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Primary Mark<br />
VETERANS<br />
DeSHAWN<br />
WYNN<br />
RUNNING BACK<br />
FLORIDA<br />
Ht: 5-10 Wt: 232<br />
Third <strong>NFL</strong> Season<br />
Third Packers Season<br />
Born: October 9, 1983<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> Gm. Played/Started: 12/4<br />
Acquired: FA-08 (D7a-07)<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
WYNN COACHES COMMUNITY<br />
LAMBEAU RECORDS &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
MISC. FIELD HISTORY 2008 REVIEW FREE AGENTS<br />
Seventh-round pick<br />
who battled injuries as<br />
a rookie in ’07 and spent<br />
time on the practice squad last season before working his<br />
way back to the active roster...Will look to <strong>com</strong>pete once<br />
again for a backup role behind Ryan Grant…Bounced back<br />
PRO<br />
career<br />
from being waived during training camp<br />
by impressing coaches during his time on<br />
the practice squad…Saw his most extensive<br />
playing time in the final two games in<br />
2008, including season finale vs. Detroit when he posted<br />
a career-high 106 yards, highlighted by a career-long 73-<br />
yard TD run…As a rookie in ’07, suffered a season-ending<br />
shoulder injury in the seventh game, and was the team’s<br />
leading rusher before sustaining the injury…Almost didn’t<br />
make the team out of training camp, missing several early<br />
practices with a stomach virus and then sitting out the first<br />
three preseason games with a quadriceps injury…Earned<br />
his roster spot with 54 yards rushing on 21 carries in preseason<br />
finale at Tennessee (Aug. 30) and then quickly made<br />
his mark with two rushing touchdowns in Week 2 at N.Y.<br />
Giants (Sept. 16)…Went on to rush 50 times for 203 yards<br />
(4.1 avg.) and four TDs before sustaining a shoulder injury<br />
on the first play of the second quarter at Denver (Oct. 29),<br />
ending his season…With Brandon Jackson selected five<br />
rounds earlier in the same draft, became just the second<br />
running back drafted by the Packers since 2002…Finished<br />
his college career at Florida by helping lead the Gators to<br />
the BCS National Championship, averaging 4.9 yards per<br />
carry as a senior to lead a backfield-by-<strong>com</strong>mittee with<br />
699 rushing yards and five TDs…Went to Florida as a prep<br />
All-American out of Cincinnati, posting three 2,000-yard,<br />
30-TD seasons in four years at Reading H.S.<br />
2008 season<br />
Played in five games after spending<br />
the early part of the season on<br />
the team’s practice squad…Saw most extensive action of<br />
the season in final two games, and posted 110 rushing<br />
yards and a TD on eight carries…Waived by Packers during<br />
training camp on Aug. 25, but was re-signed to the<br />
practice squad Aug. 31…Spent first five weeks of the season<br />
on the practice squad before being signed to the active<br />
roster Oct. 11, where he remained the rest of the season…<br />
Inactive for six games, including at New Orleans (Nov. 24)<br />
and vs. Houston (Dec. 7) after sustaining calf injury during<br />
Nov. 20 practice…At Seattle (Oct. 12): Handled<br />
third-down back duties with Jackson inactive due to illness.<br />
Signed from the practice squad just the day before,<br />
provided key blitz pickup on Aaron Rodgers’ 45-yard TD<br />
pass to WR Greg Jennings when he blocked S Brian Russell<br />
<strong>com</strong>ing up the middle. Also made a tackle on special<br />
teams…At Chicago (Dec. 22): Served as third-down<br />
back with Jackson inactive (wrist). Caught a slant for 7<br />
yards in the fourth quarter, and then picked up 4 yards on<br />
carry on 4th-and-1 at the Chicago 9 on a drive that was<br />
capped off with a Mason Crosby field goal…Vs. Detroit<br />
(Dec. 28): Rushed for a career-high 106 yards on just<br />
seven carries (15.1 avg.). With his seven attempts, tied for<br />
the second-fewest carries needed to reach 100 yards in a<br />
game in team history. Took pitch from Rodgers 73 yards<br />
down the right sideline for a touchdown midway through<br />
252<br />
►►Rushed for a career-high 106<br />
yards in ’08 season finale vs.<br />
Detroit (Dec. 28), and along<br />
with Ryan Grant, became only<br />
the second Packers runningback<br />
tandem since 1985 to<br />
each rush for 100 yards in the<br />
same game.<br />
at a glance…<br />
►►Led the Packers in rushing<br />
through the first six games as a rookie in ’07 before a shoulder<br />
injury in the seventh game ended his season.<br />
►►Joined Brandon Jackson, selected five rounds earlier in the<br />
same draft, as just the second RB chosen by the Packers<br />
since 2002.<br />
►►Florida’s leading ground-gainer in 2005 and 2006, including<br />
its national championship season.<br />
►►Among freshmen in Florida annals, his seven rushing TDs<br />
in 2003 ranked third in school history, trailing only Emmitt<br />
Smith (13 in 1987) and Fred Taylor (eight in 1994).<br />
the first quarter. The TD run was the longest of his career<br />
and the longest run by the Packers on the season. Along<br />
with Grant, became only the second Packers running-back<br />
tandem since 1985 to each rush for 100 yards in the same<br />
game.<br />
2007<br />
Playing in the season’s first seven games with<br />
four starts, was the team’s leading rusher with<br />
50 carries for 203 yards and four touchdowns before a<br />
shoulder injury ended his season…Also had nine receptions<br />
for 73 yards…Left the Week 8 game at Denver (Oct.<br />
29) with a shoulder injury after his first carry, on the first<br />
play of the second quarter, and was placed on IR the next<br />
day…Missed a handful of early training camp practices<br />
with a stomach virus, then suffered a quadriceps injury<br />
early in camp during an Aug. 7 night practice and missed<br />
the first three preseason games…Returned to practice<br />
Aug. 26 and played most of the preseason finale at Tennessee<br />
(Aug. 30), rushing for a team-high 54 yards on 21<br />
carries to earn a roster spot…Vs. Philadelphia (Sept.<br />
9): Served as the third-down back in <strong>NFL</strong> debut. Made his<br />
first <strong>NFL</strong> reception on third-and-10 in the third quarter,<br />
grabbing a short flip pass from Brett Favre and scampering<br />
18 yards; the drive ended with a 37-yard Crosby field goal,<br />
tying the score 13-13. Also had one rush for 8 yards…<br />
At New York Giants (Sept. 16): Carried 10 times for<br />
50 yards and two touchdowns, and caught two passes for<br />
18 yards; also served as a kick returner (one return for 15<br />
yards). Scored his first TD on a second-quarter draw play,<br />
bouncing off a defender as he crossed the goal line to give<br />
Green Bay a 7-0 lead. On his second score, made a cutback<br />
move off left tackle and burst ahead for a 38-yard TD, juking<br />
past one defender and stiff-arming another as he finished<br />
the run. Picked up 10 yards on a third-and-9 reception<br />
in the second quarter…At Minnesota (Sept. 30):<br />
Made his first career start, with Jackson inactive due to a<br />
shin injury; rushed 10 times for 20 yards and caught two<br />
balls for 10 yards…Vs. Chicago (Oct. 7): Had a gamehigh<br />
78 rushing yards on 13 attempts, with one catch for<br />
13 yards. On the Packers’ first drive, rushed four times for<br />
59 yards and a TD; picked up 44 yards on a carry off right<br />
guard — the longest offensive play of the game — and
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