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PRO: Was a key acquisition for
the Steelers prior to the 2004 season...signed a five-year
contract as an unrestricted free agent from Philadelphia...has
been a model of consistency and toughness during his
career...has endured a great amount of pain and has overcome
various injuries to perform so admirably each Sunday...rebounded
from a painful hernia in 1998, to a Lis Franc sprain (foot) in
2000, to a shoulder injury in 2001...has served as an ambassador
for the NFL...traveled with Dolphins DE Jason Taylor to the
Persian Gulf in June of 2003 as part of the first USO tour to
visit the region since Operation Iraqi Freedom began, which
included performances, movie screenings, basketball clinics and
visits throughout the region.
2003: Was the leader of the Eagles three-man running back attack
in 2003...concluded the season with career highs in rushing
average (4.8) and receiving average (10.6) and ranked first in
the NFL in yards per touch (6.4)...recorded a career-playoff
high 79 rushing yards in the NFC Championship Game versus
Carolina (1/18)...set the franchise playoff record for career
receptions (35) and finished second in rushing yards
(384)...caught a seven-yard shovel pass for a TD from McNabb in
the Divisional playoff game versus Green Bay (1/11)...scored two
rushing TDs vs. San Francisco (12/21) and moved into sixth place
on the Eagles’ all-time rushing TD list...posted his second
receiving TD of the season on a shovel pass from McNabb vs.
Dallas (12/7)...scored his third rushing TD of the season on a
two-yard run at Carolina (11/30)...had a 38-yard catch and run
down the sidelines vs. N.Y. Giants (11/16) that set up an
11-yard TD reception by Brian Westbrook one play later...made
key back-to-back 11-yard gains on a draw play and a dump pass to
put the Eagles in position to score the game-winning TD at Green
Bay (11/10)...had a career-long 52-yard TD reception at Dallas
(10/12)...recorded the Eagles first touchdown at Lincoln
Financial Field on a one-yard run vs. New England (9/14).
2002: Voted by his teammates as the offensive MVP...recorded his
third 1,000-yard rushing season and became the second Eagles
back to top the 1,000 yards and 500 receiving yards in a single
season...was the 13th in team history (only Wilbert Montgomery
and Ricky Watters also have three 1,000-yard seasons in club
history)...produced four 100-yard rushing games, giving him 13
in his career to move past Ricky Watters (12) and into third on
the team’s all-time list (the Eagles were 10-3 in those
games)...became just the second player in Eagles history to
reach 1,000 yards rushing (1,029) and 500 yards receiving (541)
in a season (Wilbert Montgomery had 1,402 yards rushing and 521
yards receiving in 1981)...compiled a career-1,570 total yards
from scrimmage...attained personal bests in rushing TDs (5) and
receiving TDs (3)...ranked sixth in the NFC in rushing, second
among NFC backs in receiving yards and first among NFL backs in
yards per catch (10.6), and sixth in the NFL in yards per touch
(4.9/ min. 320 attempts)...had a 20-yard rushing TD on the
Eagles opening drive vs. TB (1/19) in the NFC Championship
game...totaled 217 yards of total offense versus Arizona
(11/17), which included carrying three Cardinals over the goal
line on a four-yard TD catch...rushed for 135 yards on a
career-high 31 carries and caught three balls for 82 yards,
including a season-high 45-yard catch-and-run...ran for 126
yards on 24 carries and moved into fourth place on the Eagles
all-time rushing list versus N.Y. Giants (10/28)...was named
Monday Night Football “Horse Trailer” player of the game for his
efforts...tied a career-high with two TD runs versus Houston
(9/29)...rushed for 152 yards, the second-best total of his
career on 24 carries versus TB (10/20).
2001: Ranked fourth among the NFL’s starting running backs in
yards per touch (5.4)...led all NFL backs with a 9.9
yards-per-catch average...recorded a career-high 103 yards
receiving on nine receptions at San Francisco (12/22)...became
the first Eagles back gain more than 100 yards receiving in a
game since James Joseph (6-109) at SF (1/3/94)...recorded 231
yards of total offense vs. Minnesota (11/11), the second-highest
total of his career...rushed for 146 yards on 17 carries (8.6
avg.), the third-best performance of his career.
2000: Earned NFC offensive POW and Miller Lite NFL POW honors
after rushing for 201 yards at Dallas (9/3), marking only the
second time in team history and the first time in more than 50
years that an Eagle rushed for over 200 yards (Steve Van Buren
collected 205 yards vs. Pittsburgh on 11/27/49)...totaled 262
total yards from scrimmage eclipsing his previous high by more
than 100 yards (151 at Carolina 11/7/99).
1999: Compiled 1,273 yards to become the third Eagles running
back to register back-to-back 1,000 rushing yard seasons.
Wilbert Montgomery (1978-79) and Ricky Watters (1995-97) were
the others...accounted for an NFL-best 40.9 percent of his
team’s total offense and accounted for five 100-yard rushing
games...was selected as the first alternate for the NFC Pro Bowl
squad behind Marshall Faulk (starter), Stephen Davis, and Emmitt
Smith...was named to the All-Madden team...posted back-to-back
100-yard rushing games for the first time in his career versus
Dallas (10/10, 110 yards) and at Chicago (10/17, 101 yards).
1998: Led the Eagles in rushing (1,065 yards), receptions (57),
total yards from scrimmage (1,497), and TDs (six), while playing
the majority of the year with a painful hernia...became the
first Eagles draft pick to top the 1,000-yard rushing mark since
Wilbert Montgomery (1981) and the first Eagle to lead the team
in both rushing and receptions since Herschel Walker
(1993)...originally entered 1998 training camp as the number-two
running back but an ankle injury to Charlie Garner gave Staley
his first NFL start in the season opener vs. Seattle
(9/6/98)...scored his first TD on a one-yard dive at Atlanta
(9/13/98)...had a career-high three TDs (2 rush./1 rec.) vs.
Kansas City (9/27)...capped the year with the longest run of his
career, a 64-yd. TD scamper vs. N.Y. Giants (12/27) that put him
over the 1,000-yard mark...made his mark as a kickoff returner
in his rookie season, ranking fifth in the NFC with a 24.2-yard
avgerage.
COLLEGE: One of the NCAA’s best all-around running backs in
1996, ranked 13th in the country with 1,116 rushing yards en
route to earning first-team All-Southeastern Conference honors.
Finished his two-year career ranked 13th on South Carolina’s
all-time rushing list with 1,852 yards and 17 TDs on 345
carries. An extremely versatile back, he also hauled in 59
receptions for 489 yards and 2 TDs and returned 26 kickoffs for
566 yds. Transferred to South Carolina from Itawamba (MS) J.C...majored
in sociology.
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