Darren McFadden

Darren McFadden

McFadden with the Cowboys in 2015
No. 20 Dallas Cowboys
Position:	Running back
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1987-08-27) August 27, 1987 (age 29)
Place of birth:	Little Rock, Arkansas
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school:	North Little Rock (AR) Oak Grove
College:	Arkansas
NFL Draft:	2008 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4
Career history
Oakland Raiders (2008–2014) Dallas Cowboys (2015–present)
Roster status:	Active
Career highlights and awards
Walter Camp Award (2007) 2× Doak Walker Award (2006, 2007) Jim Brown Trophy (2006) 2× SEC Offensive Player of the Year (2006, 2007) 2× Consensus All-American (2006, 2007) 3× First-team All-SEC (2005–2007)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016
Rushing yards: 5,423 Rushing average: 4.2 Rushing touchdowns: 28 Receptions: 254 Receiving yards: 2,114 Receiving touchdowns: 5 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Darren McFadden (born August 27, 1987) is an American football running back for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Arkansas, and was picked fourth overall by the Oakland Raiders in the 2008 NFL Draft.

McFadden was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on August 27, 1987 to Gralon McFadden and Mini Muhammad. The tenth of twelve children, he encountered hardships in his early life with some members of his family, including his mother, having addictions to drugs.

He attended Springdale High School in Springdale, for the fall semester of his senior year, only to move back to Oak Grove High School in North Little Rock, for the remainder of his High School career, where he was a three-sport star in football, baseball and track. He played a variety of positions for his football team, but was primarily used as a running back on offense, and a safety on defense. In track & field, he competed as a sprinter and was timed at 10.8 seconds in the 100-meter dash. During his senior season, McFadden was a Parade magazine high school All-American in 2004, as well as the Arkansas High School player of the year for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Following his senior year, he was awarded the prestigious Landers Award, given every year to the top player in the state of Arkansas. McFadden was ranked the number 23 player in the nation by Rivals.com and the number three athlete, and was given a five star rating, the highest star rating. He was a highly recruited prospect, and while he garnered interest from many schools around the Deep South including Tennessee, Alabama, and Auburn, he chose to end the recruiting process early and attend the University of Arkansas.