Rushing & Receiving
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro
| Games | Rushing | Receiving | Total Yds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rush | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Touch | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | |||||||||
| 1982 | 23 | MIN | RB | 20 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 136 | 0 | 18 | 3.1 | 19.4 | 6.3 | 9 | 100 | 11.1 | 0 | 22 | 1.3 | 14.3 | 53 | 4.5 | 236 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 1983 | 24 | MIN | RB | 20 | 15 | 10 | 154 | 642 | 1 | 56 | 4.2 | 42.8 | 10.3 | 51 | 618 | 12.1 | 0 | 68 | 3.4 | 41.2 | 205 | 6.1 | 1260 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 1984 | 25 | MIN | rb | 20 | 15 | 8 | 80 | 406 | 3 | 39 | 5.1 | 27.1 | 5.3 | 27 | 162 | 6.0 | 1 | 17 | 1.8 | 10.8 | 107 | 5.3 | 568 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 1985 | 26 | MIN | RB | 20 | 16 | 10 | 200 | 893 | 5 | 37 | 4.5 | 55.8 | 12.5 | 43 | 301 | 7.0 | 1 | 25 | 2.7 | 18.8 | 243 | 4.9 | 1194 | 6 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 1986 | 27 | MIN | RB | 20 | 16 | 16 | 191 | 793 | 4 | 42 | 4.2 | 49.6 | 11.9 | 53 | 593 | 11.2 | 3 | 34 | 3.3 | 37.1 | 244 | 5.7 | 1386 | 7 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 1987 | 28 | MIN | RB | 20 | 10 | 9 | 131 | 642 | 2 | 72 | 4.9 | 64.2 | 13.1 | 26 | 129 | 5.0 | 0 | 13 | 2.6 | 12.9 | 157 | 4.9 | 771 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 1988 | 29 | MIN | RB | 20 | 13 | 11 | 112 | 380 | 1 | 27 | 3.4 | 29.2 | 8.6 | 16 | 105 | 6.6 | 0 | 27 | 1.2 | 8.1 | 128 | 3.8 | 485 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 1989 | 30 | 2TM | 14 | 0 | 67 | 321 | 0 | 28 | 4.8 | 22.9 | 4.8 | 38 | 380 | 10.0 | 0 | 49 | 2.7 | 27.1 | 105 | 6.7 | 701 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| MIN | 20 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 124 | 0 | 24 | 4.0 | 24.8 | 6.2 | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 0 | 11 | 1.4 | 10.4 | 38 | 4.6 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| SDG | 20 | 9 | 0 | 36 | 197 | 0 | 28 | 5.5 | 21.9 | 4.0 | 31 | 328 | 10.6 | 0 | 49 | 3.4 | 36.4 | 67 | 7.8 | 525 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 1990 | 31 | SDG | 20 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | 10 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 7 | 6.1 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 1991 | 32 | MIN | 20 | 16 | 0 | 28 | 210 | 2 | 29 | 7.5 | 13.1 | 1.8 | 19 | 142 | 7.5 | 0 | 13 | 1.2 | 8.9 | 47 | 7.5 | 352 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 1992 | 33 | MIN | 20 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0 | 10 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career | 152 | 68 | 1020 | 4442 | 18 | 72 | 4.4 | 29.2 | 6.7 | 2 | 286 | 2559 | 8.9 | 5 | 68 | 1.9 | 16.8 | 0% | 0.0 | 1306 | 5.4 | 7001 | 23 | 32 | 56 | ||||
| 10 yrs | MIN | 129 | 68 | 981 | 4231 | 18 | 72 | 4.3 | 32.8 | 7.6 | 2 | 251 | 2202 | 8.8 | 5 | 68 | 1.9 | 17.1 | 0% | 0.0 | 1232 | 5.2 | 6433 | 23 | 30 | 52 | |||
| 2 yrs | SDG | 23 | 0 | 39 | 211 | 0 | 28 | 5.4 | 9.2 | 1.7 | 35 | 357 | 10.2 | 0 | 49 | 1.5 | 15.5 | 0% | 74 | 7.7 | 568 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||||
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