Jamaal Charles

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Jamaal Charles
Jamaal Charles 2017.JPG
Jamaal Charles in the 2017 Denver Broncos jersey
Position (s):
running back
Jersey numbers:
25, 28. 31
born on December 27, 1986
Career information
Active : 2008 - 2018
NFL Draft : 2008 / Round: 3 / Pick: 73
College : Texas
Teams
Career statistics
Running attempts     1,401
erlaufene yards     7,556
average     5.4 yards
Pass catches     308
Yards in passing     2,586
Touchdowns total     64
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
college
NFL

Jamaal Rashaad Jones Charles (* 27. December 1986 in Port Arthur , Texas ) is a former American American football poker players in the National Football League (NFL). He played nine years for the Kansas City Chiefs and one season each for the Denver Broncos and Jacksonville Jaguars as running back .

college

Charles attended the University of Texas at Austin and not only played for their team, the Longhorns, college football , but was also part of the athletics team, where he also celebrated numerous successes on the short distance . In the first year he was able to win the state championship with the Longhorns . Further titles and numerous personal awards followed.

NFL

Kansas City Chiefs (2008-2016)

In the 2008 NFL Draft , he was selected in the third round by the Kansas City Chiefs . He was already used regularly in his rookie year. While his yield with 357 run and 272 yards in the passing game was not particularly impressive on a touchdown , his average of 5.3 yards per run attempt was outstanding. With the exception of the 2011 season, when he was only able to play two games due to an injury to the cruciate ligament , he ran over 1,000 yards every year thereafter until 2014.

He holds a number of franchise records and has been nominated to the Pro Bowl four times . In the summer of 2014 he signed a new two-year contract in the amount of 18.1 million US dollars and was thus one of the highest-paid running backs in the league.

Charles was released into the Free Agency by the Chiefs on February 28, 2017 .

Denver Broncos (2017)

On May 2, 2017 Charles signed a one-year contract with the Denver Broncos with a content of up to 3.75 million US dollars .
In 14 games he was able to run 296 yards and achieve a touchdown. After the season ended, his contract was no longer renewed.

Jacksonville Jaguars (2018)

After the fifth match day of the 2018 season , the Jacksonville Jaguars signed Charles for a year, his engagement was related to numerous injuries in the Jaguars team in the running back position.

On May 1, 2019, he announced his resignation. He had received a contract from the Chiefs for that one day so that he could say goodbye to active sport as a member of this team.

Web links

Commons : Jamaal Charles  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Statistics on sports-reference.com, accessed on May 11, 2015
  2. Report on nfl.com from July 23, 2014, accessed on May 11, 2015
  3. ^ Chiefs Release RB Jamaal Charles. (No longer available online.) In: www.chiefs.com. February 28, 2017, archived from the original on May 6, 2017 ; accessed on April 14, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.chiefs.com
  4. ^ Jamaal Charles signs with Broncos after 9 years with the Chiefs. In: www.sbnation.com. May 2, 2017, accessed May 3, 2017 .
  5. Report of USA Today on March 26, 2018. Retrieved on September 14, 2018
  6. Charles to the Jaguars ; espn.com; Accessed October 9, 2018
  7. ^ Report on nfl.com from May 1, 2019; accessed on May 22, 2019 (English)