

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Passing Rushing Receiving
Year Age College/Univ G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Y/A Cmp% Rate Y/G Att Yds TD Y/A Y/G Rec Yds TD Y/R
2000 21 tcu 11 369 2158 22 5.8 196.2 10 40 0 4.0
11 369 2158 22 5.8 196.2 10 40 0 4.0