Running back, Penn State, 1998–2002
Larry Johnson
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Larry Johnson played running back at Penn State (1998–2002). He won the 2002 Doak Walker Award, the 2002 Maxwell Award and the 2002 Walter Camp Award. He finished third in the 2002 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2002. The Kansas City Chiefs took Johnson in the first round, No. 27 overall in the 2003 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
- 2002Doak Walker Award
- 2002Maxwell Award
- 2002Walter Camp Award
- 2002Jim Brown Trophy
- 2002Consensus All‑American
- 2002First-team All-Big Ten
- 2002National leader in yards per carry (7.7)
- 2002National leader in rushing yards (2,087)
- 2002Third in the Heisman vote
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Rushing | Receiving | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| 1999 | 43 | 171 | 4.0 | 1 | 4 | 74 | 1 |
| 2000 | 75 | 358 | 4.8 | 3 | 9 | 122 | 1 |
| 2001 | 71 | 337 | 4.7 | 2 | 11 | 136 | 2 |
| 2002 | 271 | 2,087 | 7.7 | 20 | 41 | 349 | 3 |
| Career | 460 | 2,953 | 26 | 65 | 681 | 7 | |
From the college statistics table in Johnson’s Wikipedia article (Larry Johnson (running back), CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
Before the draft
MVP of the 2003 Senior Bowl.
Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
Pro Bowls: 2 (2005–06) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2006 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2005
All-Pro teams: AP first team 2006; AP second team 2005; Pro Football Writers first team 2006; Sporting News first team 2006.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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