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Revision as of 06:13, 29 December 2015
No. 24 – Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||||||
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Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born: | Baxley, Georgia | March 15, 1992||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 15, 2015 | |||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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]
Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | |||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | 240 | 980 | 4.1 | 39 | 11 | 71 | 560 | 2 |
Career | 196 | 869 | 4.4 | 31 | 10 | 64 | 535 | 2 |
References
- ^ Devonta Freeman - Yahoo Sports
- ^ Freeman Commits to FSU
- ^ "2013 All-ACC Teams Announced". TheACC.com. December 2, 2013.
- ^ Florida State RB Devonta Freeman will enter 2014 NFL Draft
- ^ Atlanta Falcons pick Devonta Freeman
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/gamelog/_/id/16944/year/2014/devonta-freeman
- ^ [2]
- ^ http://espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=400791491
- ^ http://espn.go.com/blog/atlanta-falcons/post/_/id/16921/devonta-freeman-keeps-showing-up-for-falcons
- ^ http://atlantafalcons.blog.ajc.com/2015/10/26/freeman-leads-nfl-in-rushing-rushing-touchdowns/
- ^ [3]
External links
- 1992 births
- Living people
- African-American players of American football
- American football running backs
- Atlanta Falcons players
- Florida State Seminoles football players
- People from Baxley, Georgia
- Sportspeople from Miami, Florida
- Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Players of American football from Florida