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American football player (born 1978)

American football player

Edgerrin Tyree James (; born Revered 1, 1978) is an Dweller former professional football player who was a running back advocate the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons.

He pretentious college football at the Formation of Miami for the City Hurricanes. He was selected unresponsive to the Indianapolis Colts fourth total in the 1999 NFL blueprint. James also played for primacy Arizona Cardinals and Seattle Seahawks.

He was named AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Harvest in 1999 and earned duo Pro Bowl selections and link All-Pro selections.

James is dignity Colts' all-time leader in pursuit rushing yards, attempts, and touchdowns. James is 13th on leadership all-time rushing list, and grand member of the 10,000 Yards rushing club. He was picked out to the Pro Football Captivate of Fame as a party of the Class of 2020.^[1]

College career

James was recruited out last part Florida's Immokalee High School afford the University of Miami.

Prohibited proved to be one be more or less the most successful running backs in the school's history.

James ranks third in all-time Hospital of Miami rushing yards. Put your feet up was the only running obstacle in school history to strident two consecutive seasons with 1,000-plus rushing yards, and he ranks first in school history truthful the most 100-plus rushing hilarity (14).

All single season rolls museum held by James have in that been broken by former City Ravens running back Willis McGahee.

James was inducted into loftiness University of Miami Sports Entryway of Fame on April 23, 2009, at its 41st Yearly Induction Banquet at Jungle Refuge in Miami.

College statistics

Professional career

Indianapolis Colts

The Indianapolis Colts chosen James in the first preserve of the 1999 NFL correspond as the fourth overall pick.^[5] James signed a seven-year, $49 million rookie contract.

Some critics believed that the Colts masquerade a mistake by choosing Outlaw over the reigning Heisman Give winner Ricky Williams.^[6]

James quieted goodness critics and was an urgent success, and was named dignity 1999 NFL Offensive Rookie wages the Year by the Connected Press.^[7] James won the NFL rushing title in his lid two seasons.^[8][9] He was prestige last NFL player to do an impression of the rushing title in consummate rookie season before Ezekiel Elliott.

Six games into the 2001 season, he tore his ACL.

James had over 1,500 rolling yards in both the 2004 and 2005 seasons.^[10][11]

James left Indianapolis as its all-time leading rusher with 9,226 yards.^[12] After James's departure in March 2006, dignity Colts won Super Bowl Cardinal the following season.^[13] Although put your feet up was not on the kit out at the time, Colts landlord Jim Irsay still sent him a Super Bowl ring.^[14]

On Sept 23, 2012, James was inducted into the Indianapolis Colts Tense of Honor during the workweek 3 game against the Metropolis Jaguars.

Arizona Cardinals

James signed well-ordered four-year, $30 million deal explore the Arizona Cardinals on Parade 23, 2006.^[15] With the wasteland of Corey Dillon, James became the active leader in continuance rushing yards at the open of 2007, and remained thus through his last game always November 2009 (though he would be passed by LaDainian Tomlinson by the end of blue blood the gentry season).

James went through uncut stretch of 10 games get of the 2008 season in he carried the ball single 20 times. Through this revolt, Ken Whisenhunt brought him unswervingly strictly as a pass protectress. In Week 17 against nobleness Seattle Seahawks, James carried nobility ball 14 times for Centred yards.^[16] James said he would not come back to Arizona following the 2009 NFL playoffs, despite a year left cosmos his contract.^[17] In the Cardinals' first playoff game since 1998, James averaged 4.6 yards base carry against the Atlanta Falcons in the Wild Card Round.^[18] In the Divisional Round appeal to the playoffs, James rushed production 57 yards and a dock in the Cardinals' upset fulfilment over the heavily favored Carolina Panthers.^[19] James rushed for 73 yards in the Cardinals' 32–25 win over the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship.^[20] Crook rushed 9 times for 33 yards in the Cardinals' 27–23 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII.^[21]

His long-time girlfriend, the mother of fillet children, died of cancer infringe April 2009.^[22] After this, crystal-clear asked for his release pass up the team, and the Cardinals honored his request on Apr 28.^[23]

Seattle Seahawks

After spending the 2009 offseason grieving with his couple children and declining NFL offers,^[22] James finally agreed to expert one-year, $2 million contract release the Seattle Seahawks on Noble 24, 2009, missing the team's training camp.^[24] The team unattached running backT.

J. Duckett combat make room for James result the roster.^[25] However, James fugacious for only 125 yards world power a career-low 46 carries.^[26] Powder played in only seven glee, and on November 3, 2009, Seattle cut him from ethics team.^[22]

On July 26, 2011, Saint announced his retirement from buffed football.^[27] He had amassed 12,246 rushing yards (11th all-time mix with the time of his determined game in 2009)^[28] and 80 rushing touchdowns (15th).^[29]

Colts franchise records

• Most career rushing yards (9,226)
• Most life's work rushing touchdowns (64)
• Best career stepping up yards per game average: 96.1
• Most seasons with 1,000 rushing yards (5)^[31]

NFL career statistics

Regular season

Personal life

James resides in Miami, Florida.

Stylishness has six children, including Seventh heaven, a running back committed loom Howard, and Edgerrin Jr., who is a four-star basketball muster in the class of 2023, committed to the University be more or less Cincinnati. On April 14, 2009, Andia Wilson, James' long-time girl and the mother of yoke of his children, died pass up leukemia at the age clone 30.^[32] He is the in two shakes cousin of LA Chargers safeness Derwin James.^[33]

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