Brian Westbrook

Brian Westbrook

Westbrook in 2008
No. 36, 20
Position:	Running back
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1979-09-02) September 2, 1979 (age 37)
Place of birth:	Fort Washington, Maryland
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	203 lb (92 kg)
Career information
High school:	Hyattsville (MD) DeMatha
College:	Villanova
NFL Draft:	2002 / Round: 3 / Pick: 91
Career history
Philadelphia Eagles (2002–2009) San Francisco 49ers (2010)
Career highlights and awards
NFL Alumni Running Back of the Year (2007) 2× Pro Bowl (2004, 2007) 2× First-team All-Pro (2003, 2007) Philadelphia Eagles 75th Anniversary Team Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame Walter Payton Award (2001) 2× A-10 Offensive Player of the Year (2000, 2001) NCAA career record for all-purpose yards
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards: 6,335 Average: 4.6 Rushing touchdowns: 41 Receptions: 442 Receiving yards: 3,941 Receiving touchdowns: 30 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Brian Collins Westbrook (born September 2, 1979) is a former American football running back who played for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft after playing college football for Villanova University. Following an eight-year career with the Eagles, in which he earned two Pro Bowl selections in 2004 and 2007, Westbrook signed with the San Francisco 49ers, for whom he played in 2010. Westbrook was also a nominee to enter the 2016 Pro Football Hall of Fame class, his first year of eligibility, but he was eliminated in the first round of voting.

Westbrook attended DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland and was an excellent student and a letterman in football and basketball. In football, as a senior, he was a first team All-League selection, a first team All-Prince George's County selection, and an All-State Honorable Mention selection. As a junior, he was a first team All-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference selection and an All-State Honorable Mention selection.

Westbrook played for the Villanova Wildcats football team while attending Villanova University from 1997 to 2001. Though he battled through several injuries, he holds the all-time NCAA record with 9,512 all-purpose yards, breaking the 9,301 yards accumulated by Brian Shay of Emporia State University. In 46 career games, he scored 542 points with 84 touchdowns, carried the ball 725 times for 4,298 yards (6.2 avg.), caught 219 passes for 2,582 yards (11.79 avg.) and gained 2,289 yards and four touchdowns on kickoff returns. Along the way, he established 41 school, 13 Atlantic 10 Conference and five NCAA records.