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Fullback, Rutgers, 2003–⁠06

Brian Leonard

Lettered 2003–⁠06 (school media guide)

Born: Feb 3, 1984

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Brian Leonard played fullback at Rutgers (2003–⁠06). He won the 2006 William V. Campbell Trophy. The St. Louis Rams took Leonard in round 2, No. 52 overall in the 2007 NFL Draft.

Best season: 740; Rushing yards, 2005 (Rutgers, 7–⁠5)
Drafted: No. 52; Round 2, 2007 NFL Draft (St. Louis Rams)

150rushing yards, best game on filevs. Michigan State, 2004 3rushing touchdowns, best game on fileat Vanderbilt, 2004 9catches, best game on fileat Vanderbilt, 2004 98receiving yards, best game on filevs. Arizona State, 2005 2receiving touchdowns, best game on filevs. Pittsburgh, 2005

Honors

2006William V. Campbell Trophy

All-America: Pro Football Weekly 2004, 2005 and 2006; ESPN 2006; Scout.com 2006

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

732

740

423

4–⁠77–⁠511–⁠2AP 12

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2004	Rutgers	199	732	3.7	7	56
2005	Rutgers	173	740	4.3	11	83
2006	Rutgers	93	423	4.5	5	23
On file (2004–⁠06)		465	1,895	4.1	23	83

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2004	Rutgers	61	518	8.5	2	55
2005	Rutgers	55	568	10.3	6	38
2006	Rutgers	38	294	7.7	0	45
On file (2004–⁠06)		154	1,380	9.0	8	55

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

2006 Rutgers 13 games, 423 rushing yards, 5 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 2	atNorth Carolina	W 21–⁠16	6	25	0	4	20
Sep 9	vs.Illinois	W 33–⁠0	5	10	0	5	42
Sep 16	vs.Ohio	W 24–⁠7	4	19	0	4	64
Sep 23	vs.Howard	W 56–⁠7	10	62	2	3	27
Sep 29	atSouth Florida	W 22–⁠20	8	30	0	3	16
Oct 14	atNavy	W 34–⁠0	4	18	0	2	18
Oct 21	atPittsburgh	W 20–⁠10	8	42	0	2	1
Oct 29	vs.UConn	W 24–⁠13	7	35	0	3	31
Nov 9	vs.Louisville	W 28–⁠25	5	21	0	1	26
Nov 18	atCincinnati	L 11–⁠30	2	3	0	4	13
Nov 25	vs.Syracuse	W 38–⁠7	19	106	2	4	27
Dec 2	atWest Virginia	L 39–⁠41	4	8	1	1	3
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Kansas State	W 37–⁠10	11	44	0	2	6

2005 Rutgers 12 games, 740 rushing yards, 11 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 3	atIllinois	L 30–⁠33	12	128	1	5	65	1
Sep 10	vs.Villanova	W 38–⁠6	14	51	2	2	23	0
Sep 17	atBuffalo	W 17–⁠3	24	121	0	3	25	0
Sep 30	vs.Pittsburgh	W 37–⁠29	18	68	0	4	62	2
Oct 8	vs.West Virginia	L 14–⁠27	23	76	2	4	15	0
Oct 15	atSyracuse	W 31–⁠9	18	34	0	4	66	0
Oct 22	atUConn	W 26–⁠24	10	26	0	4	46	1
Oct 29	vs.Navy	W 31–⁠21	19	58	2	7	53	0
Nov 5	vs.South Florida	L 31–⁠45	7	11	1	5	41	1
Nov 11	atLouisville	L 5–⁠56	9	42	0	5	21	0
Nov 26	vs.Cincinnati	W 44–⁠9	9	79	2	6	53	0
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Arizona State	L 40–⁠45	10	46	1	6	98	1

2004 Rutgers 10 games, 732 rushing yards, 7 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 4	vs.Michigan State	W 19–⁠14	25	150	0	6	40	0
Sep 11	vs.New Hampshire	L 24–⁠35	23	88	1	5	39	0
Sep 18	vs.Kent State	W 29–⁠21	20	34	0	8	70	1
Oct 9	atVanderbilt	W 37–⁠34	15	50	3	9	64	1
Oct 16	vs.Temple	W 16–⁠6	19	80	0	2	55	0
Oct 23	atPittsburgh	L 17–⁠41	18	78	1	3	28	0
Oct 30	vs.West Virginia	L 30–⁠35	27	80	1	7	37	0
Nov 6	atBoston College	L 10–⁠21	21	58	0	8	79	0
Nov 20	atNavy	L 21–⁠54	11	44	0	7	69	0
Nov 25	vs.UConn	L 35–⁠41	20	70	1	6	37	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2007
Height	6′1½″
Weight	226 lb
Arm length	31″
Hand size	9⅛″
40-yard dash	4.56 s
10-yard split	1.54 s^W
Vertical jump	34½″
Broad jump	10′2″
Bench press	28 reps
3-cone drill	6.88 s
20-yard shuttle	4.22 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

8 seasons, 83 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.

Season	Team	G	Car	Yds	Rec	Rec yds
2007	St. Louis Rams	15	86	303	30	183
2008	St. Louis Rams	1	2	7	0	0
2009	Cincinnati Bengals	14	27	84	30	217
2010	Cincinnati Bengals	11	9	61	20	137
2011	Cincinnati Bengals	13	17	85	22	210
2012	Cincinnati Bengals	12	33	106	11	67
2013	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	47	182	29	179
2014	New Orleans Saints	1	0	0	1	15
NFL career		83	221	828	143	1,008

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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