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finished the drive on a 2-yard, leaping score for his first TD<br />
at Lambeau and a 7-0 Green Bay lead. Added one reception<br />
for 13 yards. Missed parts of the game due to cramping…<br />
At Denver (Oct. 29): Left the game in the second quarter<br />
with a shoulder injury and did not return…2007 Draft:<br />
The first of two seventh-round picks by the Packers, was<br />
the 228th overall selection and the 20th running back taken…Became<br />
the first running back from the University of<br />
Florida selected by the Packers since Mike Rich was picked<br />
in the 12th round in 1972.<br />
college<br />
Finished his collegiate career with 446<br />
rushes for 2,077 yards and 25 TDs, topping<br />
500 yards rushing in three of four seasons…Also had<br />
35 receptions for 376 yards and three scores…Posted five<br />
100-yard rushing games during his career…Majored in<br />
sociology…Senior season (2006): The leading rusher<br />
for the 2006 national champions with 699 yards and five<br />
touchdowns on 143 carries…Started 11 of 14 games and<br />
averaged 4.9 yards per carry…Added six receptions for<br />
58 yards in backfield-by-<strong>com</strong>mittee…In the BCS National<br />
Championship, closed his career with a team-high 69 yards<br />
on 19 carries, including a 2-yard TD in a 41-14 win over<br />
Ohio State (Jan. 8)…Junior season (2005): Had 130<br />
carries for 621 yards (4.8 avg.) and seven TDs, playing in<br />
11 games with six starts…Also posted 12 receptions for<br />
161 yards with two TDs…Had his second career fourtouchdown<br />
game, scoring on a 16-yard reception and three<br />
rushes in 49-28 win at Kentucky (Sept. 24)…Sophomore<br />
season (2004): During injury-shortened season, ran for<br />
217 yards on 58 carries (3.7 avg.) with five TDs…Added<br />
five receptions for 75 yards…Played in eight games and<br />
missed the final four contests with a groin injury…Redshirt<br />
freshman season (2003): Played in all 13 games<br />
as a running back and special-teams performer…Led Gators<br />
with seven rushing TDs, finishing with 540 yards on<br />
115 carries (4.7 avg.)…Among freshmen in school annals,<br />
VETERANS<br />
his seven rushing TDs ranked third in school history, trailing<br />
only Emmitt Smith (13 in 1987) and Fred Taylor (eight<br />
in 1994)…Was one-third of only the second trio of backs in<br />
UF history to rush for 500-plus yards in the same season,<br />
<strong>com</strong>bining with Ran Carthon and Ciatrick Fason for 1,718<br />
rushing yards…Led the team in rushing four times…In<br />
only his second collegiate game, at No. 3 Miami (Sept. 6),<br />
reached 100 yards on eight carries (12.5 avg.), and opened<br />
the second half with a 65-yard TD around right end…<br />
Scored four TDs, including one on a reception, in 63-3 win<br />
vs. Florida A&M (Sept. 13).<br />
personal<br />
Given name DeShawn Wynn…Born in<br />
Cincinnati, Ohio…Single…During his<br />
final two years at Florida (2005-06), his position coach was<br />
former Packers assistant Stan Drayton…High school:<br />
One of the nation’s elite backs after his senior year, totaled<br />
2,283 yards (9.3 avg.) on 246 carries with 30 TDs at Cincinnati’s<br />
Reading High School in 2001…A consensus All-<br />
American, also garnered a spot on the prestigious Parade<br />
All-America Team…Regarded by National Bluechips as<br />
the nation’s No. 1 speed running back, also was selected<br />
to PrepStar’s Dream Team and SuperPrep’s All-America<br />
squad…Topped 2,000 yards and 30 TDs in three of his four<br />
prep seasons…Also played linebacker and safety, lettering<br />
four years in football…Also lettered three years in basketball<br />
and three seasons in track…Community involvement:<br />
Has participated in the Edgar Bennett Celebrity<br />
Bowl-A-Thon, the Donald Driver Celebrity Softball Game,<br />
the Greg Jennings Foundation golf tournament and is a<br />
member of the ‘Green Machine’ basketball team in the offseason…Hobbies/interests:<br />
Hobbies include bowling,<br />
assorted outdoors activities and playing video games, especially<br />
‘NBA Live’…Enjoys watching movies, and lists Man<br />
on Fire as his favorite…Residence: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
COMMUNITY COACHES WYNN<br />
DRAFT &<br />
FREE AGENTS<br />
DeSh a w n Wy n n’s Pr o St a t i s t i c s<br />
RUSHING<br />
RECEIVING<br />
Year Team GP GS Att Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
2007 Green Bay. ............7 4 50 203 4.1 44 4 9 73 8.1 18 0<br />
2008 Green Bay. ............5 0 8 110 13.8 73t 1 3 30 10.0 16 0<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> totals (two years) ....12 4 58 313 5.4 73t 5 12 103 8.6 18 0<br />
On injured reserve for Packers’ two games during ’07 playoffs<br />
WYNN’S SINGLE-GAME<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> debut: vs. Philadelphia, 9/9/07<br />
CAREER HIGHS<br />
First <strong>NFL</strong> start: at Minnesota, 9/30/07<br />
First <strong>NFL</strong> touchdown: at N.Y. Giants, 9/16/07 (6 yards)<br />
Rushing<br />
Attempts ........................13,<br />
vs. Chi. (10/7/07) and vs. Was., 10/14/07)<br />
Yards ..........106, vs. Det., (12/28/08)<br />
Long. ..........73t, vs. Det., (12/28/08)<br />
TD Runs. ...........2, at NYG (9/16/07)<br />
CAREER TRANSACTIONS<br />
u2007 Selected by Green Bay Packers as first of two seventhround<br />
choices (228th overall) in ’07 <strong>NFL</strong> Draft,<br />
April 29…Signed first contract, June 20…Placed on<br />
injured reserve (shoulder), Oct. 30.<br />
u2008 Waived by Packers, Aug. 25...Re-signed to Packers<br />
practice squad, Aug. 31...Signed by Packers to active<br />
roster, Oct. 11.<br />
Receiving<br />
Receptions ..........3, vs. SD (9/23/07)<br />
Yards ............18, at NYG, (9/16/07)<br />
Long. ............. 18, vs. Phi. (9/9/07)<br />
2008 REVIEW HISTORY<br />
RECORDS &<br />
LAMBEAU<br />
FIELD<br />
MISC.<br />
Total Offense ....122, vs. Det. (12/28/08)<br />
253<br />
CURRENT CONTRACT EXPIRATION: After 2009
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