Career Highlights
Professional Highlights:
Made an immediate impact as a rookie in 2002, finishing 2nd on the team with 579 yards on only 107 carries (5.4 avg.)...Was also the team's primary kickoff returner with 27 returns for 588 yards (21.8 avg.)...Named to Pro Football Weekly All-Rookie Team...Led all NFC rookie rushers and was second only to Houston's Domanick Davis among rookies with 579 rushing yards...Finished rookie campaign ranked 4th in team history for rookie rushing yards, trailing Chuck Foreman, Alfred Anderson, and Michael Bennett...Became first Vikings' rookie to rush for 100+ yards in consecutive games...Holds top 2 rookie rushing marks in team history with 148 yards at Chicago (12/14) and 146 vs. Kansas City (12/20).
2003 Played in 15 games with 3 starts on the year...His 579 yards rushing on the season were second only to Moe Williams...Also had 15 receptions for 129 yards...Set Vikings' rookie record with 3 rushing TDs vs. Kansas City (12/20) and also had 146 yards against the Chiefs...Set Vikings' rookie mark with 148 yards on 27 carries at Chicago (12/14), topping the previous record of 123 yards by Raymond Hayes against the LA Rams in 1961... Saw 1st career action on ESPN's Sunday Night Football vs. Chicago (9/14) and posted 9 carries for 47 yards... His 47 rushing yards ranks as the 2nd-best performance by a Vikings' rookie RB in his first action, trailing only D.J. Dozier's 57 yards (9/13/87)...Ran 10 times for 43 yards and the first TD of his career on a 5-yard carry vs. San Francisco (9/28)...Started 1st game of his career at Atlanta (10/5) and ran for 63 yards on 13 carries and caught a pair of passes for 23 yards...Ran 5 times for 29 yards and his 2nd career TD vs. Denver (10/19), scoring on a 5-yard run...Rushed 11 times for 69 yards and caught a 17-yard pass vs. NY Giants (10/26)...Had 4 kickoff returns for 124 yards at Oakland (11/16) with a career-long 46-yarder... Returned a career-high 7 kickoffs for 160 yards at St. Louis (11/30)...Carried 4 times for 40 yards with a 23-yard run vs. Seattle (12/7).
College Highlights:
Finished his career with 450 carries for 2,388 yards and 23 TDs...Transferred to Oregon after one season at Tennessee...Gained 2,199 yards with 19 TDs on 419 carries (5.2 avg.) during his two seasons with the Ducks, to rank 7th on the school's all-time rushing list...Added 149 yards and a pair of TDs on 24 catches (6.2 avg.) and 534 yards with a TD on 20 kickoff returns (26.7 avg.).
2002 All-Pac 10 1st-team selection and team MVP...Ranked 2nd in the conference and 14th in the nation in rushing, averaging 133.7 yards per game...Played in 10 games, leading the team with 244 carries for 1,141 yards (4.7 avg.) and 12 TDs...Also made 13 catches for 78 yards (6.0 avg...) and returned 7 kickoffs for 175 yards (25.0 avg.)...Averaged 139.4 all purpose yards per game...Ran for over 100 yards in each of his first 7 games...Carried 25 times for 152 yards and caught 2 passes for 21 yards at UCLA...Recorded a season-high 172 yards on 27 carries with 3 TDs and returned 2 kickoffs for 31 yards vs. Arizona State...Rushed 19 times for 79 yards and retuned 5 kickoffs for 144 yards, including a 55-yarder vs. USC.
2001 All Pac 10 Conference 2nd-team choice at RB and KR...Received Len Casanova Award, given to the team's top newcomer...Led the team with 175 carries for 1,058 yards and 7 TDs...Added 11 catches for 71 yards and 2 TDs and 13 kickoff returns for 359 yards and a TD on the season...Named Pac 10 Conference Player of the Week, after recording a career-high 285 yards on 26 rushes and scoring 3 TDs at Washington State...His 285 yards topped the previous school single-game record of 249 yards set by Bobby Moore (Ahmad Rashad) vs. Utah in 1971...Rushed 15 times for 131 yards and 2 TDs and returned 3 kickoffs for 57 yards at Arizona...Gained 62 yards on 7 carries and returned 3 kickoffs for 147 yards, including a 96-yard TD vs. Stanford...Recorded 152 yards on 36 carries and had 3 receptions for 43 yards and a TD.
2000 Redshirted season after transferring from Tennessee...Earned scout team's player-of-week accolades 4 times on offense and special teams.
1999 Played in 8 games as a reserve halfback at Tennessee...Carried 31 times for 189 yards and 4 TDs...Caught 2 passes for 25 yards and a TD.
