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Primary Mark<br />
VETERANS<br />
RYAN<br />
GRANT<br />
RUNNING BACK<br />
NOTRE DAME<br />
Ht: 6-1 Wt: 222<br />
Third <strong>NFL</strong> Season<br />
Third Packers Season<br />
Born: December 9, 1982<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> Gm. Played/Started: 31/21<br />
Acquired: T-07 (NYG)<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
GRANT COACHES COMMUNITY<br />
LAMBEAU RECORDS &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
MISC. FIELD HISTORY 2008 REVIEW FREE AGENTS<br />
A virtual unknown<br />
when he was acquired<br />
by the Packers prior to<br />
the start of the 2007 regular season, has emerged as one<br />
of the most productive backs in the league over the last<br />
season and a half…Straight-ahead runner with forward<br />
PRO<br />
career<br />
lean whose one-cut style clearly fit the<br />
offense’s zone-blocking scheme from the<br />
moment he stepped in as the feature back<br />
midway through ’07…Since taking over as<br />
►►Rushed for 1,203 yards in 2008,<br />
the seventh-best single-season<br />
rushing total in franchise history;<br />
also became only the fourth<br />
player in team history to top the<br />
1,200-yard mark in a season.<br />
►►Surpassed 2,000 yards rushing<br />
in just 30 games with the at a glance…<br />
Packers, the third-fastest to do<br />
so in team history (Ahman Green, 25; John Brockington, 26),<br />
despite only rushing six times for 27 yards in his first five<br />
the Packers’ feature back in Week 8 at Denver in 2007, has games with Green Bay.<br />
►►Acquired Sept. 1, 2007, from the N.Y. Giants in exchange for<br />
rushed for 2,132 yards, the third-most in the <strong>NFL</strong> (Adrian<br />
a sixth-round draft choice in 2008.<br />
Peterson, 2,361; Clinton Portis, 2,316)…Surpassed 2,000<br />
►►Set Packers’ playoff records with 201 yards on the ground<br />
yards rushing in just 30 games with the Packers, the thirdfastest<br />
to do so in team history (Ahman Green, 25; John off win over Seattle (Jan. 12, 2008), after fumbling twice in<br />
and three rushing touchdowns in 42-20 NFC Divisional play-<br />
Brockington, 26), despite only rushing six times for 27 the first minute-plus to help stake Seahawks to 14-0 lead.<br />
yards in his first five games with Green Bay…Has nine ►►Stepped in for injured DeShawn Wynn (shoulder) in second<br />
100-yard games in just a season and a half as the starter, quarter of ’07 Monday night game at Denver (Oct. 29) and<br />
which ties him for fifth (with Tony Canadeo) in franchise started rest of year, nearly eclipsing 1,000 yards in barely<br />
history…Needs just one 100-yard game to match No. 4 more than half a season as feature back.<br />
Dorsey Levens and four more to tie No. 3 Brockington… ►►A four-year letterman at Notre Dame, became the 13th run-<br />
Played in all 16 games in ’08 and rushed for 1,203 yards, ning back in school history to top the 2,000-yard mark.<br />
the seventh-best single-season rushing total in franchise<br />
history…Also became only the fourth player in team annals<br />
(5.0 avg.), but was likely the odd man out in a crowded<br />
to top the 1,200-yard mark in a season…His 312 at-<br />
backfield…Missed all of 2006 rehabilitating a severe hand<br />
tempts in 2008 rank fourth for a single season in team history,<br />
injury, which occurred when he slipped on a wet floor<br />
and he was one of only five players in the <strong>NFL</strong> to carry and his left arm went through a glass table at a party…<br />
the ball 300 times on the season…His productivity in ’08 In addition to bleeding profusely, the injury affected the<br />
came even with him battling a hamstring injury early in the tendon, the ulnar nerve and an artery, causing him to lose<br />
season…Sat out the first six days of practice in ’08 training<br />
all feeling in the hand…Surgery was required and during<br />
camp as he had yet to sign his exclusive-rights tender, rehab he was forced to learn how to hold a fork and spoon<br />
before signing long-term extension on Aug. 3…Missed again...Spent all of 2006 on the Giants’ non-football injury<br />
the first three preseason games with the hamstring injury reserve list...Originally signed as a non-drafted free agent<br />
suffered in Aug. 6 practice…Returned to practice field on by the Giants out of Notre Dame, where he became the<br />
Aug. 24 and appeared in preseason finale, playing only one 13th running back in school history to top 2,000 yards…<br />
snap as Aaron Rodgers connected with Greg Jennings on Released in the final roster cutdown and signed to the Giants’<br />
a touchdown pass on the first-team offense’s only play of<br />
practice squad on Sept. 4, 2005, where he spent the<br />
the night…In 2007, took over for injured DeShawn Wynn entire ’05 season.<br />
(shoulder) in second quarter of Monday night game at<br />
Denver (Oct. 29), and went on to post the Packers’ first<br />
Played in every game with 14 starts<br />
2008 season<br />
100-yard rushing performance of the season and four<br />
and led team with 1,203 yards on<br />
more by the end of the regular season…Nearly eclipsed 312 carries (3.9 avg.) despite battling the hamstring injury<br />
1,000 yards, finishing with 956 and eight touchdowns on early in the season…Became only the fourth player in franchise<br />
188 attempts, in barely more than half a season as the primary<br />
history to rush for 1,200 yards in a season, and post-<br />
ballcarrier…Authored tremendous performance in ed four 100-yard rushing games…His 312 attempts rank<br />
42-20 NFC Divisional playoff win vs. Seattle (Jan. 12), setting<br />
fourth for a single season in team history, and he was one<br />
Green Bay postseason records for rushing yards (201) of only five players in the <strong>NFL</strong> to carry the ball 300 times in<br />
and rushing TDs (3), all after fumbling twice in the first ’08…Ranked sixth in the NFC and ninth in the <strong>NFL</strong> in rushing<br />
minute-plus of the game to help the Seahawks take an early<br />
yardage…Both of his non-starts, at Tennessee (Nov.<br />
14-0 lead…Including playoffs, rushed for 1,159 yards and 2) and at Minnesota (Nov. 9), came when team opened up<br />
11 touchdowns in the final 12 games of the season…His with three wide receivers and two tight ends…Vs. Minnesota<br />
929 yards from Week 8 through the end of regular season<br />
(Sept. 8): Led the team with 92 rushing yards<br />
ranked second only to San Diego’s LaDainian Tomlinson on just 12 carries (7.7 avg.), including a 57-yard run in the<br />
(947) during that stretch…Deceptive breakaway speed fourth quarter down to Minnesota’s 2-yard line. The run set<br />
also produced 11 runs of 20-yards-or-more in regular season,<br />
up Rodgers’ QB sneak for a touchdown to give Green Bay<br />
one every 17.1 attempts, the best rate in the <strong>NFL</strong> and a 24-12 lead, and the carry also put Grant over 1,000 yards<br />
well ahead of the runner-up, Minnesota’s Peterson, who for his career…Vs. Atlanta (Oct. 5): Carried the ball<br />
had one every 18.3 carries…Acquired by the Packers in 18 times for 83 yards, with three rushes of 10-plus yards,<br />
a trade with the New York Giants for a sixth-round draft two of which came on Green Bay TD drives…At Seattle<br />
choice on Sept. 1, 2007...Enjoyed a strong preseason in (Oct. 12): Rushed for 90 yards on a career-high 33 carries,<br />
2007 with the Giants, rushing for 90 yards on 18 carries<br />
which is tied for second most in franchise history. It<br />
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