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Devonta Freeman
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Freeman in 2014
No. 24 – Atlanta Falcons
Position:Running back
Personal information
Born: (1992-03-15) March 15, 1992 (age 32)
Baxley, Georgia
Height:5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight:206 lb (93 kg)
Career information
College:Florida State
NFL draft:2014 / round: 4 / pick: 103
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
NFL
College
Career NFL statistics as of Week 15, 2015
Rushing attempts:283
Rushing yards:1,155
Rushing average:4.3
Receptions:98
Receiving yards:768
Total TDs:14
Stats at Pro Football Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Devonta Freeman (born March 15, 1992) is an American football running back for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Falcons in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida State.

High school career

Freeman attended Miami Central High School in West Little River, Florida. He helped lead Miami Central to the 2010 Class 6A state title and was named the MVP after gaining 308 yards on 36 carries, falling just 20 yards shy of a state championship game record. As a senior, he ran for Miami-Dade County leading 2,208 yards and 26 touchdowns, and also recorded 663 rushing yards and six touchdowns in the final two games of the state playoffs.

Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, he was rated the 10th best running back in the nation.[1] He committed to Florida State on June 24, 2010.[2]

College career

As a junior in 2013, Freeman was a first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) selection and helped the Seminoles win the 2014 BCS National Championship Game. He rushed for over 1,000 yards on the ground, the first Nole to do so since Warrick Dunn in 1996. Freeman finished the season with career highs in rushing yards (1,016), receiving yards (278) and touchdowns (15) despite splitting carries with James Wilder, Jr. and Karlos Williams in Florida State's backfield. He led the Seminoles in rushing in each of his three seasons in Tallahassee.[3]

On January 11, 2014, he announced he would bypass his senior season and enter the 2014 NFL Draft.[4]

Career Statistics

Rushing Receiving
Year Team Att Yards Avg Long TDs Rec Yards TDs
2011 Florida State 120 579 4.8 41 8 15 111 0
2012 Florida State 111 660 5.9 47 8 10 86 0
2013 Florida State 173 1,016 5.9 60 14 22 278 1
Career 404 2,255 5.6 60 30 47 475 1

Professional career

2014 NFL Draft

He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the fourth round (103rd overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft.[5]

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump
5 ft 8 in
(1.73 m) 		206 lb
(93 kg) 		4.58 s 1.59 s 4.26 s 7.11 s 31.5 in
(0.80 m)		 9 ft 10 in
(3.00 m)
All values from NFL Combine.[6]

Atlanta Falcons

2014 Season

In his rookie season, Freeman shared touches with fellow backs Steven Jackson and Jacquizz Rogers and accumulated 248 rushing yards on 65 carries and 225 receiving yards on 30 receptions. He also recorded 1 receiving and 1 rushing touchdown in weeks 8 and 16 respectively. [7] He chose to wear number 24 as a tribute to his late aunt, who was only 24 years old when she died of a heart attack.[8]

2015 Season

After recording just 43 rushing yards over the first two games, Freeman received his first career NFL start at RB on September 27, 2015 against the Dallas Cowboys, rushing for 141 yards and 3 touchdowns on 30 carries.[9] The next week he rushed for 3 touchdowns again against the Houston Texans. In the following game, he rushed for a career-high 153 yards to start a three game streak of 100 yard performances from week 4-7. [10] This made him the league rushing leader through the first seven weeks with 621 yards and the league leader for rushing touchdowns with 9.[11] Devonta Freeman on week 11 and currently the NFL's third-leading rusher, piled up 43 yards off three carries before leaving in the first half of Sunday's game with a concussion.

Career Statistics [12]

Rushing Receiving
Year Team Att Yards Avg Long TDs Rec Yards TDs
2014 Atlanta Falcons 65 248 3.8 31 1 30 225 1
2015 Atlanta Falcons 131 621 4.7 25 9 34 310 1
Career 196 869 4.4 31 10 64 535 2

References

  1. ^ Devonta Freeman - Yahoo Sports
  2. ^ Freeman Commits to FSU
  3. ^ "2013 All-ACC Teams Announced". TheACC.com. December 2, 2013.
  4. ^ Florida State RB Devonta Freeman will enter 2014 NFL Draft
  5. ^ Atlanta Falcons pick Devonta Freeman
  6. ^ [1]
  7. ^ http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/gamelog/_/id/16944/year/2014/devonta-freeman
  8. ^ [2]
  9. ^ http://espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=400791491
  10. ^ http://espn.go.com/blog/atlanta-falcons/post/_/id/16921/devonta-freeman-keeps-showing-up-for-falcons
  11. ^ http://atlantafalcons.blog.ajc.com/2015/10/26/freeman-leads-nfl-in-rushing-rushing-touchdowns/
  12. ^ [3]

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