Fitzgerald Toussaint
Toussaint in 2016
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| No. 33 Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | May 4, 1990 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | East Orange, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Youngstown (OH) Liberty | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Michigan | ||||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016 | |||||||||||||||
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| Rushing yards: | 112 |
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| Rushing average: | 2.9 |
| Receptions: | 6 |
| Receiving yards: | 60 |
| Total return yards: | 319 |
| Total touchdowns: | 0 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Fitzgerald Toussaint (born May 4, 1990) is an American football running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He was the starting running back for the 2011, 2012, 2013 Michigan Wolverines football teams. Toussaint received 2011 All-Big Ten honorable mention.
Toussaint grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, to a Haitian father and to an African American mother. He graduated from Liberty High School, where as a senior in 2008, he rushed for 2,229 yards (10.4 per carry) and 28 touchdowns and was named Ohio's co-offensive player of the year in Division III. Toussaint committed to the University of Michigan after his senior year and was considered one of the five impact players in Michigan's recruiting class for 2009. After committing to Michigan, Toussaint donned the scarlet uniform of the Ohio high school all-star team for the annual Big 33 Football Classic against the Pennsylvania high school all-star team.
Toussaint was also on the school's track & field team, where he competed as a sprinter. At the 2007 OHSAA Regional Track and Field Championships, he won the 100 meters by running a personal-best time of 10.74 seconds. He also won the 60 meters at the 2009 Kent State HS Open, recording a career-best time of 6.89 seconds.
Toussaint enrolled at the University of Michigan on a football scholarship in 2009. He was redshirted during the 2009 season. Toussaint missed the first three games of the 2010 season with a knee injury. In his first appearance for the Wolverines, Toussaint rushed for 129 yards on six carries, including 61-yard gain in the fourth quarter, against Bowling Green. He suffered a shoulder injury in October 2010.
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