Running back, Tennessee, 2004–08
Arian Foster
- Born
- Aug 24, 1986, in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Arian Foster played running back at Tennessee (2004–08).
At a glance
Career highs
223rushing yards, best game on filevs. Vanderbilt, 20053rushing touchdowns, best game on filetwice; last vs. Georgia, 20079catches, best game on fileat Kentucky, 200798receiving yards, best game on fileat Kentucky, 2007Honors
Rushing
Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).
Game by game
2008 Tennessee 11 games, 570 rushing yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at UCLA | L 24–27 | 13 | 96 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | vs. UAB | W 35–3 | 12 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | vs. Florida | L 6–30 | 14 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 |
| Sep 27 | at Auburn | L 12–14 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | vs. Northern Illinois | W 13–9 | 18 | 75 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 11 | at Georgia | L 14–26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | vs. Mississippi State | W 34–3 | 11 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | vs. Alabama | L 9–29 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | at South Carolina | L 6–27 | 14 | 56 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Nov 22 | at Vanderbilt | W 20–10 | 11 | 53 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 29 | vs. Kentucky | W 28–10 | 21 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
2007 Tennessee 14 games, 1,193 rushing yards, 12 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at California | L 31–45 | 13 | 89 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 1 |
| Sep 8 | vs. Southern Miss | W 39–19 | 23 | 125 | 2 | 3 | −5 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | atFlorida | L 20–59 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Arkansas State | W 48–27 | 12 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | vs.Georgia | W 35–14 | 17 | 98 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | atMississippi State | W 33–21 | 21 | 139 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | atAlabama | L 17–41 | 13 | 91 | 1 | 4 | 74 | 0 |
| Oct 27 | vs.South Carolina | W 27–24 | 19 | 75 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | vs. Louisiana | W 59–7 | 20 | 100 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Nov 10 | vs. Arkansas | W 34–13 | 13 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | vs.Vanderbilt | W 25–24 | 19 | 106 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | atKentucky | W 52–50 | 27 | 118 | 0 | 9 | 98 | 1 |
| Dec 1 | vs. LSU | L 14–21 | 21 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Wisconsin | W 21–17 | 16 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 0 |
2006 Tennessee 11 games, 322 rushing yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs.California | W 35–18 | 17 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Air Force | W 31–30 | 7 | 22 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 16 | vs.Florida | L 20–21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 7 | atGeorgia | W 51–33 | 15 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | vs.Alabama | W 16–13 | 11 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 42 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | atSouth Carolina | W 31–24 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs.LSU | L 24–28 | 10 | 44 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 11 | atArkansas | L 14–31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 18 | atVanderbilt | W 39–10 | 3 | −4 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 25 | vs.Kentucky | W 17–12 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Penn State | L 10–20 | 12 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
2005 Tennessee 10 games, 879 rushing yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs.UAB | W 17–10 | 5 | 23 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 17 | atFlorida | L 7–16 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs. Ole Miss | W 27–10 | 11 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs.Georgia | L 14–27 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | atAlabama | L 3–6 | 14 | 53 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 29 | vs.South Carolina | L 15–16 | 25 | 148 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Nov 5 | at Notre Dame | L 21–41 | 28 | 125 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Nov 12 | vs. Memphis | W 20–16 | 28 | 132 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs.Vanderbilt | L 24–28 | 40 | 223 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | atKentucky | W 27–8 | 26 | 114 | 0 | 5 | 44 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2009 | Combine or pro day 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′0¾″ | |
| Weight | 226 lb | |
| Arm length | 33⅜″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅞″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.68 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.62 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 32″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′7″ | |
| Bench press | 23 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.09 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.53 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
Pro Bowls: 4 (2010–12, 2014) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2010 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2011
All-Pro teams: AP first team 2010; AP second team 2011; Pro Football Writers first team 2010; Sporting News first team 2010, 2012.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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