Rushing & Receiving
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
Games | Rushing | Receiving | Total Yds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rush | Yds | TD | 1D | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | 1D | Lng | Touch | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | Awards | |||||||||
1984 | 22 | CLE | RB | 44 | 16 | 3 | 72 | 426 | 2 | 54 | 5.9 | 26.6 | 4.5 | 11 | 118 | 10.7 | 0 | 26 | 0.7 | 7.4 | 83 | 6.6 | 544 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
1985 | 23 | CLE | RB | 44 | 16 | 13 | 244 | 1002 | 8 | 36 | 4.1 | 62.6 | 15.3 | 45 | 460 | 10.2 | 2 | 31 | 2.8 | 28.8 | 289 | 5.1 | 1462 | 10 | 5 | 12 | ||||||
1986 | 24 | CLE | RB | 44 | 7 | 7 | 94 | 277 | 2 | 37 | 2.9 | 39.6 | 13.4 | 37 | 328 | 8.9 | 2 | 40 | 5.3 | 46.9 | 131 | 4.6 | 605 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
1987 | 25 | CLE | RB | 44 | 12 | 12 | 105 | 432 | 8 | 21 | 4.1 | 36.0 | 8.8 | 52 | 552 | 10.6 | 2 | 37 | 4.3 | 46.0 | 157 | 6.3 | 984 | 10 | 5 | 10 | ||||||
1988 | 26 | CLE | RB | 44 | 16 | 16 | 157 | 576 | 3 | 27 | 3.7 | 36.0 | 9.8 | 59 | 576 | 9.8 | 2 | 39 | 3.7 | 36.0 | 216 | 5.3 | 1152 | 5 | 5 | 9 | ||||||
1989 | 27 | WAS | RB/FB | 21 | 16 | 13 | 134 | 580 | 7 | 24 | 4.3 | 36.3 | 8.4 | 54 | 458 | 8.5 | 2 | 27 | 3.4 | 28.6 | 188 | 5.5 | 1038 | 9 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
1990* | 28 | WAS | RB | 21 | 16 | 16 | 297 | 1219 | 6 | 22 | 4.1 | 76.2 | 18.6 | 31 | 279 | 9.0 | 1 | 19 | 1.9 | 17.4 | 328 | 4.6 | 1498 | 7 | 2 | 12 | PB | |||||
1991* | 29 | WAS | RB | 21 | 16 | 16 | 274 | 1048 | 5 | 32 | 3.8 | 65.5 | 17.1 | 34 | 308 | 9.1 | 0 | 31 | 2.1 | 19.3 | 308 | 4.4 | 1356 | 5 | 3 | 13 | AP2, PB | |||||
1992 | 30 | WAS | RB | 21 | 16 | 16 | 262 | 998 | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 62.4 | 16.4 | 49 | 39 | 338 | 8.7 | 1 | 29 | 2.4 | 21.1 | 79.6% | 6.9 | 301 | 4.4 | 1336 | 7 | 1 | 10 | |||
1993 | 31 | WAS | RB | 21 | 16 | 3 | 23 | 105 | 1 | 16 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 1.4 | 52 | 27 | 194 | 7.2 | 0 | 20 | 1.7 | 12.1 | 51.9% | 3.7 | 50 | 6.0 | 299 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
1994 | 32 | CLE | RB | 20 | 16 | 1 | 75 | 219 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 2.9 | 13.7 | 4.7 | 15 | 11 | 102 | 9.3 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 0.7 | 6.4 | 73.3% | 6.8 | 86 | 3.7 | 321 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
1995 | 33 | CLE | RB | 21 | 16 | 2 | 115 | 432 | 2 | 22 | 23 | 3.8 | 27.0 | 7.2 | 84 | 61 | 494 | 8.1 | 2 | 30 | 29 | 3.8 | 30.9 | 72.6% | 5.9 | 176 | 5.3 | 926 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
1996 | 34 | BAL | RB | 21 | 16 | 8 | 159 | 634 | 4 | 35 | 42 | 4.0 | 39.6 | 9.9 | 44 | 30 | 270 | 9.0 | 1 | 8 | 40 | 1.9 | 16.9 | 68.2% | 6.1 | 189 | 4.8 | 904 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
1997 | 35 | BAL | RB | 21 | 16 | 5 | 84 | 313 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 3.7 | 19.6 | 5.3 | 31 | 21 | 128 | 6.1 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 1.3 | 8.0 | 67.7% | 4.1 | 105 | 4.2 | 441 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
Career | 211 | 131 | 2095 | 8261 | 56 | 86 | 54 | 3.9 | 39.2 | 9.9 | 275 | 512 | 4605 | 9.0 | 15 | 50 | 40 | 2.4 | 21.8 | 68.7% | 5.5 | 2607 | 4.9 | 12866 | 71 | 31 | 104 | |||||
7 yrs | CLE | 99 | 54 | 862 | 3364 | 27 | 33 | 54 | 3.9 | 34.0 | 8.7 | 99 | 276 | 2630 | 9.5 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 2.8 | 26.6 | 72.7% | 6.0 | 1138 | 5.3 | 5994 | 37 | 20 | 50 | ||||
5 yrs | WAS | 80 | 64 | 990 | 3950 | 25 | 0 | 32 | 4.0 | 49.4 | 12.4 | 101 | 185 | 1577 | 8.5 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2.3 | 19.7 | 65.3% | 5.3 | 1175 | 4.7 | 5527 | 29 | 8 | 44 | ||||
2 yrs | BAL | 32 | 13 | 243 | 947 | 4 | 53 | 42 | 3.9 | 29.6 | 7.6 | 75 | 51 | 398 | 7.8 | 1 | 15 | 40 | 1.6 | 12.4 | 68.0% | 5.3 | 294 | 4.6 | 1345 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
Games | Rushing | Receiving | Total Yds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Rush | Yds | TD | 1D | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | 1D | Lng | Touch | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||||
1985 | 23 | CLE | RB | 1 | 1 | 16 | 161 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 10.1 | 161.0 | 16.0 | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | 25.0 | 20 | 9.3 | 186 | 2 | 0 | |||
1986 | 24 | CLE | RB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
1987 | 25 | CLE | RB | 2 | 1 | 38 | 189 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 5.0 | 94.5 | 19.0 | 11 | 156 | 14.2 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 5.5 | 78.0 | 49 | 7.0 | 345 | 4 | 2 | |||
1988 | 26 | CLE | RB | 1 | 1 | 9 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | 57.0 | 9.0 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 12 | 5.6 | 67 | 0 | 0 | |||
1990* | 28 | WAS | RB | 2 | 2 | 30 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3.3 | 50.0 | 15.0 | 8 | 77 | 9.6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.0 | 38.5 | 38 | 4.7 | 177 | 0 | 0 | |||
1991* | 29 | WAS | RB | 3 | 3 | 45 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3.7 | 56.0 | 15.0 | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1.3 | 11.7 | 7.0 | 49 | 4.1 | 203 | 1 | 0 | ||
1992 | 30 | WAS | RB | 2 | 2 | 29 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3.1 | 45.5 | 14.5 | 9 | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2.5 | 25.5 | 55.6% | 5.7 | 34 | 4.2 | 142 | 1 | 0 |
1994 | 32 | CLE | RB | 2 | 2 | 19 | 73 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 3.8 | 36.5 | 9.5 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1.5 | 15.0 | 60.0% | 6.0 | 22 | 4.7 | 103 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 14 | 13 | 186 | 839 | 5 | 4 | 66 | 4.5 | 59.9 | 13.3 | 19 | 39 | 388 | 9.9 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 2.8 | 27.7 | 68.7% | 5.5 | 225 | 5.5 | 1227 | 8 | 2 | |||
5 yrs | CLE | 7 | 6 | 82 | 480 | 4 | 4 | 66 | 5.9 | 68.6 | 11.7 | 5 | 22 | 225 | 10.2 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 3.1 | 32.1 | 72.7% | 6.0 | 104 | 6.8 | 705 | 6 | 2 | ||
3 yrs | WAS | 7 | 7 | 104 | 359 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3.5 | 51.3 | 14.9 | 14 | 17 | 163 | 9.6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2.4 | 23.3 | 65.3% | 5.3 | 121 | 4.3 | 522 | 2 |
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Kick & Punt Returns
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
Games | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
1984 | 22 | CLE | RB | 44 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 415 | 0 | 28 | 18.9 | 1014 | ||||
1987 | 25 | CLE | RB | 44 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 986 | ||||
1995 | 33 | CLE | RB | 21 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 98 | 0 | 27 | 19.6 | 1024 | ||||
1996 | 34 | BAL | RB | 21 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 19 | 15.3 | 965 | ||||
1997 | 35 | BAL | RB | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 441 | ||||
Career | 211 | 131 | 0 | 33 | 576 | 0 | 28 | 17.5 | 13497 | ||||||||
7 yrs | CLE | 99 | 54 | 0 | 28 | 515 | 0 | 28 | 18.4 | 6564 | |||||||
5 yrs | WAS | 80 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 5527 | |||||||||||
2 yrs | BAL | 32 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 61 | 0 | 19 | 12.2 | 1406 |
Passing
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1D | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||
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1989 | 27 | WAS | RB/FB | 21 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
1990* | 28 | WAS | RB | 21 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 31 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 15.5 | 25.5 | 31.0 | 1.9 | 135.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15.50 | 25.50 | ||||
1991* | 29 | WAS | RB | 21 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 18 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 4.5 | 9.5 | 18.0 | 1.1 | 85.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.50 | 9.50 | ||||
1992 | 30 | WAS | RB | 21 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 41 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 13.7 | 20.3 | 41.0 | 2.6 | 121.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13.67 | 20.33 | ||||
Career | 211 | 131 | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 90 | 3 | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 41 | 9.0 | 15.0 | 30.0 | 0.4 | 104.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9.00 | 15.00 | |||||||
7 yrs | CLE | 99 | 54 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 yrs | WAS | 80 | 64 | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 90 | 3 | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 41 | 9.0 | 15.0 | 30.0 | 1.1 | 104.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9.00 | 15.00 | ||||||
2 yrs | BAL | 32 | 13 | 0 |
Defense & Fumbles
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
Games | Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sfty |
1984 | 22 | CLE | RB | 44 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1985 | 23 | CLE | RB | 44 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1986 | 24 | CLE | RB | 44 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1987 | 25 | CLE | RB | 44 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1988 | 26 | CLE | RB | 44 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1989 | 27 | WAS | RB/FB | 21 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1990* | 28 | WAS | RB | 21 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1991* | 29 | WAS | RB | 21 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1992 | 30 | WAS | RB | 21 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1993 | 31 | WAS | RB | 21 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
1995 | 33 | CLE | RB | 21 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
1996 | 34 | BAL | RB | 21 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
1997 | 35 | BAL | RB | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
Career | 211 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 18 | 55 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
7 yrs | CLE | 99 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 55 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
5 yrs | WAS | 80 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
2 yrs | BAL | 32 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Scoring Summary
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | 2PA | D2P | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Sfty | Pts | Pts/G |
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1984 | 22 | CLE | RB | 44 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 1.1 | |||||||||||||
1985 | 23 | CLE | RB | 44 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 60 | 3.8 | |||||||||||||
1986 | 24 | CLE | RB | 44 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 3.4 | |||||||||||||
1987 | 25 | CLE | RB | 44 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 60 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||
1988 | 26 | CLE | RB | 44 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 1.9 | |||||||||||||
1989 | 27 | WAS | RB/FB | 21 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 54 | 3.4 | |||||||||||||
1990* | 28 | WAS | RB | 21 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 42 | 2.6 | |||||||||||||
1991* | 29 | WAS | RB | 21 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 1.9 | ||||||||||||||
1992 | 30 | WAS | RB | 21 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 42 | 2.6 | |||||||||||||
1993 | 31 | WAS | RB | 21 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||
1994 | 32 | CLE | RB | 20 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0.8 | ||||||||||||||
1995 | 33 | CLE | RB | 21 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 1.5 | |||||||||||||
1996 | 34 | BAL | RB | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 1.9 | |||||||||||||
1997 | 35 | BAL | RB | 21 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0.1 | |||||||||||||||
Career | 211 | 131 | 56 | 15 | 1 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 434 | 2.1 | ||||||||||||||
7 yrs | CLE | 99 | 54 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 228 | 2.3 | ||||||||||||||
5 yrs | WAS | 80 | 64 | 25 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 174 | 2.2 | |||||||||||||||
2 yrs | BAL | 32 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1.0 |
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