Chris Ivory
Ivory with the New York Jets in 2015
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| No. 33 Jacksonville Jaguars | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Birth name: | Christopher Lee Ivory | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth: | March 22, 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Longview, Texas | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 224 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Longview (TX) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Tiffin | ||||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2010 | ||||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2016 | |||||||||||||||
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| Rushing yards: | 4,470 |
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| Rushing average: | 4.5 |
| Rushing touchdowns: | 27 |
| Receptions: | 73 |
| Receiving yards: | 568 |
| Receiving touchdowns: | 2 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Christopher Lee Ivory (born March 22, 1988) is an American football running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in 2010 and has also played on the New York Jets. He played college football at Washington State and Tiffin.
Ivory earned letters in both football and track and field in high school at Longview High School in Longview, Texas, playing on a team that also included future NFL players Trent Williams, Malcolm Kelly, and Robert Henson. He was listed as a two-star recruit by both Rivals.com and Scout.com.
Ivory played three years for Washington State. Limited by injuries, in 22 games he had 91 rushes for 534 yards and four touchdowns, as well as 23 kickoff returns averaging 22.8 yards. When the coaches who had recruited him were replaced by a new coaching staff, Ivory found himself far down on the Cougars' depth chart. In August 2009, he was dismissed from the Washington State team for violating team rules.
Ivory then transferred to Tiffin University, a Division II school in Tiffin, Ohio, whose team was coached by Dave Walkosky, a former Washington State assistant coach. In Ivory's final year of college football, he had 39 rushes for 223 yards in five games before suffering a season-ending knee injury. Walkosky attempted to obtain a medical redshirt exemption to allow Ivory to play another year, but this was unsuccessful. Despite his brief stint at Tiffin University, Ivory's performance and speed attracted attention from NFL scouts, and he was thought to have a chance of becoming the first Tiffin University player to be drafted by the NFL. The Saints became interested in Ivory, despite his injuries, after one of their scouts was impressed by Walkosky's enthusiastic recommendations.
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