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2009 NFL RUSHING LEADERS
Titans running back Chris Johnson ranked first in the NFL with 2,006
rushing yards in 2009. It was the fifth time in team history a Titans/Oilers
had a league rushing leader. Previously, Billy Cannon led the AFL in 1961
with 948 yards, and Earl Campbell led the NFL in three consecutive seasons
from 1978 through 1980. Campbell’s totals were 1,450 yards, 1,697
yards and 1,934 yards, respectively.
2009 NFL rushing leaders:
Player Team Att Yds Avg Lg TD
1. Chris Johnson Ten 358 2,006 5.6 91t 14
2. Steven Jackson StL 324 1,416 4.4 58 4
3. Thomas Jones NYJ 331 1,402 4.2 71t 14
4. Maurice Jones-Drew Jac 312 1,391 4.5 80t 15
5. Adrian Peterson Min 314 1,383 4.4 64t 18
Titans/Oilers who led the league in rushing:
Year Player Att Yds
2009 Chris Johnson 358 2,006
1980 Earl Campbell 373 1,934
1979 Earl Campbell 302 1,450
1978 Earl Campbell 302 1,450
1961 Billy Cannon 200 948
MORE 2012 TITANS RB HIGHLIGHTS
RB JAMIE HARPER
‣ ¾ The former Clemson product saw action in 13 games as a rookie in
2011 and carried the ball 17 times for 44 yards and a touchdown. He was
a fourth-round pick in the 2011 NFL Draft.
‣ ¾ During the 2012 preseason, he rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns
on 28 carries and added three receptions for 25 yards.
‣ ¾ Against Pittsburgh (10/11), scored his second career touchdown and
his first of 2012 on a one-yard run.
‣ ¾ At Buffalo (10/21), scored a pair of touchdowns, each on one-yard
runs. His first put the Titans ahead 21-14 in the second quarter, and in the
third quarter, he put the Titans up 28-20. It marked his first career multipletouchdown
game. He totaled eight yards on seven carries against the Bills.
‣ ¾ At Green Bay (12/23), rushed six times for 19 yards.
RB DARIUS REYNAUD
‣ ¾ The former undrafted free agent from West Virginia signed with the
Titans in January 2012. He has three previous years and 23 regular season
games of experience under his belt with the Minnesota Vikings and New
York Giants.
‣ ¾ During the 2012 preseason, Reynaud was the team’s leader in rushing
yards (146), rushing average (6.1), punt return yards (152), punt return
average (25.3—also a league high) and kickoff return average (33.3). His
combined total of 456 yards during the preseason ranked fourth in the NFL.
RB JAVON RINGER
‣ ¾ The former Michigan State product has is in his fourth season since
the TItans used a fifth-round draft pick on him in 2009.
‣ ¾ Ringer played in 12 games in 2011 as Chris Johnson’s backup and
ranked second on the team with 185 rushing yards on 59 carries. He also
contributed 28 receptions for 187 yards before landing on injured reserve in
December with a hand injury.
‣ ¾ Against New England (9/9), at San Diego (9/16) and against Detroit
(9/23), he was inactive with an elbow injury.
‣ ¾ Against Pittsburgh (10/11) and at Buffalo (10/21), he was inactive
with a knee injury.
‣ ¾ Placed on injured reserve on Oct. 26 with a knee injury.
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TITANS
TIGHT ENDS
No. Name Ht Wt Exp College
81 Barden, Brandon 6-4 251 R Vanderbilt
88 Stevens, Craig 6-3 268 5 California
84 Thompson, Taylor 6-6 268 R Southern Methodist
#89 • TE JARED COOK
Tight end Jared Cook enjoyed a breakthrough
season in 2011, his third NFL campaign.
Cook played in all 16 games (five starts) in 2011
and set career highs in every receiving category, totaling
759 yards and three touchdowns on 49 receptions.
He ranked third on the team in receptions and
second in receiving yards. His yardage total also
ranked second in franchise history by a tight end,
finishing a close second behind Frank Wycheck’s 768 yards in 1998.
Following a rookie season in which he posted nine receptions for 74
yards, he enjoyed a strong sophomore campaign in 2010 with 29 receptions
for 361 yards and a touchdown. He flourished in the second half of the
2010 season, tying for 10th among NFL tight ends with 26 catches in the
final eight games.
Widely considered one of the top playmakers at his position coming
out of college, the Titans thought highly enough of him that they traded a
2010 second-round draft choice to the New England Patriots to acquire him
in the third round (89th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft.
In a three-year career at South Carolina, Cook caught 73 passes for
1,107 yards (15.2 avg.) and seven touchdowns. In his final season with the
Gamecocks, he earned first-team All-SEC honors.
2012 Highlights:
‣ ¾ Against New England (9/9), led the Titans with 64 yards on four receptions,
including a 35-yard catch on the team’s first offensive snap of the
third quarter.
‣ ¾ Against Detroit (9/23), notched four receptions for 77 yards and a
touchdown before leaving the game in the second quarter with a shoulder
injury. In the second quarter, he recorded the second-longest catch of his
career and scored his fifth career touchdown on a 61-yard pass from Jake
Locker.
‣ ¾ At Houston (9/30), caught three passes for 36 yards, including a long
of 25. Recorded his 100th career catch on a nine-yard pass from Matt Hasselbeck
in the third quarter.
‣ ¾ At Minnesota (10/7), posted five receptions for 37 yards, including a
10-yard touchdown reception from Matt Hasselbeck in the fourth quarter.
‣ ¾ Against Pittsburgh (10/11), had four receptions for 54 yards and provided
one of the contest’s most crucial plays. With 39 seconds remaining in
the fourth quarter and the Titans facing a third-and-five at the 50-yard line,
he caught a pass over the middle and raced 25 yards to help set up the
game-winning field goal two plays later. His heroics came on a day when
his mother, Yulinda Cook, served as the honorary 12th Titan as a representative
of breast cancer survivors.
‣ ¾ At Buffalo (10/21), posted two receptions for 37 yards, including a
long of 29 yards to help set up a second-quarter touchdown.
‣ ¾ Against Indianapolis (10/28), recorded three catches for 45 yards,
including a long of 29 yards.
‣ ¾ At Miami (11/11), recorded his third touchdown of the season with a
leaping grab of a 26-yard pass from Jake Locker in the third quarter.
‣ ¾ At Jacksonville (11/25), led the team with six receptions for 47 yards.
‣ ¾ Against Houston (12/2), posted four receptions for 51 yards, including
a long of 25 yards.
‣ ¾ At Indianapolis (12/9), registered 20 yards and a touchdown on three
receptions. His 18-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter gave him
a career-high four total touchdowns in 2012 (three in 2011). However, he
left the game early against the Colts with a season-ending rotator cuff injury.
‣ ¾ Placed on injured reserve with a rotator cuff injury on Dec. 13.