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Position: | Running back | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Date of birth: | October 9, 1983 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Cincinnati, Ohio | ||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 232 lb (105 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Reading (OH) | ||||||||
College: | Florida | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2007 / Round: 7 / Pick: 228 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Rushing yards: | 332 |
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Rushing average: | 5.2 |
Touchdowns: | 5 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
DeShawn Wynn (born October 9, 1983) is an American professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons. He played college football for the University of Florida, and was a member of a BCS National Championship team. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL Draft, and has also played for the New Orleans Saints and San Francisco 49ers of the NFL.
Wynn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1983. He attended Reading High School in Reading, Ohio, where he played high school football for the Reading Blue Devils. As a senior in 2001, he was regarded as one of the nation's elite high school backs in the nation, with 2,283 yards on 246 carries with thirty touchdowns. Wynn rushed for 2,000 or more yards three of four years, and also played linebacker and safety. He was recognized as a Parade magazine high school All-American in 2002.
Wynn accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Ron Zook and coach Urban Meyer's Florida Gators football teams from 2003 to 2006. He was the Gators' starting running back in their 41–14 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes in the 2007 BCS National Championship Game. Wynn finished his four-year college career with 2,077 rushing yards, 376 receiving yards and twenty-five touchdowns.