Maurice Jones-Drew

Maurice Jones-Drew

Jones-Drew in February 2010
No. 32, 21
Position:	Running back
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1985-03-23) March 23, 1985 (age 32)
Place of birth:	Oakland, California
Height:	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight:	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school:	Concord (CA) De La Salle
College:	UCLA
NFL Draft:	2006 / Round: 2 / Pick: 60
Career history
Jacksonville Jaguars (2006–2013) Oakland Raiders (2014)
Career highlights and awards
3× Pro Bowl (2009–2011) 2× First-team All-Pro (2010, 2011) Second-team All-Pro (2009) NFL rushing yards leader (2011) Unanimous All-American (2005) First-team All-Pac-10 (2005)
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards: 8,167 Rushing average: 4.4 Rushing touchdowns: 68 Receiving yards: 2,944 Receiving touchdowns: 11 Player stats at NFL.com

Maurice Christopher Jones-Drew (born March 23, 1985) is a former American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at UCLA and received consensus All-American recognition.

Jones-Drew was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft, 60th overall, was named to the Pro Bowl three times, and led the NFL in rushing yards in 2011. He played his first eight seasons with the Jaguars, through 2013. In his final season in 2014, he played for the Oakland Raiders.

Following his retirement, Jones-Drew entered broadcasting, serving as a color analyst for NFL Now and other shows on NFL Network. He is currently an analyst for Los Angeles Rams radio broadcasts.

Born in Oakland, California, Jones-Drew's name at birth was Maurice Christopher Drew. He was raised in Antioch and graduated from De La Salle High School in Concord.

De La Salle owns the longest winning streak in high school football history at 151 games. The Spartan football teams that Jones-Drew played on never lost a single game during his 3-year varsity career. He was an elusive, high-scoring running back and return specialist on offense and a punishing linebacker on defense. He also played four official college games as a cornerback. Jones-Drew somersaulted into the national consciousness as a high school junior in 2001 when he scored all four of De La Salle's touchdowns in a 29-15 nationally televised victory over Long Beach Poly on October 6. It was the first game that ever matched up the nation's No. 1 and No. 2 ranked high school football teams. On the Spartans' opening drive, Jones-Drew received a short pass in the right flat on third-and-eight from the Poly 25-yard line. He broke a tackle and then sprinted down the right sideline before launching a spectacular forward somersault into the end zone. Drew next scored on a 29-yard reception on fourth down in which he ran a circle route out of the backfield down the left sideline and hauled in an over-the-shoulder touch pass at the goal line from quarterback Matt Gutierrez. Drew’s third touchdown came in the second quarter when he burst through the line, shook off two tacklers, before hitting paydirt 17 yards later. Drew’s final score salted away the historic De La Salle victory. It was a similar effort to his third touchdown and came on a 22-yard run with just under 7 minutes remaining. Drew finished with nine carries for 86 yards and three catches for another 79 yards.