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The Miami Dolphins sure ran through some running backs in 2007

Blogged under Bloglockers, Front Page, General by admin on Monday 4 February 2008 at 12:29 pm

The Dolphins used a ton of running backs due to injuries this season with varying results.  Ronnie Brown was outstanding last season before he was injured.  Brown played in 7 games (all starts) for the Dolphins last season and he carried the ball 119 times for 602 yards (5.1 ypc) with 4 TD runs.  He also caught 39 passes for 389 yards (10.0 avg) with 1 TD reception.  Brown has now played in 35 games (33 starts) in his NFL career and he has carried the ball 567 times for 2,517 yards (4.4 ypc) with 13 TD runs.  He also caught 104 passes for 897 yards (8.6 avg) with 2 TD grabs.

Jesse Chatman played pretty well for the Dolphins last season.  He played in 14 games (6 starts) last season for the Dolphins and he carried the ball 128 times for 515 yards (4.0 ypc) with 1 TD run.  He also caught 27 passes for 161 yards (6.0 avg).  Chatman has now played in 55 games (6 starts) in his NFL career and he has carried the ball 207 times for 943 yards (4.6 ypc) with 4 TD runs.  He also has caught 37 passes for 276 yards (7.5 avg).

Samkon Gado split his season between the Houston Texans and the Miami Dolphins in 2007.  He played in 8 games (2 starts) in 2007 and he carried the ball 35 times for 104 yards (3.0 ypc) with 3 TD runs.  He also caught 4 passes for 47 yards (11.8 avg).  Gado has now played in 25 games (8 starts) in his NFL career and he has carried the ball 252 times for 942 yards (3.7 ypc) with 11 TD runs.  He has also caught 39 passes for 268 yards (6.9 avg) with 1 TD grab.

Rookie Lorenzo Booker made the most of his limited opportunities in 2007 for the Dolphins.  Booker played in 7 games (1 start) for the Dolphins last season and he carried the ball 28 times for 125 yards (4.5 ypc).  He also caught 28 passes for 237 yards (8.5 avg).

Patrick Cobbs played in 14 games (0 starts) for the Dolphins last season and he carried the ball 15 times for 47 yards (3.1 ypc) with 1 TD run.  He also caught 2 passes for 20 yards.  Cobbs played in 3 games previously in his career and he didn’t touch the ball.

Ricky Williams made a brief appearance in 2007 before tearing a chest muscle and missing the rest of the season.  He played in 1 game (0 starts) in 2007 and he carried the ball 6 times for 15 yards (2.5 ypc).  He has now played in 83 games (73 starts) in his NFL career and he has carried the ball 1,763 times for 7,112 yards (4.0 ypc) with 47 TD runs.  He also has caught 246 passes for 1,899 yards (7.7 avg) with 4 TD grabs.

Rookie fullback Reagan Mauia played in 16 games (9 starts) for the Dolphins in 2007 and he carried the ball 4 times for 5 yards (1.3 ypc).  He also caught 2 passes for 5 yards (2.5 avg).

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  1. Comment by Yitz — February 21, 2008 @ 8:43 pm

    Run Ronnie Run!

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