HOW ACQUIRED:
Traded by Buffalo to Seattle for a 2011 fourth-round draft choice and an undisclosed 2012 choice on October 5, 2010. Re-signed to a multi-year contract in 2012.
NFL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
• Originally drafted by Buffalo with the 12th overall selection in the 2007 NFL Draft.
• In 2011, set career highs in rushing yards (1,204), rushing TDs (12) and 100-yard rushing performances (6). Set a club record with at least one TD in 11-straight games breaking Shaun Alexander’s 2005 record of nine. Became Seattle’s first 1,000-yard rusher since Shaun Alexander set a club-record with 1,880 in 2005.
• Set career high with 32 rushes for 109 yards and a TD vs. Baltimore’s (11/13) third-ranked run defense in one of the finest games in 2011. Marked the first time in career rushing for back-to-back 100-yard games. Tied a career high with 58 receiving yards and accounted for 40 yards and the final three first downs on a gameending drive that consumed the final 5:52 of the clock on a drive that began first-and-20 from Seattle’s own 10-yard line. Touched the ball eight of 10 plays before two kneel downs ended the game.
• Rushed for 107 yards on 21 carries and a TD versus the 49ers (12/24/11). First runner to eclipse 100 yards versus the 49ers since November 2009 (36 games) and the first player to rush for a TD versus the 49ers in 15 games dating to 2010.
• Earned second-career trip to the Pro Bowl in 2011.
• Set a career-high with three rushing TDs vs. Carolina (12/5/10) on 21 carries for 83 yards. It was the first time a Seahawks player had three rushing scores since Shaun Alexander scored three vs. St. Louis (11/13/05).
• Played in 45 games with 37 starts for Buffalo, leaving the team as its 10th all-time leading rusher (2,765) and ninth all-time in rushing attempts (687).
• Became the fastest Bills running back to reach 1,500 yards (19 games) and joined Joe Cribbs and Willis McGahee as the only Bills running backs to reach 1,000 yards in each of their first two seasons.
• Rushed for a career-high 1,115 yards on 280 attempts during rookie season and followed that up with 1,036 yards on 250 carries and a career-high eight touchdowns in 2008, where he was selected to the Pro Bowl as an injury replacement for Tennessee's Chris Johnson. HONORS: 2011, NFC Pro Bowl Selection. 2008, AFC Pro Bowl Selection. 2007, Pro Football Weekly/Pro - fes sional Foot ball Writers of America All-Rookie Team Selection; NFL.com Gil Brandt’s All-Rookie Team Selec - tion; Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week Winner (week 7 and week 10).
COLLEGE:
Became the fourth player in Cal history to rush for more than 3,000 yards and ranks second in school history with 3,230. Only the second player in school history to gain more than 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons (2005 – 1,246; 2006 – 1,356). Holds the Cal record for most 100-yard rushing games (17). Became the fourth player in school history to amass more than 4,000 all-purpose yards. Ranks 10th in school history with an average of 22.5 yards per kickoff return. Ranks eighth alltime on the scoring list (210 points). In 2006, was named Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year and All-Pac 10 Conference first team. Was an All-American first team selection by The NFL Draft Report and the American Football Coaches Association. Received the Bear Backer Award as the team’s Most Valuable Player. Led the conference in both rushing (104.3 ypg) and all-purpose yardage (137.3 ypg).
PERSONAL:
Attended Oakland Technical High School. Cousin Josh Johnson was drafted in fifth round (160th overall) by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2008; cousin Robert Jordan was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2008; cousin Virdell Larkins played defensive back at Idaho. Son of Delisa Lynch. Has one brother, Davonte.
HOW ACQUIRED:
Traded by Buffalo to Seattle for a 2011 fourth-round draft choice and an undisclosed 2012 choice on October 5, 2010. Re-signed to a multi-year contract in 2012.
NFL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
• Originally drafted by Buffalo with the 12th overall selection in the 2007 NFL Draft.
• In 2011, set career highs in rushing yards (1,204), rushing TDs (12) and 100-yard rushing performances (6). Set a club record with at least one TD in 11-straight games breaking Shaun Alexander’s 2005 record of nine. Became Seattle’s first 1,000-yard rusher since Shaun Alexander set a club-record with 1,880 in 2005.
• Set career high with 32 rushes for 109 yards and a TD vs. Baltimore’s (11/13) third-ranked run defense in one of the finest games in 2011. Marked the first time in career rushing for back-to-back 100-yard games. Tied a career high with 58 receiving yards and accounted for 40 yards and the final three first downs on a gameending drive that consumed the final 5:52 of the clock on a drive that began first-and-20 from Seattle’s own 10-yard line. Touched the ball eight of 10 plays before two kneel downs ended the game.
• Rushed for 107 yards on 21 carries and a TD versus the 49ers (12/24/11). First runner to eclipse 100 yards versus the 49ers since November 2009 (36 games) and the first player to rush for a TD versus the 49ers in 15 games dating to 2010.
• Earned second-career trip to the Pro Bowl in 2011.
• Set a career-high with three rushing TDs vs. Carolina (12/5/10) on 21 carries for 83 yards. It was the first time a Seahawks player had three rushing scores since Shaun Alexander scored three vs. St. Louis (11/13/05).
• Played in 45 games with 37 starts for Buffalo, leaving the team as its 10th all-time leading rusher (2,765) and ninth all-time in rushing attempts (687).
• Became the fastest Bills running back to reach 1,500 yards (19 games) and joined Joe Cribbs and Willis McGahee as the only Bills running backs to reach 1,000 yards in each of their first two seasons.
• Rushed for a career-high 1,115 yards on 280 attempts during rookie season and followed that up with 1,036 yards on 250 carries and a career-high eight touchdowns in 2008, where he was selected to the Pro Bowl as an injury replacement for Tennessee's Chris Johnson. HONORS: 2011, NFC Pro Bowl Selection. 2008, AFC Pro Bowl Selection. 2007, Pro Football Weekly/Pro - fes sional Foot ball Writers of America All-Rookie Team Selection; NFL.com Gil Brandt’s All-Rookie Team Selec - tion; Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week Winner (week 7 and week 10).
COLLEGE:
Became the fourth player in Cal history to rush for more than 3,000 yards and ranks second in school history with 3,230. Only the second player in school history to gain more than 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons (2005 – 1,246; 2006 – 1,356). Holds the Cal record for most 100-yard rushing games (17). Became the fourth player in school history to amass more than 4,000 all-purpose yards. Ranks 10th in school history with an average of 22.5 yards per kickoff return. Ranks eighth alltime on the scoring list (210 points). In 2006, was named Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year and All-Pac 10 Conference first team. Was an All-American first team selection by The NFL Draft Report and the American Football Coaches Association. Received the Bear Backer Award as the team’s Most Valuable Player. Led the conference in both rushing (104.3 ypg) and all-purpose yardage (137.3 ypg).
PERSONAL:
Attended Oakland Technical High School. Cousin Josh Johnson was drafted in fifth round (160th overall) by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2008; cousin Robert Jordan was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2008; cousin Virdell Larkins played defensive back at Idaho. Son of Delisa Lynch. Has one brother, Davonte.
