Droughns in 2008
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Position: | Running back | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Date of birth: | August 21, 1978 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
College: | Oregon | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2000 / Round: 3 / Pick: 81 | ||||||||
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Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Rushing yards: | 3,602 |
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Rushing average: | 3.9 |
Rushing TDs: | 19 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Reuben Droughns (/ˈdroʊnz/; born August 21, 1978) is a retired American football running back who is currently the assistant coach for the Serbian team Vukovi Beograd, the two-time champions of the Central European Football League. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the third round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon.
Droughns has also been a member of the Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns, and New York Giants of the National Football League. He earned a Super Bowl ring with the Giants in their Super Bowl XLII victory against the New England Patriots.
Droughns moved from the Midwest to Orange County, California where he attended Anaheim High School (Anaheim, California) and was a student and a letterman in football. In football, he rushed for 49 touchdowns and 4,915 yards, which ranks as the fifth most yards gained in Orange County high school football history. He also won a CIF title in wrestling while attending Anaheim High.