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43 RB | DARREN SPROLES<br />
VITALS<br />
Height: 5-6<br />
Weight: 190<br />
Date Of Birth: June 20, 1983<br />
Hometown: Olathe, KS<br />
HS: Olathe North<br />
College: Kansas State<br />
NFL Experience: 12th Year<br />
Acquired: T-NO-2014<br />
Draft Pick: D4-05 (130th overall)<br />
by San Diego<br />
RECEIVING STATS<br />
SINCE 2007<br />
Receiving Touchdowns:<br />
29 (1st among NFL RBs)<br />
Receiving Yards:<br />
4,498 (1st among NFL RBs)<br />
Receptions:<br />
509 (2nd among NFL RBs)<br />
NFL CAREER<br />
ALL-PURPOSE YARDAGE<br />
LEADERS<br />
5. Tim Brown (1988-2004) 19,682<br />
6. Marshall Faulk (1994-2005) 19,190<br />
7. Steve Smith Sr. (2001-present) 18,917<br />
8. Darren Sproles (2005-present) 18,811<br />
WEEKLY NFL ACCOLADES<br />
NFC Special Teams POW (9/27/15 at NYJ)<br />
NFC Special Teams POW (11/10/14 vs. Car.)<br />
NFC Special Teams POW (9/28/14 at SF)<br />
NFC Offensive POW (9/15/14 at Ind.)<br />
AFC Special Teams POW (11/11/07 vs. Ind.)<br />
THREE-STEP DROP<br />
If he could play another sport, what team/position: PG, Chicago Bulls<br />
Three favorite throwback jerseys: LaDainian Tomlinson, Chargers; Steve<br />
Atwater, Broncos; Marshall Faulk, Rams<br />
Left starstruck: Meeting Michael Jordan at NBA All-Star Weekend in Houston<br />
Biggest pet peeve: Liars<br />
Talent he’d most like to have: Ability to play drums<br />
Actor that would play him in a movie: Omar Epps<br />
If he could be any superhero, he would be: Batman<br />
First job: Working on the assembly line at Culligan Water<br />
Hobby: Golfing<br />
Favorite team growing up: Kansas City Chiefs<br />
Favorite meal: Grandma’s fried chicken<br />
Favorite TV show: The Wire<br />
Pro Bowl: 2015, 2016<br />
One of the most versatile weapons in the NFL, the<br />
Eagles acquired Darren Sproles in a trade with the<br />
New Orleans Saints and signed the back to a twoyear<br />
extension during the 2014 offseason. In July<br />
2016, Sproles signed his second Eagles contract: a<br />
one-year extension that will keep him in Philadelphia<br />
through 2017. The multi-dimensional threat at<br />
running back, receiver and returner has led the NFL<br />
in all-purpose yards since 2007 and all running backs<br />
in receiving touchdowns and receiving yards during<br />
that span. One of the league’s premier return men<br />
since entering the league as a fourth-round pick of<br />
the Chargers in 2005, Sproles has nine career return<br />
touchdowns on both punts (seven) and kickoffs (two).<br />
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS<br />
• Leads the NFL with 17,115 all-purpose yards since<br />
2007 and is 2nd among all active players in the<br />
category with 18,811 all-purpose yards, trailing<br />
only Steve Smith, Sr. (18,917)<br />
• Is just the second player in NFL history with 500+<br />
career receptions, 500+ career rush attempts and<br />
500+ career kickoff and punt returns, joining Eric<br />
Metcalf (541 receptions, 630 rush attempts, 631<br />
kickoff and punt returns from 1989-2002)<br />
• Has registered 300+ receiving yards in nine<br />
consecutive seasons, marking the longest streak<br />
by an NFL RB since Tiki Barber (1998-2006)<br />
• Ranks 7th in NFL history in combined kick and<br />
punt return yards (11,120) and 8th in kick return<br />
yards (8,350)<br />
• Boasts 9 career return TDs (7 punts and 2 kickoffs),<br />
which ranks tied for 6th all-time and tied for 2nd<br />
among active players with Jacoby Jones, while<br />
trailing only Devin Hester (19). His 7 career punt<br />
return scores are tied for 7th in NFL history<br />
• Ranks 12th in NFL history among running backs<br />
with 29 career receiving touchdowns<br />
• One of the NFL’s premiere threats catching the ball<br />
out of the backfield, leads all NFL RBs since 2007<br />
in receiving touchdowns (29) and receiving yards<br />
(4,498), while ranking 2nd in receptions (509)<br />
• Is one of just four players in NFL history with at<br />
least two games with both a punt return touchdown<br />
and rushing touchdown in the same contest, joining<br />
Gale Sayers, Ockie Anderson and Curly Oden<br />
• Is the only player in NFL history to record 15-<br />
plus rushing touchdowns (19), 25-plus receiving<br />
touchdowns (29) and 5+ punt return touchdowns (7)<br />
over the span of his career<br />
• Ranks tied for 1st in Eagles history in punt return<br />
touchdowns with 4, along with WR DeSean Jackson.<br />
Is the only player in team history to have multiple<br />
seasons with at least 2 punt return scores<br />
• Earned second-team AP All-Pro and Pro Bowl<br />
honors as a punt returner in 2014 after leading<br />
the NFL in punt return average (13.0), punt return<br />
yards (506) and tying for the lead in TDs (two)<br />
• Set an NFL postseason record with 15 catches for<br />
118 yards in a NFC Divisional game at SF (1/14)
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