Matt Forté

Matt Forte

Forte with the Bears in 2008
No. 22 New York Jets
Position:	Running back
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1985-12-10) December 10, 1985 (age 31)
Place of birth:	Lake Charles, Louisiana
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	218 lb (99 kg)
Career information
High school:	Slidell (LA)
College:	Tulane
NFL Draft:	2008 / Round: 2 / Pick: 44
Career history
Chicago Bears (2008–2015) New York Jets (2016–present)
Roster status:	Injured reserve
Career highlights and awards
2× Pro Bowl (2011, 2013) 2× All-C-USA (2005, 2007)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 15, 2016
Rushing yards: 9,415 Average: 4.2 Rushing touchdowns: 52 Receptions: 517 Receiving yards: 4,379 Receiving touchdowns: 20 Player stats at NFL.com

Matthew Garrett Forte (born December 10, 1985) is an American football running back for the New York Jets in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Tulane and was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft. Forte established himself as a dual-threat running back who is capable of earning yards as a rusher and receiver. Forte spent eight years with the Bears before signing with the Jets in 2016.

Forte grew up in Slidell, Louisiana, and graduated from Slidell High School in 2004, where he was a letterman in football and track & field. As a junior, he rushed for 1,057 rushing yards with 8 touchdowns, and caught 30 passes for 365 yards and 3 touchdowns. As a senior, he was named the St. Tammany Parish Player of the Year, District 5-5A Offensive MVP and received All-Metro selection accolades, as he gained 1375 yards with 23 touchdowns and caught 18 passes for 253 yards and a pair of scores. He totaled 2,432 rushing yards and 31 in his career while also catching 48 passes for 618 yards and five scores.

Also a standout sprinter, Forte competed in track and had some of the better 100m and 200m times in the New Orleans area in 2003, with personal-bests of 10.68 seconds in the 100 meters and 22.10 seconds in the 200 meters.

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Forte played NCAA Division I college football at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, a member of Conference USA. Forte lettered for four years and played for 3 while pursuing a degree in finance. His junior year was cut short when he suffered an injury in the game against Marshall University. His standout season was his senior year, coming off a knee injury, Forte set several Tulane school records, including rushing for 2,127 yards and 23 touchdowns. He had five 200+ yard rushing games and two 300+ yard games during the 2007 season. Forte was the only non-BCS athlete to be a semifinalist for both the Maxwell and Doak Walker Awards and to make the Walter Camp Player of the Year List, and one of just 3 players nationally to be named to all three lists.