Maurice Jones-Drew
Teams
Jacksonville Jaguars (2006-2013)
Oakland Raiders (2014)
Playoffs
Appearances - 1 (2007)
Conf Champ Games - 0
Super Bowls - 0
Championships - 0
Awards and Honors
All-Pro First Team - 1 (2011)
Pro Bowl - 3 (2009,2010,2011)
All-Time Ranks
Rushing Touchdowns - #38
Rushing Yards - #49
Yards per Rush - #64
Rushing Yards per Game - #65
Total Touchdowns - #69
Scrimmage Yards - #85
League Leads
Rushing Yards (#1-2011, #4-2009, #5-2010)
Rushing Touchdowns (#2-2009, #4-2006, #6-2008, #7-2007)
Yards per Rush (#2-2006)
Rushing Yards per Game (#1-2011, #2-2010, #5-2009)
Total Touchdowns (#2-2009, #3-2006, #6-2008, #10-2011)
Scrimmage Yards (#2-2011, #4-2009, #7-2010)
Yards per Touch (#4-2006)
After gaining over 1300 scrimmage yards during his senior season at UCLA, Maurice Jones-Drew left school a year early to join the NFL, where he was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2nd round of the 2006 Draft.
During his first 3 seasons, he served as a backup to Fred Taylor, but he was very productive in his time on the field. As a rookie, he gained 941 yards and scored 13 touchdowns, gaining 5.7 yards per carry, which was the second-highest average in the league that season. He finished #2 in the Rookie of the Year vote to Vince Young.
He continued to play at a high level in his backup role for 2 more seasons, scoring 21 touchdowns on the ground during those two seasons while continuing to exceed 1000 scrimmage yards each season.
After Taylor left the team in 2009, Jones-Drew became the team's starter. In his first season as a starter, he gained 1391 rushing yards and scored 15 touchdowns, the most of his career. He was also voted onto the Pro Bowl team for the first time in his career.
He picked up nearly the same amount of yardage the next season, but finished with only 5 touchdowns. In 2011, he led the league with 1606 rushing yards, which earned him a spot on the All-Pro First Team, and he had 1980 scrimmage yards, the second-most of any player in the league that year.
After holding out during the offseason, Jones-Drew rejoined the team early in the 2012 season, but was derailed by injuries throughout the season, which limited him to only 6 games. He returned healthy the next season, but only gained 803 yards on the season, and only 3.4 yards per carry, and the team did not resign him after the season.
He joined the Oakland Raiders for 2014, but he could not get a foothold in a crowded backfield, and finished the season with only 96 rushing yards, averaging only 2.2 yards per carry, following which he retired from the NFL.
Jones-Drew was one of the top backs in the league in his first 3 seasons, when he was still a backup, because he put up big yardage every time he got the ball. In his next 3 seasons, he was a workhorse starter who gained a lot of yardage, and in his final 3 seasons, he was often injured and ineffective, but those 6 solid seasons he had to start his career did enough to make him one of the greatest running backs of all time.
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