Marshall Faulk

Marshall William Faulk (twitter: @marshallfaulk)

Position: RB
Height: 5-10    Weight: 211 lbs.

Born: February 26, 1973 in New Orleans, LA
College: San Diego St.   (school history)
Drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1994 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 133 (21st overall since 1950)

Relatives: Cousin of Kevin Faulk and Trev Faulk
7-time Pro Bowler & 3-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2011

• 5/18 Stripe Hype: My Big NFL 5: Wide Receivers: The next part of my segment is a really fun one. I am now going to look at the 5 greatest wide receivers in my eyes. Some of these...

• 4/17 FootballPerspective.com: Tavon Austin Is a New Breed Of Player, Like So Many Before Him: It’s become trendy in recent weeks to discuss how players like Tavon Austin are “changing the game,” after the...

• 3/18 SideLion Report: Detroit Lions Score Big in Free Agency: The Detroit Lions jumped into the water with both feet in last week’s first wave of free agency and emerged a better team....
• 3/13 FootballPerspective.com: What veterans did the eventual Super Bowl Champs add in the prior offseason?: Happy New Year to the NFL, which opened for business at 4PM yesterday. It’s been a busy couple of days, as the Seahawks...
• 3/5 FootballPerspective.com: Career Receiving Numbers Translated to the 2012 Passing Environment: I’ve written several posts about how to grade wide receivers and did a three-part series on one ranking system two weeks...

• 2/24 FootballPerspective.com: Projecting Trent Richardson and Alfred Morris, a year later: In the pre-season, I wrote three pieces on Cleveland Browns rookie Trent Richardson.  As part of a thought experiment, I wondered...
• 2/23 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia of the Day – Sunday, February 24th: Eight teams in NFL history have rostered five players who — at some point in their career — gained at least 1,000...
• 2/8 FootballPerspective.com: Manhattan Bar Trivia, Football Edition: In an effort to prove that bloggers actually go to bars and to reassure you that you know more about football than your average...
• 2/6 FootballPerspective.com: NFL Retired Numbers, Player Deaths, and the Stories Behind Them: The table below lists every retired number for each of the 32 franchises. It also lists each player’s career AV (starting...

• 1/30 Lombardi Ave: Brett Favre joins NFL Network’s team for Super Bowl: In Wisconsin, he’s either revered or reviled – that would be Brett Favre, the one who for many shall not be named,...
• 1/10 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL News of January 8, 2003: As his team was beating the St. Louis Rams in a Monday night game early in the season, Tampa Bay Coach Jon Gruden couldn’t...
• 1/7 FootballPerspective.com: Jamaal Charles’ 2012 was one of the most inconsistent seasons in RB history: A couple of weeks ago, I heard my buddy and co-worker Sigmund Bloom say on the Footballguys Podcast that Jamaal Charles was having...
• 1/5 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career receiving stats in wins and losses: Last weekend, I looked at career rushing stats in wins and losses, and yesterday, I did the same for quarterbacks. Today we will...

• 12/29 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career rushing stats in wins and losses: Yesterday, I noted that Adrian Peterson is averaging nearly two more yards per rush in losses than wins. He’s also averaging...
• 12/22 SideLion Report: Could Calvin Johnson be on a Second-Consecutive Madden Cover?: It won’t be long before EA Sports starts the process of looking for a cover athlete for Madden 14. With Calvin Johnson‘s...
• 12/13 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of December 13, 2002: Closer than the race for the Heisman Trophy, tougher to call than a presidential election, is the challenge to find the NFL’s next...
• 12/9 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Some Bo Jackson stats: Tonight ESPN aired You Don’t Know Bo, another excellent documentary in its 30 for 30 series. It’s often said that...

• 11/26 FootballPerspective.com: Game Scripts, Part II: Analyzing team seasons: Yesterday, I rolled out Game Scripts, a way to measure the flow of every game since 1940. The sum of each team’s Game Script...
• 11/15 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of November 15, 2002: Who’s the best running back in the NFL this season? That’s debatable. Priest Holmes, Deuce McAllister, Marshall...
• 11/4 FootballPerspective.com: Investing heavily in a Left Tackle is a luxury bad teams can not afford: The game is won in the trenches, I know. As we hit the halfway mark of the season, some teams are already thinking about next...

• 10/27 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of October 27, 2002: As the Dallas Cowboys’ Emmitt Smith settles onto his throne as the NFL’s all-time rushing King, arguments persist...
• 10/24 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of October 24, 2002: Running back Emmitt Smith needs only 93 yards to break Walter Payton‘s 15-year-old NFL record of 16,726 rushing yards, and...
• 10/10 FootballPerspective.com: Career Rushing Yards over 50 yards in each game: Career statistics can be very misleading, since a player can hang around for a bunch of meaningless years but really pad his totals....
• 10/9 Bolt Beat: They Are Who We Thought They Were & We Let ‘Em Off The Hook: On Saturday I had scheduled a babysitter for today so I could use this afternoon to review the game.  Early this morning I called...

• 9/22 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of September 14, 2002: The NFL denied a request from Colts quarterback Peyton Manning to wear black hightop shoes for Sunday’s game against Miami....
• 9/21 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of September 20, 2002: When Emmitt Smith finally passes Walter Payton on the NFL’s all-time rushing list this season, every back who has ever...

• 8/18 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia of the Day – Saturday, August 18th: Today’s trivia is Jeopardy-style, where you need to guess the question. The answer is: LaDainian Tomlinson (2006), Shaun...
• 8/7 FootballPerspective.com: How often does the best rookie running back end up having the best career?: Yesterday, I looked at how frequently the highest drafted rookie running back ended leading his draft class in rushing yards....

• 7/3 FootballPerspective.com: Is Matt Forte an elite running back?: Let’s flash back to December 1, 2011. At the time, Chicago Bears star Matt Forte was having the best season of his career...
• 7/2 FootballPerspective.com: A closer look at running back aging patterns: Frank Gore is 29 years old and has been the featured back of the 49eres since 2006. Steven Jackson turns the same age in three...

• 6/23 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia of the Day – Saturday, June 23rd: On the eve of LaDainian Tomlinson’s retirement announcement, SI’s Peter King named his top-five most versatile runners...

• 5/6 FanSided: Noon Headlines: Dolphins sign DE Cameron Wake to 4-year, $49 million extension :   [caption id="attachment_10329" align="aligncenter" width="306" caption="Dec 5, 2010; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Dolphins...

• 4/24 Money in the Banana Stand: Chris Johnson Poised to Bounce Back: My newest PFF article will focus on Vision Yards, the yards a running back accrues before contact. One of the focal points is...

• 2/15 Money in the Banana Stand: Chris Johnson Poised to Bounce Back: My newest PFF article will focus on Vision Yards, the yards a running back accrues before contact. One of the focal points is...

• 1/18 18to88.com: Colts Fire Gene Huey: The Indianapolis Colts have fired running backs coach Gene Huey. Sources report and WTHR has confirmed that the longest tenured...

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