Bobby Rainey
Rainey with the Baltimore Ravens
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | October 16, 1987 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Griffin, Georgia | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 212 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Griffin (GA) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Western Kentucky | ||||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2012 | ||||||||||||||
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| Rushing attempts: | 266 |
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| Rushing yards: | 1,053 |
| Receptions: | 71 |
| Receiving yards: | 530 |
| Total return yards: | 1,375 |
| Total touchdowns: | 8 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Bobby Gene Rainey, Jr. (born October 16, 1987) is an American football running back and return specialist who is currently a free agent. He signed with the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He has also played for the Cleveland Browns and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played college football at Western Kentucky.
In 2011, Rainey had 1,695 rushing yards and 17 total touchdowns while playing running back at Western Kentucky University. In 2010, Rainey was one of the top rushers in College Football. He led the nation in rushing attempts (340) and was third in the nation in rushing yards (1649). He was named the Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 2010 as well as earning All-American honors from SI.com. In July 2011, he was named to the Maxwell Award Watch List. In August, he was named to the Doak Walker Award Watch list. In 2009, he totaled over 2100 yards and gained notoriety as one of the premier Kick Returners in College Football. His two official forty yard dash times were 4.42 and 4.45 respectively. He was also a member of the Western Kentucky Track & Field team.
Rainey holds school records for WKU in rushing yards in a season (1,695) and rushing yards in a career (4,523). He is just the eighth FBS player since 2000 to rack up back-to-back 1,500-yard seasons. That list includes LaDanian Tomlinson (TCU), Ray Rice (Rutgers), Steven Jackson (Oregon State) and current NFL running backs, DeAngelo Williams (Memphis) and Darren McFadden (Arkansas).
Rainey signed with the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent. On September 10, 2012, he was released. On September 12, 2012, he was re-signed to the practice squad and became practice squad captain. On October 16, 2012, he was promoted to the active roster after the team placed Lardarius Webb on injured reserve. Rainey never made it on the active gameday roster during the 2012 season. On November 13, 2012, he was placed on injured reserve due to a knee injury.
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