Ware in the 2012 season.
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No. 26, 28 | |||||||||
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Position: | Running back | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Date of birth: | February 18, 1985 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Aragon, Georgia | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Rockmart (GA) | ||||||||
College: | Georgia | ||||||||
Undrafted: | 2007 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
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Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Rushing yards: | 375 |
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Rushing average: | 4.1 |
Rushing TDs: | 1 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Danny "DJ" Ware (born February 18, 1985) is an American football running back. He was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Georgia.
Ware earned two Super Bowl rings with the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI, both against the New England Patriots. He has also been a member of the New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Ware attended Rockmart High School (Rockmart, Ga.), home of the Fighting Yellow Jackets, while collecting various honors. He attended Hargrave Military Academy for one year and lettered in football. For the Tigers, he posted 56 rushing attempts for 653 yards (11.66 yards per rush avg.) and four touchdowns.
Ware played running back for the University of Georgia from 2003–2006 and was a key part of the 2005 Georgia Bulldogs team that finished 10-3, winning an SEC championship. He began his career by redshirting in 2003. In 2004, Georgia's starting running back Kregg Lumpkin went down with a knee injury in August. Ware had to step into the starter's role on September 3, 2004 against Georgia Southern. Ware responded by rushing 18 times for 135 yards as Georgia got past the Georgia Southern Eagles, 48-28. For all of 2004, he rushed for a team-leading 692 yards and 4 touchdowns on 138 carries as he helped the Bulldogs complete a 10-2 season, ranked No. 7 in the country. Ware totaled 492 rushing yards in 2005 and finished with 302 yards rushing and three touchdowns in 2006 for UGA.