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RB · 5′10″ 215 lb · Born 1979-06-23 · College: TCU · Played 2001–2011 · Drafted 2001 round 1, pick 5 by San Diego Chargers ·

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ESPN=2553, NFLVERSE=00-0020536, NFLVERSE=TOM683150, OTC=6386, PFR=TomlLa00

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Passing

Year	Team	Pos	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Rate	Sk
2003	SDG	RB	16	1	1	21	1	158.3	0
2004	SDG	RB	15	1	2	38	0	95.8	2
2005	SDG	RB	16	3	4	47	3	153.1	0
2006	SDG	RB	16	2	3	20	2	125.0	0
2007	SDG	RB	16	1	1	17	1	158.3	0
2009	SDG	RB	14	0	1	0	0	39.6	0
Total			93	8	12	143	7	146.9	2

Rushing

Year	Team	Pos	G	Rush	Yds	TD	Y/C	Fum	FL
2001	SDG	RB	16	339	1236	10	3.6	8	5
2002	SDG	RB	16	372	1683	14	4.5	3	1
2003	SDG	RB	16	313	1645	13	5.3	2	0
2004	SDG	RB	15	339	1335	17	3.9	7	3
2005	SDG	RB	16	340	1464	18	4.3	3	1
2006	SDG	RB	16	349	1815	28	5.2	2	1
2007	SDG	RB	16	315	1474	15	4.7	0	0
2008	SDG	RB	16	292	1110	11	3.8	1	0
2009	SDG	RB	14	223	730	12	3.3	2	2
2010	NYJ	RB	15	219	914	6	4.2	3	0
2011	NYJ	RB	14	75	280	1	3.7	0	0
Total			170	3176	13686	145	4.3	31	13

Receiving

Year	Team	Pos	G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Y/R
2001	SDG	RB	16	74	59	367	0	6.2
2002	SDG	RB	16	101	79	489	1	6.2
2003	SDG	RB	16	0	100	725	4	7.2
2004	SDG	RB	15	0	53	441	1	8.3
2005	SDG	RB	16	0	51	370	2	7.2
2006	SDG	RB	16	0	56	508	3	9.1
2007	SDG	RB	16	0	60	475	3	7.9
2008	SDG	RB	16	0	52	421	1	8.1
2009	SDG	RB	14	30	20	154	0	7.7
2010	NYJ	RB	15	79	52	368	0	7.1
2011	NYJ	RB	14	61	42	449	2	10.7
Total			170	345	624	4767	17	7.6

Teams

Year	Team	Pos	#
2001	San Diego Chargers	RB	21
2002	San Diego Chargers	RB	21
2003	San Diego Chargers	RB	21
2004	San Diego Chargers	RB	21
2005	San Diego Chargers	RB	21
2006	San Diego Chargers	RB	21
2007	San Diego Chargers	RB	21
2008	San Diego Chargers	RB	21
2009	San Diego Chargers	RB	21
2010	New York Jets	RB	21
2011	New York Jets	RB	21

Awards

Year	Award	Team
2006	Most Valuable Player	San Diego Chargers
2006	Offensive Player of the Year	San Diego Chargers
2006	Walter Payton Man of the Year	San Diego Chargers

League leader

Year	Category	Value
2004	rushing tds	17
2006	rushing yards	1,815
2006	rushing tds	28
2006	points	186
2007	rushing yards	1,474
2007	rushing tds	15

Total QBR

Year	Team	Rk	QBR	Pts added	Plays	EPA	Pass	Run	Sack	Pen	Exp sack
2006	SDG		99.7	1.2	3	1.4	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	SDG		100.0	0.7	1	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

ESPN Total QBR (2006 on). Rank is among qualifying quarterbacks that season.

Expected points added

As rusher

Year	Carries	EPA	EPA/carry	Success
2001	339	-48.3	-0.14	34.8%
2002	372	-1.2	-0.00	39.5%
2003	313	22.7	0.07	39.6%
2004	365	-10.2	-0.03	38.9%
2005	341	13.8	0.04	39.6%
2006	372	46.2	0.12	41.7%
2007	345	4.4	0.01	37.1%
2008	297	-16.8	-0.06	35.0%
2009	235	-29.1	-0.12	32.8%
2010	254	-10.2	-0.04	38.2%
2011	75	-8.6	-0.11	40.0%

As target

Year	Targets	EPA	EPA/target	Success	ADOT
2001	74	-16.5	-0.22	45.9%
2002	101	-0.4	-0.00	46.5%
2003	100	20.9	0.21	45.0%
2004	62	18.6	0.30	54.8%
2005	51	11.3	0.22	47.1%
2006	58	45.4	0.78	70.7%	0.4
2007	65	24.0	0.37	53.8%	-0.9
2008	52	24.8	0.48	63.5%	-0.4
2009	34	-4.3	-0.13	32.4%	0.4
2010	87	-8.9	-0.10	41.4%	1.1
2011	61	2.8	0.05	36.1%	1.8

From every play since 1999 (nflfastR EPA model). Success = share of plays with positive EPA.

Depth chart history

Year	Team	Listed at	Weeks as starter	Weeks listed
2001	SDG	RB	17	17
2002	SDG	RB	17	17
2003	SDG	RB	17	17
2004	SDG	RB	17	17
2005	SDG	RB	16	16
2006	SDG	RB	16	16
2007	SDG	RB	18	18
2008	SDG	RB	18	18
2009	SDG	RB	16	18
2010	NYJ	RB	0	18
2011	NYJ	RB	0	18

Regular-season depth charts (2001 on). A starter is a first-string listing that week.

Contracts

Signed	Team	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
2011	New York Jets	1	$1.3M	$1.3M	$1.1M	1.1%
2010	New York Jets	2	$5.2M	$2.6M	$2.5M	2.0%
2009	Los Angeles Chargers	3	$17.9M	$6.0M	$7.7M	4.8%
2004	Los Angeles Chargers	6	$48.0M	$8.0M	$16.5M	9.9%
2001	Los Angeles Chargers	6	$15.8M	$2.6M	$11.5M	3.9%

Career contract value $88.1M (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is the average per year against that season's salary cap.

Combine

Year	Pos	School	Ht	Wt	40	Bench	Vert	Broad	3-cone	Shuttle
2001	RB	TCU	5′10″	221	4.46	18	40.5	124	6.84	4.21

All of the 2001 combine →

Injury reports (17)

Year	Wk	Team	Injury	Game status	Practice
2009	2	SDG	Ankle	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
2009	3	SDG	Ankle	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
2009	4	SDG	Ankle	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2009	7	SDG	Illness	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2009	10	SDG	Hip	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2010	10	NYJ	Not Injury Related		Full Participation in Practice
2010	11	NYJ	Not Injury Related		Full Participation in Practice
2010	14	NYJ	Not Injury Related	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2010	15	NYJ	Not Injury Related		Full Participation in Practice
2010	16	NYJ	Not Injury Related		Full Participation in Practice
2011	6	NYJ	Calf	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2011	7	NYJ	Not Injury Related	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2011	11	NYJ	Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
2011	12	NYJ	Knee	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
2011	13	NYJ	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2011	14	NYJ	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2011	17	NYJ	Quadricep	Probable	Full Participation in Practice

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