Shane Vereen
| Shane Vereen | |
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Position (s): running back |
Jersey numbers: 29, 34, 35 |
| born on March 2, 1989 | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 2011 - 2017 | |
| NFL Draft : 2011 / Round: 2 / Pick: 56 | |
| College : California | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Running attempts | 356 |
| run yards | 1,489 |
| average | 4.3 |
| Pass catches | 221 |
| Yards in passing | 1,865 |
| Touchdowns total | 19th |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Shane Patrick Henry Vereen (* 2. March 1989 in Valencia , California ) is a former American American football poker players in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the New York Giants and the New England Patriots as a running back . With the latter he was able to win the Super Bowl XLIX .
college
Vereen attended the University of California, Berkeley and played for their team, the Golden Bears , three years of college football , scoring 35 touchdowns .
NFL
New England Patriots
In the 2011 NFL Draft , he was selected in the second round as the 56th player of the New England Patriots . If he was only used sporadically in his rookie season, he received significantly more playing time in the following years. Vereen also had a not inconsiderable share in winning the Super Bowl XLIX , where he started as a starter and got four runs for 13 yards and 12 pass catches for 63 yards.
New York Giants
In early March 2015, he signed a contract with the New York Giants. In three seasons he was able to achieve a total of five touchdowns.
New Orleans Saints
In July 2018, Vereen was signed by the New Orleans Saints , who wanted to strengthen their running back corps after Mark Ingram was suspended for four games. He sustained an injury during training and was released shortly before the start of the regular season .
Private
His brother Brock Vereen also played in the National Football League and was selected by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft .
After your active career
He has been working at FOX as a football commentator since 2019 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics overview on sports-reference.com, accessed on November 6, 2015
- ↑ Super Bowl XLIX-Game Book of the NFL , accessed on 6 November 2015
- ↑ Report ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. on the Giants homepage from March 12, 2015, accessed on November 6, 2015
- ↑ Report on nfl.com from July 18, 2018, accessed on July 18, 2018
- ↑ Report on the Saints homepage of September 1, 2018, accessed on September 22, 2018
- ↑ Report on nbcsports.com from August 21, 2019, accessed on May 20, 2020
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| SURNAME | Vereen, Shane |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vereen, Shane Patrick-Henry (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valencia , California , United States |