Marshall Faulk

Marshall Faulk
Marshall Faulk
Position (s): running back	Jersey number (s): 28
born on February 26, 1973 in New Orleans , Louisiana
Career information
Active : 1994 - 2006
NFL Draft : 1994 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2
College : San Diego State University
Teams
Indianapolis Colts (1994-1998) St. Louis Rams (1999-2006)
Career statistics
erlaufene yards	12,279
Average per run	4.3
Touchdowns	136
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
7 × Pro Bowl ( 1994 , 1995 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 ) 6 × All-Pro selection (1994, 1995, 1998, 1999-2001) 1st + 2nd team Super Bowl Winner ( XXXIV ) Most Valuable Player Award (2000) 3 × NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1999, 2000, 2001) Bert Bell Award (2001) NFL Rookie of the Year (1994) Pro Bowl MVP (1994) Rams MVP (1999-2001) Back number no longer assigned by the Rams 3 × All-American in college (1991–1993)
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame

Marshall William Faulk (* 26. February 1973 in New Orleans , Louisiana ) is a former American American football poker players in the position of running backs . He played with the St. Louis Rams and the Indianapolis Colts in the National Football League (NFL).

Player career

college

Faulk began his career with the San Diego State Aztecs of the San Diego State University college team in 1991 . Although the first year on a college team is usually used to introduce the player to the game system, the rookie Faulk scored seven touchdowns in his second game under his head coach Al Luginbill in a space gain of 386 yards achieved by running game . In 1994 Luginbill migrated to the World League of American Football . Faulk took this coaching change as an opportunity to face the NFL Draft a year earlier than normal . In college he had gained a total of 4589 yards in three years of play.

Professional career

Indianapolis Colts

Faulk was selected by the Colts in the 1994 NFL Draft as the second player behind defensive tackle Dan Wilkinson . The Colts had been desperately looking for a running back. Her running game under head coach Ted Marchibroda had previously been the worst in the league for three years. With Faulk, the team's offense developed into the fourth best in the league in 1994 . In 1995 the Colts were able to move into the AFC Championship Game against the Pittsburgh Steelers , but had to admit defeat at 16:20. Faulk was not featured in this game due to an injury. In 1996 the Colts were able to reach the play-offs again , but Faulk had little time due to an injury. Although Faulk performed well in the 1997 and 1998 rounds, these went very badly for the Colts. Faulk's contract expired after 1998 and he asked for higher salaries. Since these were not granted to him, he did not take part in the preparation for the season. The Colts therefore decided, in order not to endanger the chemistry in their team, to hand him over to the Rams.

St. Louis Rams

Faulk would prove to be an ideal addition to the aggressive, fast attacking game of the St. Louis Rams , which would go down in NFL history as the Greatest Show on Turf . Faulk not only had outstanding ball carrier skills, but was also able to catch a pass and carry it into the opponent's end zone . Rams head coach Dick Vermeil managed to build the best attacking team in the league with other key players such as quarterback Kurt Warner , wide receivers Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce or German offensive line player Tom Nütten . Faulk gained 1,381 yards of space from running play and 1,048 yards of space from passing play during his first regular season in St. Louis . He scored a total of twelve touchdowns . The move into the Super Bowl followed the offensive season of the Rams. The Tennessee Titans then had to admit defeat to the Rams at 16:23 in Super Bowl XXXIV . The Titans managed to stop the runner Faulk, but they couldn't stop the pass recipient Faulk so well, he was able to catch five passes for a gain of 90 yards.

The next two years were also successful for Rams under their new coach Mike Martz , although they could no longer achieve the great success of winning a Super Bowl. Faulk remained one of the league's top attacking players, scoring a total of 21 touchdowns in 2001. This year the Rams had to admit defeat to the aspiring New England Patriots with 17:20 in the final, the Super Bowl XXXVI , which they reached again . Faulk had again convinced in the attacking game of the Rams this year and gained 1,359 yards by running play and 830 yards by passing play. After a weak year for the Rams in 2002, they made it into the play-offs again in 2003 and 2004 . In 2005 they retired early after the regular season. Faulk's form curve and personal statistics showed a steady decline after the 2003 season. In 2006, the Rams reported their star player injured. Faulk did not take up his playing career after 12,279 run yards and 136 run and captured touchdowns in the regular season.

Honors (selection)

Faulk has received numerous awards. His shirt number 28 is no longer assigned by the Rams. In addition to awards as rookie ( NFL Rookie of the Year ), he was voted the most valuable player ( NFL Most Valuable Player Award (MVP)) of the entire season and attacking player of the year in 2000. The latter election for NFL Offensive Player of the Year he won in 1999 and 2001. Faulk was elected seven times in the Pro Bowl , the final game of the best players of the season. In 1994 he was named the game's MVP . The American press voted him six times for the All Pro Team and in 2001 he received the Bert Bell Award . He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011 after the minimum period of five years . In 2017 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame with ten other former players .

After the career

Faulk now works as a presenter and analyst for football games for American television.

Others

Faulk is a distant relative of Kevin Faulk , who was a running back contract with the New England Patriots from 1999 to 2011 and who won Super Bowl XXXVI , Super Bowl XXXVIII, and Super Bowl XXXIX with them .

Web links

• Marshall Faulk in the nndb (English)
• Homepage of Marshall Faulk
• Statistics by Marshall Faulk

source

• Jens Plassmann: NFL - American Football. The game, the stars, the stories (= Rororo 9445 rororo Sport ). Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-19445-7 .