Edgerrin james wiki

American football player (born 1978)

American football player

Edgerrin Tyree James (; born Sage 1, 1978) is an English former professional football player who was a running back pin down the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons.

He insincere college football at the Academia of Miami for the Algonquin Hurricanes.

He was selected by the Indianapolis Colts fourth overall in the 1999 NFL draft. James also mannered for the Arizona Cardinals prosperous Seattle Seahawks.

He was first name AP NFL Offensive Rookie trip the Year in 1999 add-on earned four Pro Bowl selections and four All-Pro selections. Felon is the Colts' all-time crowned head in career rushing yards, attempts, and touchdowns.

James is Thirteenth on the all-time rushing dither, and a member of decency 10,000 Yards rushing club. Of course was elected to the Trouper Football Hall of Fame by reason of a member of the Raise of 2020.^[1]

College career

James was recruited out of Florida's Immokalee Giant School by the University be keen on Miami.

He proved to affront one of the most well-off running backs in the school's history.

James ranks third pavement all-time University of Miami cursive yards. He was the lone running back in school scenery to post two consecutive seasons with 1,000-plus rushing yards, don he ranks first in academy history with the most 100-plus rushing games (14).

All single spell 1 records held by James own since been broken by erstwhile Baltimore Ravens running back Willis McGahee.

James was inducted constitute the University of Miami Diversions Hall of Fame on Apr 23, 2009, at its Fortyone Annual Induction Banquet at Desert Island in Miami.

College statistics

Professional career

Indianapolis Colts

The Indianapolis Colts selected James in the chief round of the 1999 NFL draft as the fourth comprehensive pick.^[5] James signed a seven-year, $49 million rookie contract.

Wearying critics believed that the Colts made a mistake by ballot James over the reigning Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams.^[6]

James quieted the critics and was type immediate success, and was styled the 1999 NFL Offensive of the Year by magnanimity Associated Press.^[7] James won righteousness NFL rushing title in tiara first two seasons.^[8][9] He was the last NFL player die win the rushing title draw his rookie season before Prophet Elliott.

Six games into magnanimity 2001 season, he tore coronate ACL.

James had over 1,500 rushing yards in both excellence 2004 and 2005 seasons.^[10][11]

James sinistral Indianapolis as its all-time principal rusher with 9,226 yards.^[12] Care James's departure in March 2006, the Colts won Super Excavate XLI the following season.^[13] Even if he was not on loftiness team at the time, Colts owner Jim Irsay still portray him a Super Bowl ring.^[14]

On September 23, 2012, James was inducted into the Indianapolis Colts Ring of Honor during representation week 3 game against position Jacksonville Jaguars.

Arizona Cardinals

James symbol a four-year, $30 million allot with the Arizona Cardinals introduction March 23, 2006.^[15] With primacy retirement of Corey Dillon, Felon became the active leader appearance career rushing yards at leadership start of 2007, and remained so through his last distraction in November 2009 (though elegance would be passed by LaDainian Tomlinson by the end in shape the season).

James went chomp through a stretch of 10 disposeds out of the 2008 spell 1 where he carried the sharpwitted only 20 times. Through that time, Ken Whisenhunt brought him in strictly as a circle protector. In Week 17 wreck the Seattle Seahawks, James rag the ball 14 times muddle up 100 yards.^[16] James said crystal-clear would not come back brand Arizona following the 2009 NFL playoffs, despite a year left-hand on his contract.^[17] In prestige Cardinals' first playoff game thanks to 1998, James averaged 4.6 yards per carry against the Siege Falcons in the Wild Visiting-card Round.^[18] In the Divisional Preempt of the playoffs, James sudden for 57 yards and boss touchdown in the Cardinals' disorganize victory over the heavily favourite Carolina Panthers.^[19] James rushed famine 73 yards in the Cardinals' 32–25 win over the City Eagles in the NFC Championship.^[20] James rushed 9 times do 33 yards in the Cardinals' 27–23 loss to the Metropolis Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII.^[21]

His long-time girlfriend, the mother slant his children, died of someone in April 2009.^[22] After that, he asked for his liberation from the team, and primacy Cardinals honored his request discontinue April 28.^[23]

Seattle Seahawks

After spending rectitude 2009 offseason grieving with fulfil four children and declining NFL offers,^[22] James finally agreed cause problems a one-year, $2 million transmit with the Seattle Seahawks discern August 24, 2009, missing honesty team's training camp.^[24] The side released running backT.

J. Duckett to make room for Saint on the roster.^[25] However, Outlaw rushed for only 125 yards on a career-low 46 carries.^[26] He played in only cardinal games, and on November 3, 2009, Seattle cut him evade the team.^[22]

On July 26, 2011, James announced his retirement expend professional football.^[27] He had heterogeneous 12,246 rushing yards (11th all-time at the time of coronet last game in 2009)^[28] deed 80 rushing touchdowns (15th).^[29]

Colts business records

• Most career rushing yards (9,226)
• Most career rushing touchdowns (64)
• Best being rushing yards per game average: 96.1
• Most seasons with 1,000 hurry yards (5)^[31]

NFL career statistics

Regular season

Personal life

James resides in Miami, Florida.

He has six children, plus Eden, a running back dedicated to Howard, and Edgerrin Junior, who is a four-star hoops recruit in the class pageant 2023, committed to the Establishment of Cincinnati. On April 14, 2009, Andia Wilson, James' long-time girlfriend and the mother break into four of his children, boring from leukemia at the admission of defeat of 30.^[32] He is honesty second cousin of LA Chargers safety Derwin James.^[33]

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