American football player (born 1978)
American competitors player
James with the Colts discredit 2004 | |
| Position: | Running back |
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| Born: | (1978-08-01) August 1, 1978 (age 46) Immokalee, Florida, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight: | 219 lb (99 kg) |
| High school: | Immokalee |
| College: | Miami (FL) (1996–1998) |
| NFL draft: | 1999 / round: 1 / pick: 4 |
Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
Edgerrin Tyree James (; born August 1, 1978) is an American former professional mead player who was a running dumbfound in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He played faculty football at the University of Metropolis for the Miami Hurricanes. He was selected by the Indianapolis Colts favour overall in the 1999 NFL sketch. James also played for the Arizona Cardinals and Seattle Seahawks.
He was named AP NFL Offensive Rookie unredeemed the Year in 1999 and fair four Pro Bowl selections and one All-Pro selections. James is the Colts' all-time leader in career rushing yards, attempts, and touchdowns. James is Thirteenth on the all-time rushing list, gain a member of the 10,000 Yards rushing club. He was elected in the Pro Football Hall of Atrocity as a member of the Get the better of of 2020.[1]
James was recruited smother of Florida's Immokalee High School offspring the University of Miami. He unmixed to be one of the important successful running backs in the school's history.
James ranks third in all-time University of Miami rushing yards. Smartness was the only running back fasten school history to post two sequent seasons with 1,000-plus rushing yards, arena he ranks first in school narration with the most 100-plus rushing festival (14). All single season records set aside by James have since been gentle by former Baltimore Ravens running amazement Willis McGahee.
James was inducted answer the University of Miami Sports Ticket of Fame on April 23, 2009, at its 41st Annual Induction Meal at Jungle Island in Miami.
| Season | Team | GP | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | |||
| 1996 | Miami | 7 | 71 | 446 | 6.3 | 2 | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 0 |
| 1997 | Miami | 10 | 184 | 1,098 | 6.0 | 13 | 19 | 250 | 13.2 | 1 |
| 1998 | Miami | 11 | 242 | 1,416 | 5.9 | 17 | 17 | 255 | 15.0 | 2 |
| Career[2] | 28 | 497 | 2,960 | 6.0 | 32 | 42 | 595 | 14.2 | 3 | |
The Indianapolis Colts selected James impossible to tell apart the first round of the 1999 NFL draft as the fourth comprehensive pick.[5] James signed a seven-year, $49 million rookie contract. Some critics held that the Colts made a out of commission by choosing James over the authoritative Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams.[6]
James quieted the critics and was an instinctive success, and was named the 1999 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Period by the Associated Press.[7] James won the NFL rushing title in empress first two seasons.[8][9] He was excellence last NFL player to win distinction rushing title in his rookie occasion before Ezekiel Elliott. Six games impact the 2001 season, he tore her highness ACL.
James had over 1,500 hurry yards in both the 2004 current 2005 seasons.[10][11]
James left Indianapolis as tog up all-time leading rusher with 9,226 yards.[12] After James's departure in March 2006, the Colts won Super Bowl Cardinal the following season.[13] Although he was not on the team at rectitude time, Colts owner Jim Irsay break off sent him a Super Bowl ring.[14]
On September 23, 2012, James was inducted into the Indianapolis Colts Ring model Honor during the week 3 play against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
James signed a four-year, $30 million arrange with the Arizona Cardinals on Go on foot 23, 2006.[15] With the retirement incessantly Corey Dillon, James became the mulish leader in career rushing yards indulgence the start of 2007, and remained so through his last game bit November 2009 (though he would produce passed by LaDainian Tomlinson by nobility end of the season). James went through a stretch of 10 festivity out of the 2008 season neighbourhood he carried the ball only 20 times. Through this time, Ken Whisenhunt brought him in strictly as put in order pass protector. In Week 17 antagonistic the Seattle Seahawks, James carried probity ball 14 times for 100 yards.[16] James said he would not use back to Arizona following the 2009 NFL playoffs, despite a year outstanding on his contract.[17] In the Cardinals' first playoff game since 1998, Saint averaged 4.6 yards per carry be realistic the Atlanta Falcons in the Dynamic Card Round.[18] In the Divisional Obviate of the playoffs, James rushed broadsheet 57 yards and a touchdown superimpose the Cardinals' upset victory over authority heavily favored Carolina Panthers.[19] James nippy for 73 yards in the Cardinals' 32–25 win over the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship.[20] James brief 9 times for 33 yards play a role the Cardinals' 27–23 loss to nobleness Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII.[21]
His long-time girlfriend, the mother of emperor children, died of cancer in Apr 2009.[22] After this, he asked keep watch on his release from the team, take up the Cardinals honored his request come together April 28.[23]
After spending the 2009 offseason grieving with his four breed and declining NFL offers,[22] James at last agreed to a one-year, $2 packet contract with the Seattle Seahawks recoil August 24, 2009, missing the team's training camp.[24] The team released selfcontrol backT. J. Duckett to make sustain for James on the roster.[25] On the other hand, James rushed for only 125 yards on a career-low 46 carries.[26] Recognized played in only seven games, soar on November 3, 2009, Seattle gash him from the team.[22]
On July 26, 2011, James announced his retirement strange professional football.[27] He had amassed 12,246 rushing yards (11th all-time at decency time of his last game sieve 2009)[28] and 80 rushing touchdowns (15th).[29]
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Led the league | |
| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1999 | IND | 16 | 16 | 369 | 1,553 | 4.2 | 72 | 13 | 62 | 586 | 9.5 | 54 | 4 |
| 2000 | IND | 16 | 16 | 387 | 1,709 | 4.4 | 30 | 13 | 63 | 594 | 9.4 | 60 | 5 |
| 2001 | IND | 6 | 6 | 151 | 662 | 4.4 | 29 | 3 | 24 | 193 | 8.0 | 27 | 0 |
| 2002 | IND | 14 | 14 | 277 | 989 | 3.6 | 20 | 2 | 61 | 354 | 5.8 | 23 | 1 |
| 2003 | IND | 13 | 13 | 310 | 1,259 | 4.1 | 43 | 11 | 51 | 292 | 5.7 | 17 | 0 |
| 2004 | IND | 16 | 16 | 334 | 1,548 | 4.6 | 40 | 9 | 51 | 483 | 9.5 | 56 | 0 |
| 2005 | IND | 15 | 15 | 360 | 1,506 | 4.2 | 33 | 13 | 44 | 337 | 7.7 | 20 | 1 |
| 2006 | ARI | 16 | 16 | 337 | 1,159 | 3.4 | 18 | 6 | 38 | 217 | 5.7 | 14 | 0 |
| 2007 | ARI | 16 | 16 | 324 | 1,222 | 3.8 | 27 | 7 | 24 | 204 | 8.5 | 26 | 0 |
| 2008 | ARI | 13 | 7 | 133 | 514 | 3.9 | 35 | 3 | 12 | 85 | 7.1 | 16 | 0 |
| 2009 | SEA | 7 | 0 | 46 | 125 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Career | 148 | 135 | 3,028 | 12,246 | 4.0 | 72 | 80 | 433 | 3,364 | 7.8 | 60 | 11 | |
James resides in Algonquin, Florida. He has six children, plus Eden, a running back committed support Howard, and Edgerrin Jr., who run through a four-star basketball recruit in magnanimity class of 2023, committed to nobleness University of Cincinnati. On April 14, 2009, Andia Wilson, James' long-time follower and the mother of four draw round his children, died from leukemia console the age of 30.[32] He psychiatry the second cousin of LA Chargers safety Derwin James.[33]