Lance Dunbar
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| Running back / return specialist | |
| Date of birth: January 25, 1990 | |
| Place of birth: New Orleans , Louisiana | |
| Height: 1.73 m | Weight: 88 kg |
| NFL debut | |
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| 2012 for the Dallas Cowboys | |
| Career | |
| College : North Texas | |
| Not drafted in 2012 | |
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| Current status: Free Agent | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2017 season |
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| Runs | 105 |
| Space gain | 473 yards |
| Captured passports | 69 |
| Space gain | 647 yards |
| Returns | 517 yards |
| Touchdowns total | 2 |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
Lance Dunbar Jr. (born January 25, 1990 in New Orleans , Louisiana ) is an American American football player on the position of running back and is also used as a returner in the special teams . He is currently a free agent in the National Football League (NFL).
college
Dunbar played for the University of North Texas from 2008 to 2011 . He's been a very solid running back in college football for the past three years and has set multiple records at the Sun Belt Conference .
In total , he ran 4,224 yards in the four years at college and scored 41 touchdowns . He also caught a total of 97 balls for 1,033 yards and 8 touchdowns.
NFL
In the 2012 NFL Draft , Dunbar was initially not selected by any team because there were doubts whether he could be successful as a running back in the NFL with his small height . Eventually he was signed by the Dallas Cowboys before the 2012 NFL season after he could prove himself in their training team.
Dallas Cowboys
Dunbar played a total of five seasons with the Cowboys. During this entire time he was always employed as a so-called third-down-back and return specialist , where the cowboys were able to take advantage of his enormous speed and agility due to his size.
During the 4th game week of the 2015 season , Dunbar tore the anterior cruciate ligament and the inner collateral ligament in his left knee joint and had to end the season prematurely.
Before the 2016 season , on March 17, 2016, Dunbar extended his contract with the Cowboys by one year.
Los Angeles Rams
After spout his last contract with the Cowboys signed Dunbar on 16 March 2017 a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Rams at a level of 3 million US dollars . With the Rams he was taken under contract to take on similar sporting tasks as with the Cowboys, the Rams wanted to use him even more often as a third-down-back and drew comparisons to Chris Thompson .
Even before the start of the 2017 regular season , Dunbar had to be put on the PUP list on July 28, 2017 due to persistent knee problems .
On November 11, 2017, Dunbar was added to the active squad and was used for the first time for the Rams in the regular season on matchday 10 .
After the 2017 season, his contract with the Rams was not renewed, so Dunbar became a free agent .
NFL statistics
| season | team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | Punt returns | Kickoff returns | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | PR | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | KR | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Fum | Lost | ||||||||
| 2012 | Dallas Cowboys | 12 | 0 | 21st | 75 | 3.6 | 18th | 0 | 6th | 33 | 5.5 | 14th | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 261 | 21.8 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 2013 | Dallas Cowboys | 9 | 0 | 30th | 150 | 5.0 | 45 | 0 | 7th | 59 | 8.4 | 17th | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 2014 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 0 | 29 | 99 | 3.4 | 14th | 0 | 18th | 217 | 12.1 | 40 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2015 | Dallas Cowboys | 4th | 0 | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 45 | 0 | 21st | 215 | 10.2 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 4th | 4.0 | 4th | 0 | 6th | 146 | 24.3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2016 | Dallas Cowboys | 13 | 0 | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 122 | 7.6 | 16 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 2017 | Los Angeles Rams | 4th | 0 | 11 | 51 | 5.6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 58 | 0 | 105 | 473 | 4.5 | 45 | 2 | 69 | 647 | 9.4 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 4th | 4.0 | 4th | 0 | 23 | 513 | 22.3 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Source: NFL.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b College statistics on sports-reference.com. Retrieved March 19, 2017
- ↑ Practice Squad RB Has Already Had Amazing Journey on dallascowboys.com. October 5, 2012. Retrieved March 19, 2017
- ↑ Cowboys make it official: Place Lance Dunbar on IR on nfl.com. October 10, 2015. Accessed March 19, 2017
- ^ Lance Dunbar agrees to one-year deal with Cowboys on nfl.com. March 17, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2017
- ↑ Alden Gonzalez: Rams sign ex-Cowboy Lance Dunbar as backup running back . March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ↑ Alden Gonzalez: Rams see a role for previously underused Lance Dunbar . March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ↑ Bryan Kalbrosky: Rams have placed Lance Dunbar on physically unable to perform list . July 28, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
- ↑ RotoWire Staff: Rams' Lance Dunbar: Only plays in garbage time . November 13, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Dunbar, Lance |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dunbar, Lance Jr. (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans , Louisiana |