(1987-08-27) August 27, 1987 (age 36) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:
222 lb (101 kg)
Career information
High school:
Oak Grove (North Little Rock, Arkansas)
College:
Arkansas (2005–2007)
NFL draft:
2008 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4
Career history
Oakland Raiders (2008–2014)
Dallas Cowboys (2015–2017)
Career highlights and awards
Walter Camp Award (2007)
2× Doak Walker Award (2006, 2007)
2× Jim Brown Trophy (2006, 2007)
Unanimous All-American (2007)
Consensus All-American (2006)
2× SEC Offensive Player of the Year (2006, 2007)
3× First-team All-SEC (2005–2007)
SEC Freshman of the Year (2005)
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards:
5,421
Rushing average:
4.2
Rushing touchdowns:
28
Receptions:
254
Receiving yards:
2,114
Receiving touchdowns:
5
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
College Football Hall of Fame
Darren McFadden (born August 27, 1987) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks and was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the first round with the fourth overall pick of the 2008 NFL Draft. He also played three seasons for the Dallas Cowboys.
At Arkansas, McFadden had a decorated career, twice finishing as a finalist for the Heisman Trophy and as a consensus member of the All-American team. He was highly touted coming out of school, and was picked fourth overall by the Raiders. McFadden struggled with consistency through his career, only rushing for over 1,000 yards twice and never started all 16 games of a season. He retired mid-way through the 2017 NFL season, and was voted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2019.
DarrenMcFadden (born August 27, 1987) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL)...
games at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas. Running back DarrenMcFadden entered his name into the 2008 NFL Draft after the 2007 season. He...
Bush and Matt Leinart to the NFL, and Arkansas's star running back DarrenMcFadden was injured in an off-field incident. Although the game was close until...
Tebow was awarded the Heisman Trophy, finishing ahead of Arkansas's DarrenMcFadden, Hawaii's Colt Brennan, and Missouri's Chase Daniel. He was the first...
highlight of the season was the second-place finish of sophomore tailback DarrenMcFadden in the Heisman Trophy voting. Nutt was named SEC coach of the year...
athlete is against NCAA regulations. Former Arkansas running back DarrenMcFadden is the cover athlete for the Xbox 360. Former Boston College quarterback...
under Houston Nutt after six straight bowl appearances. Running back DarrenMcFadden became the first freshman to rush for over 1,000 yards in a season...
Razorbacks to use the unique skill-set of their three running backs, DarrenMcFadden, Felix Jones, and Peyton Hillis. It was eventually used in the NFL...
fullback, West Virginia Wii — Sparty, mascot, Michigan State Xbox 360 — DarrenMcFadden, running back, Arkansas NCAA Football 10 was released on July 14, 2009...
highlight of the season was the second-place finish of sophomore tailback DarrenMcFadden in the Heisman Trophy voting. Nutt was named SEC coach of the year...
6th in the voting for the 2006 Heisman Trophy, behind Troy Smith, DarrenMcFadden, Brady Quinn, Steve Slaton, and Mike Hart. During the season, Brennan...
going into the regular season, ahead of veterans Alfred Morris and DarrenMcFadden. In the season-opener against the Giants, he rushed for 51 yards on...
veterans DarrenMcFadden and Maurice Jones-Drew, the Raiders turned to Murray in Week 11 to provide a spark after ineffectiveness by McFadden and Jones-Drew...
the most wins with 5 apiece. Ricky Williams (Texas – 1997, 1998), DarrenMcFadden (Arkansas – 2006, 2007) and Jonathan Taylor (Wisconsin – 2018, 2019)...
quarterback Jason Campbell's 7-yard touchdown pass to running back DarrenMcFadden. With the loss, Oakland began its season at 0–1. Week 2: St. Louis...
Giants points. On the ground Dallas had consistent success all day with DarrenMcFadden substituting for mysteriously injured starter Joseph Randle and the...
while also serving as a blocker for up-and-coming star running backs DarrenMcFadden and Felix Jones. In his junior season, Hillis only appeared in ten...
games. On December 13, he was waived to make room for running back DarrenMcFadden, who was being activated from the non football injury list. On December...
the year's most outstanding player Walter Camp Award (top player): DarrenMcFadden, Arkansas Maxwell Award (top player): Tim Tebow, Florida Bronko Nagurski...
cover of the September 2008 issue of Sports Card Monthly alongside DarrenMcFadden and Josh Hamilton.[citation needed] In the wake of his former castmate...
second all-time in school rush yards. Chubb also passed Kevin Faulk and DarrenMcFadden to become second in all-time SEC rushing yards, trailing only fellow...
a 25-yard field goal. After a scoreless second quarter, rookie RB DarrenMcFadden picked up his first-ever career touchdown in the third quarter on a...
Martin and company led the NFL's ninth best rushing attack as teammate DarrenMcFadden finished fourth in rushing with 1,089 yards. Martin played for Team...
or fourth-round selection in 2011; April 4: Pittsburgh traded CB Bryant McFadden to Arizona in exchange for a swap of fifth and sixth-round selections in...
carries for 853 yards and one touchdown. He split time in 2009 with DarrenMcFadden and Michael Bush, and he was second on the team in rushing with 129...
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