Eddie George
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Position (s): running back |
Jersey number (s): 27 |
| born on September 24, 1973 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania | |
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| Active : 1996 - 2004 | |
| NFL Draft : 1996 / Round: 1 / Pick: 14 | |
| College : Ohio State | |
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| Yards in the running game | 10,441 |
| Cut per run | 3.6 |
| Touchdowns | 78 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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| College Football Hall of Fame | |
Edward Nathan "Eddie" George Jr. (* 24. September 1973 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is a former American American football poker players in the position of running backs . He played with the Houston Oilers (later Tennesse Titans) and the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL).
college
George played college football for Ohio State Buckeyes Football , where he set a new record for Ohio State University in his senior year (1995) with 1,927 yards and 24 touchdowns . He caught 44 passes that year for an additional 399 yards and one more touchdown. Ohio State finished the season with a record of ten wins and two defeats and Eddie George won the Heisman Trophy with the previously scarcest result of all elections Tommie Frazier , the quarterback of the University of Nebraska .
NFL
Houston Oilers / Tennessee Titans
After the season, George was selected in the 1995 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers in the first round as the 14th player. In his first year he ran 1,368 yards, scored eight touchdowns and won the NFL Rookie of the Year Award at the end of the season . In the 1999 season he moved with his, the interval through the Tennessee relocated and Titans renamed, team in the Super Bowl XXXIV one, they against the St. Louis Rams lost with 16:23. From the 1997 season through the 2000 season, George was elected to the Pro Bowl four times in a row . He played for the Oilers / Titans in every regular season game from his draft through the end of the 2003 season . He ran more than 1,000 yards every season except 2001 (939).
Dallas Cowboys
George signed a contract with the Dallas Cowboys on July 23, 2004 after the Titans fired him two days earlier. For the Cowboys he only completed eight games as a starter before ending his active career after his only season for the Cowboys. For the Cowboys, he only ran 432 yards and four touchdowns.
In his NFL career, George ran for 10,441 yards, caught 268 passes for an additional 2,227 yards, and scored 78 touchdowns (68 runs and ten passes caught).
Honors
On May 16, 2011, Eddie George's induction into the College Football Hall of Fame was announced. His jersey number # 27 was withdrawn on September 15, 2019 in the game against the Indianapolis Colts during the halftime show and cannot be used by any other player.
Web links
- Eddie George in nndb (English)
- Eddie George Enterprises - About Eddie
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eddie George wins sixth Heisman Trophy for OSU. ( Memento from December 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ College Football Hall tabs Class of 2011. ESPN.com, May 17 - Retrieved December 17, 2011.
- Jump up ↑ Mike Organ: Titans greats Eddie George and Steve McNair jersey numbers retired. In: tennessean.com. September 15, 2019, accessed November 2, 2019 .
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| SURNAME | George, Eddie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | George, Edward Nathan Jr. (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States |