Mike Garrett
Garrett at the 2003 USC awards presentation
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | April 12, 1944 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 191 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| College: | USC | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1966 / Round: 2 / Pick: 18 | ||||||||||||||
| AFL draft: | 1966 / Round: 20 / Pick: 5 | ||||||||||||||
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| Rushing attempts: | 1,308 |
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| Rushing yards: | 5,481 |
| Average: | 4.2 |
| Receptions: | 238 |
| Receiving yards: | 2,010 |
| Total touchdowns: | 48 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Michael Lockett Garrett (born April 12, 1944) is a former American football player who won the Heisman Trophy in 1965 as a halfback for the USC Trojans. Garrett played professional football for eight seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs and San Diego Chargers. From 1993 until 2010 he was the athletic director at the University of Southern California (USC). Garrett became the athletic director at California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) in 2015.
Garrett graduated from Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, California. He was a resident of Aliso Village housing project.
A two time All-American, Garrett set numerous NCAA, Pac-8 Conference and USC records in his career by amassing a then unheard of 3,221 yards and scored 30 touchdowns. Garrett also led the nation in rushing in 1965 with 267 carries for 1,440 yards. He also caught 36 passes, returned 43 punts, returned 30 kickoffs and threw 6 passes. Two of his passes went for touchdowns. Garrett was awarded the 1965 W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy as the outstanding football player on the Pacific Coast. He won the Heisman Trophy after the 1965 regular season. In 1985 he was voted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Garrett signaled the dawn of the "Tailback U" era, where USC produced a stream of top tailbacks included Heisman winners O. J. Simpson (1968), Charles White (1979) and Marcus Allen (1981), as well as Heisman runners-up Anthony Davis (1974) and Ricky Bell (1976).
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