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Darren Sproles

Darren Lee Sproles (Lightning Bug)

Position: RB

5-6, 190lb (168cm, 86kg)

Born: June 20, 1983 in Waterloo, IA

College: Kansas St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 62 (971st overall since 1960)

High School: Olathe North (KS)

Draft: San Diego Chargers in the 4th round (130th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft.

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SUMMARY

Career

183

Rush

732

Yds

3552

Y/A

4.9

FantPt

1207.2

Rec

553

Yds

4840

Y/R

8.8

FantPt

1207.2

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
							Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
2005	22	SDG	NFL	RB	15	0	8	50	0	2	50.0	21	6.3	3.3	0.5	4	3	10	3.3	0	0	25.0	6	0.2	0.7	75.0	2.5	11	5.5	60	0	3	1
2006	Did not play - Injured (broken ankle)
2007	24	SDG	NFL	RB	15	0	37	164	2	6	40.5	34	4.4	10.9	2.5	12	10	31	3.1	0	3	25.0	14	0.7	2.1	83.3	2.6	47	4.1	195	2	1	4
2008	25	SDG	NFL	RB	16	0	61	330	1	15	45.9	37	5.4	20.6	3.8	34	29	342	11.8	5	14	67.6	66	1.8	21.4	85.3	10.1	90	7.5	672	6	3	8
2009	26	SDG	NFL	RB	16	2	93	343	3	15	39.8	21	3.7	21.4	5.8	57	45	497	11.0	4	20	50.9	81	2.8	31.1	78.9	8.7	138	6.1	840	7	3	10
2010	27	SDG	NFL	RB	16	3	50	267	0	10	34.0	34	5.3	16.7	3.1	75	59	520	8.8	2	25	46.7	57	3.7	32.5	78.7	6.9	109	7.2	787	2	3	7
2011	28	NOR	NFL	RB	16	4	87	603	2	27	52.9	36	6.9	37.7	5.4	111	86	710	8.3	7	35	51.4	39	5.4	44.4	77.5	6.4	173	7.6	1313	9	0	12
2012	29	NOR	NFL	RB	13	6	48	244	1	10	41.7	47	5.1	18.8	3.7	104	75	667	8.9	7	30	47.1	44	5.8	51.3	72.1	6.4	123	7.4	911	8	0	7
2013	30	NOR	NFL	RB	15	4	53	220	2	13	49.1	38	4.2	14.7	3.5	89	71	604	8.5	2	25	50.6	48	4.7	40.3	79.8	6.8	124	6.6	824	4	2	7
2014	31	PHI	NFL	RB	15	0	57	329	6	18	43.9	49	5.8	21.9	3.8	62	40	387	9.7	0	18	41.9	57	2.7	25.8	64.5	6.2	97	7.4	716	6	4	6	PB,AP-2
2015	32	PHI	NFL	RB	16	4	83	317	3	21	49.4	27	3.8	19.8	5.2	83	55	388	7.1	1	21	33.7	35	3.4	24.3	66.3	4.7	138	5.1	705	4	2	6	PB
2016	33	PHI	NFL	RB	15	5	94	438	2	22	52.1	25	4.7	29.2	6.3	71	52	427	8.2	2	19	45.1	73	3.5	28.5	73.2	6.0	146	5.9	865	4	1	6	PB
2017	34	PHI	NFL	RB	3	0	15	61	0	4	40.0	12	4.1	20.3	5.0	12	7	73	10.4	0	4	41.7	16	2.3	24.3	58.3	6.1	22	6.1	134	0	1	1
2018	35	PHI	NFL	RB	6	2	29	120	1	6	41.4	17	4.1	20.0	4.8	23	15	160	10.7	2	6	34.8	37	2.5	26.7	65.2	7.0	44	6.4	280	3	0	2
2019	36	PHI	NFL	RB	6	1	17	66	0	3	41.2	17	3.9	11.0	2.8	10	6	24	4.0	0	1	20.0	7	1.0	4.0	60.0	2.4	23	3.9	90	0	1	1
14 Yrs					183	31	732	3552	23	172	45.5	49	4.9	19.4	4.0	747	553	4840	8.8	32	221	45.9	81	3.0	26.4	74.0	6.5	1285	6.5	8392	55	24	78
17 Game Avg					17	3	68	330	2	16	45.5	49	4.9	19.4	4.0	69	51	450	8.8	3	21	45.9	81	3.0	26.4	74.0	6.5	119	0.6	780	5	2	7

PHI (6 Yrs)					61	12	295	1331	12	74	47.5	49	4.5	21.8	4.8	261	175	1459	8.3	5	69	38.7	73	2.9	23.9	67.0	5.6	470	5.9	2790	17	9	22
SDG (5 Yrs)					78	5	249	1154	6	48	40.6	37	4.6	14.8	3.2	182	146	1400	9.6	11	62	50.0	81	1.9	17.9	80.2	7.7	395	6.5	2554	17	13	30
NOR (3 Yrs)					44	14	188	1067	5	50	48.9	47	5.7	24.3	4.3	304	232	1981	8.5	16	90	49.7	48	5.3	45.0	76.3	6.5	420	7.3	3048	21	2	26

Rushing & Receiving Table
							Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
2007	24	SDG	NFL	RB	3	0	4	35	0	1	50.0	26	8.8	11.7	1.3	6	3	61	20.3	1	2	33.3	56	1.0	20.3	50.0	10.2	7	13.7	96	1	1
2008	25	SDG	NFL	RB	2	1	33	120	2	6	30.3	22	3.6	60.0	16.5	16	10	136	13.6	1	5	37.5	62	5.0	68.0	62.5	8.5	43	6.0	256	3	1
2009	26	SDG	NFL	RB	1	0	3	33	0	1	66.7	22	11.0	33.0	3.0	5	3	30	10.0	0	1	20.0	19	3.0	30.0	60.0	6.0	6	10.5	63	0	0

2011	28	NOR	NFL	RB	2	2	13	54	2	5	61.5	17	4.2	27.0	6.5	24	19	152	8.0	1	7	54.2	44	9.5	76.0	79.2	6.3	32	6.4	206	3	1

2013	30	NOR	NFL	RB	2	0	7	31	0	2	42.9	13	4.4	15.5	3.5	13	9	63	7.0	0	2	46.2	14	4.5	31.5	69.2	4.8	16	5.9	94	0	0

2018	35	PHI	NFL	RB	2	1	16	25	0	1	18.8	10	1.6	12.5	8.0	7	5	35	7.0	0	2	57.1	14	2.5	17.5	71.4	5.0	21	2.9	60	0	0
6 Yrs					12	4	76	298	4	16	36.8	26	3.9	24.8	6.3	71	49	477	9.7	3	19	45.1	62	4.1	39.8	69.0	6.7	125	6.2	775	7	3
17 Game Avg					17	6	108	422	6	23	36.8	26	3.9	24.8	6.3	101	69	676	9.7	4	27	45.1	62	4.1	39.8	69.0	6.7	177	8.8	1098	10	4

SDG (3 Yrs)					6	1	40	188	2	8	35.0	26	4.7	31.3	6.7	27	16	227	14.2	2	8	33.3	62	2.7	37.8	59.3	8.4	56	7.4	415	4	2
NOR (2 Yrs)					4	2	20	85	2	7	55.0	17	4.3	21.3	5.0	37	28	215	7.7	1	9	51.4	44	7.0	53.8	75.7	5.8	48	6.3	300	3	1
PHI (1 Yr)					2	1	16	25	0	1	18.8	10	1.6	12.5	8.0	7	5	35	7.0	0	2	57.1	14	2.5	17.5	71.4	5.0	21	2.9	60	0	0

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Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

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Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
2005	22	SDG	RB	43	15	0	18	108	0	23	6.0	63	1528	0	58	24.3	1696
2007	24	SDG	RB	43	15	0	24	229	1	45	9.5	37	1008	1	89	27.2	1432
2008	25	SDG	RB	43	16	0	22	249	0	43	11.3	53	1376	1	103	26.0	2295
2009	26	SDG	RB	43	16	2	26	183	1	77	7.0	54	1300	0	66	24.1	2323
2010	27	SDG	RB	43	16	3	24	166	0	16	6.9	51	1257	0	45	24.6	2210
2011	28	NOR	RB	43	16	4	29	294	1	72	10.1	40	1089	0	92	27.2	2696
2012	29	NOR	RB	43	13	6	23	183	0	37	8.0	18	483	0	48	26.8	1577
2013	30	NOR	RB	43	15	4	29	194	0	28	6.7	12	255	0	32	21.3	1273
2014*	31	PHI	RB	43	15	0	39	506	2	82	13.0	1	15	0	15	15.0	1230
2015*	32	PHI	RB	43	16	4	38	446	2	89	11.7	1	20	0	20	20.0	1171
2016*	33	PHI	RB	43	15	5	17	224	0	66	13.2	1	19	0	19	19.0	1108
2017	34	PHI	RB	43	3	0	1	10	0	10	10.0			0			144
2018	35	PHI	RB	43	6	2	10	83	0	14	8.3	1	2	0	2	2.0	365
2019	36	PHI	RB	43	6	1	11	86	0	17	7.8			0			176
Career					183	31	311	2961	7	89	9.5	332	8352	2	103	25.2	19696
6 yrs		PHI			61	12	116	1355	4	89	11.7	4	56	0	20	14.0	4194
5 yrs		SDG			78	5	114	935	2	77	8.2	258	6469	2	103	25.1	9956
3 yrs		NOR			44	14	81	671	1	72	8.3	70	1827	0	92	26.1	5546

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
2007	24	SDG	RB/K	3	0	5	28	0	13	5.6	10	223	0	30	22.3	347
2008	25	SDG	RB,RB-K	2	1	5	76	0	28	15.2	9	270	0	63	30.0	602
2009	26	SDG	RB	1	0	2	3	0	3	1.5	2	44	0	27	22.0	110
2011	28	NOR	RB	2	2	5	33	0	13	6.6	4	92	0	28	23.0	331
2013	30	NOR	RB	2	0	3	31	0	14	10.3	6	141	0	39	23.5	266
2018	35	PHI	RB	2	1	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0			0			34
Career				12	4	21	170	0	28	8.1	31	770	0	63	24.8	1715
3 yrs		SDG		6	1	12	107	0	28	8.9	21	537	0	63	25.6	1059
2 yrs		NOR		4	2	8	64	0	14	8.0	10	233	0	39	23.3	597
1 yr		PHI		2	1	1	-1	0	0	-1.0			0			59

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							Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty	Awards
2005	22	SDG	NFL	RB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0		0
2006	Did not play - Injured (broken ankle)
2008	25	SDG	NFL	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	-2	0	0.0	0	0	0			0
2009	26	SDG	NFL	RB	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2013	30	NOR	NFL	RB	15	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
2014	31	PHI	NFL	RB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	-7	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
2015	32	PHI	NFL	RB	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	PB
2016	33	PHI	NFL	RB	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	PB
14 Yrs					183	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	9	-9	0	0.0	2	2	0	0	0	0
17 Game Avg					17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	0	0.0						0

PHI (6 Yrs)					61	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	6	-7	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
SDG (5 Yrs)					78	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	3	-2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NOR (3 Yrs)					44	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
							Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
2009	26	SDG	NFL	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs					12	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17 Game Avg					17	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0			0

SDG (3 Yrs)					6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
NOR (2 Yrs)					4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
PHI (1 Yr)					2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Scoring Summary

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Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	AllTD	2PM	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
2007	24	SDG	RB	43	15	0	2		1	1	4			24	1.6
2008	25	SDG	RB	43	16	0	1	5		1	7	1		44	2.8
2009	26	SDG	RB	43	16	2	3	4	1		8			48	3.0
2010	27	SDG	RB	43	16	3		2			2			12	0.8
2011	28	NOR	RB	43	16	4	2	7	1		10			60	3.8
2012	29	NOR	RB	43	13	6	1	7			8	1		50	3.8
2013	30	NOR	RB	43	15	4	2	2			4			24	1.6
2014*	31	PHI	RB	43	15	0	6		2		8			48	3.2
2015*	32	PHI	RB	43	16	4	3	1	2		6			36	2.3
2016*	33	PHI	RB	43	15	5	2	2			4			24	1.6
2018	35	PHI	RB	43	6	2	1	2			3			18	3.0
2019	36	PHI	RB	43	6	1						1		2	0.3
Career					183	31	23	32	7	2	64	3	0	390	2.1
6 yrs		PHI			61	12	12	5	4		21	1	0	128	2.1
5 yrs		SDG			78	5	6	11	2	2	21	1	0	128	1.6
3 yrs		NOR			44	14	5	16	1		22	1	0	134	3.0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	2PM	Pts	Pts/G
2007	24	SDG	RB/K	3	0		1	1		6	2.0
2008	25	SDG	RB,RB-K	2	1	2	1	3		18	9.0
2011	28	NOR	RB	2	2	2	1	3	1	20	10.0
Career				12	4	4	3	7	1	44	3.7
3 yrs		SDG		6	1	2	2	4		24	4.0
2 yrs		NOR		4	2	2	1	3	1	20	5.0
1 yr		PHI		2	1					0	0.0

Snap Counts

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Snap Counts Table
					Games		Off.		Def.		ST
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2012	29	NOR	RB	43	13	6	444	48%	0	0%	111	27%
2013	30	NOR	RB	43	15	4	357	34%	0	0%	119	28%
2014*	31	PHI	RB	43	15	0	338	31%	0	0%	89	18%
2015*	32	PHI	RB	43	16	4	393	34%	0	0%	93	19%
2016*	33	PHI	RB	43	15	5	509	49%	1	0%	62	15%
2017	34	PHI	RB	43	3	0	89	41%	0	0%	11	13%
2018	35	PHI	RB	43	6	2	149	36%	0	0%	29	18%
2019	36	PHI	RB	43	6	1	103	23%	0	0%	32	19%
Career							2382		1		546
6 yrs		PHI			61	12	1581		1		316
2 yrs		NOR			28	10	801		0		230

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PFR HOF Monitor: 63.55 (31st among RB, average HOF RB is 106.95)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Darren Sproles?

Darren Sproles is 41 years old.

When was Darren Sproles born?

Darren Sproles was born on June 20, 1983.

Where was Darren Sproles born?

Darren Sproles was born in Waterloo, IA.

How tall is Darren Sproles?

Darren Sproles is 5-6 (168 cm) tall.

How much did Darren Sproles weigh when playing?

Darren Sproles weighed 190 lbs (86 kg) when playing.

Is Darren Sproles in the Hall of Fame?

Darren Sproles has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

How many games did Darren Sproles play?

Darren Sproles played 183 games over his career.

How many rushing attempts did Darren Sproles have?

Darren Sproles had 732 rushing attempts over his career.

How many rushing yards did Darren Sproles have?

Darren Sproles had 3,552 rushing yards over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Darren Sproles won?

Darren Sproles has won 1 Super Bowl.

When did Darren Sproles retire?

Darren Sproles last played in 2019.

What are Darren Sproles' nicknames?

Lightning Bug is a nickname for Darren Sproles.

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