Running back, Minnesota, 2003–05
Laurence Maroney
- Born
- Feb 5, 1985, in St. Louis, Missouri
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Laurence Maroney played running back at Minnesota (2003–05). The New England Patriots took Maroney in the first round, No. 21 overall in the 2006 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
258rushing yards, best game on filevs. Wisconsin, 20053rushing touchdowns, best game on filevs. Iowa, 2004Honors
All-America: Walter Camp second team 2005; AP third team 2005; Pro Football Weekly 2005; Rivals.com 2005
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
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
2005 Minnesota 11 games, 1,464 rushing yards, 10 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at Tulsa | W 41–10 | 21 | 203 | 2 | 73 | – | – |
| Sep 10 | vs. Colorado State | W 56–24 | 26 | 133 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 14 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Florida Atlantic | W 46–7 | 20 | 145 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 55 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Purdue | W 42–35 | 46 | 217 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 59 |
| Oct 1 | at Penn State | L 14–44 | 16 | 48 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| Oct 8 | at Michigan | W 23–20 | 36 | 129 | 1 | 15 | – | – |
| Oct 15 | vs. Wisconsin | L 34–38 | 43 | 258 | 1 | 93 | – | – |
| Oct 29 | vs. Ohio State | L 31–45 | 25 | 127 | 1 | 53 | 3 | 19 |
| Nov 5 | at Indiana | W 42–21 | 15 | 85 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 8 |
| Nov 19 | at Iowa | L 28–52 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | – | – |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. Virginia | L 31–34 | 26 | 109 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 12 |
2004 Minnesota 12 games, 1,348 rushing yards, 12 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Toledo | W 63–21 | 14 | 108 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 6 |
| Sep 11 | vs. Illinois State | W 37–21 | 18 | 141 | 1 | 80 | – | – |
| Sep 18 | atColorado State | W 34–16 | 17 | 132 | 0 | 31 | – | – |
| Sep 25 | vs. Northwestern | W 43–17 | 24 | 145 | 1 | 50 | – | – |
| Oct 2 | vs.Penn State | W 16–7 | 25 | 144 | 1 | 64 | – | – |
| Oct 9 | atMichigan | L 24–27 | 19 | 145 | 1 | 80 | – | – |
| Oct 16 | at Michigan State | L 17–51 | 13 | 54 | 0 | 22 | – | – |
| Oct 23 | vs. Illinois | W 45–0 | 15 | 72 | 1 | 20 | – | – |
| Oct 30 | atIndiana | L 21–30 | 16 | 89 | 1 | 23 | – | – |
| Nov 6 | atWisconsin | L 14–38 | 8 | 57 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 10 |
| Nov 13 | vs.Iowa | L 27–29 | 19 | 156 | 3 | 79 | – | – |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Alabama | W 20–16 | 29 | 105 | 0 | 14 | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2006 | Combine or pro day 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′11⅞″ | |
| Weight | 217 lb | |
| Arm length | 31¾″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅞″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.48 sW | |
| 10-yard split | 1.57 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 36″W | |
| Broad jump | 10′3″W | |
| Bench press | 21 repsW |
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
5 seasons, 49 games with a stat; latest team: Denver Broncos.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | New England Patriots | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | New England Patriots | 13 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | New England Patriots | 3 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | New England Patriots | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Denver Broncos | 4 | – | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
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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