Rushing & Receiving
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| 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 | |||||||||
| 1984 | 22 | CLE | 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 | 11 | |||||
| 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 | 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 | |||||
| 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 | 14 | |||||
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 106 | ||||
| 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 | 51 | |||
| 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 | 45 | |||
| 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% | 294 | 4.6 | 1345 | 5 | 3 | 10 | ||||
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