LeSean McCoy with the Buffalo Bills, 2015
With the Buffalo Bills, 2015. Photo: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Pittsburgh, 2007–⁠08

LeSean McCoy

Born
Jul 12, 1988, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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LeSean McCoy played running back at Pittsburgh (2007–⁠08). The Philadelphia Eagles took McCoy in round 2, No. 53 overall in the 2009 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,488
Rushing yards, 2008 (Pittsburgh, 9–⁠4)
Drafted
No. 53
Round 2, 2009 NFL Draft (Philadelphia Eagles)

Career highs

183rushing yards, career highvs. West Virginia, 20084rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Rutgers, 20086catches, career highthree times; last at Cincinnati, 200883receiving yards, career highvs. South Florida, 2007

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2007Pittsburgh2761,3284.81464
2008Pittsburgh3081,4884.82158
Career5842,8164.83564

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2007Pittsburgh332447.4145
2008Pittsburgh323059.5034
Career655498.4145

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 Pittsburgh 13 games, 1,488 rushing yards, 21 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 30vs.Bowling GreenL 17–⁠272371112545
Sep 6vs.BuffaloW 27–⁠162093318124
Sep 20vs.IowaW 21–⁠201878127233
Sep 27atSyracuseW 34–⁠242814903411
Oct 2atSouth FloridaW 26–⁠2128142226323
Oct 18atNavyW 42–⁠2118156358246
Oct 25vs.RutgersL 34–⁠5426146433334
Nov 1atNotre DameW 36–⁠3332169121223
Nov 8vs.LouisvilleW 41–⁠7173911315
Nov 22atCincinnatiL 21–⁠281782216645
Nov 28vs.West VirginiaW 19–⁠1533183216217
Dec 6atUConnW 34–⁠10249514733
Dec 31 ✦vs.Oregon StateL 0–⁠3248501216
2007 Pittsburgh 12 games, 1,328 rushing yards, 14 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 1vs.Eastern MichiganW 27–⁠31068029––
Sep 8vs.GramblingW 34–⁠1019107325316
Sep 15atMichigan StateL 13–⁠172517216428
Sep 22vs.UConnL 14–⁠341170124616
Sep 29atVirginiaL 14–⁠44198611534
Oct 10vs.NavyL 45–⁠483216532114
Oct 20vs.CincinnatiW 24–⁠1725137023––
Oct 27atLouisvilleL 17–⁠2426120119360
Nov 3vs.SyracuseW 20–⁠1731140121512
Nov 17atRutgersL 16–⁠202260016331
Nov 24vs.South FloridaL 37–⁠481855312683
Dec 1atWest VirginiaW 13–⁠938148019110

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2009Combine or pro day 2009
Height5′10⅜″
Weight198 lb
Arm length31¾″
Hand size8⅞″
40-yard dash4.50 s
10-yard split1.52 sW
Vertical jump29″
Broad jump8′11″
Bench press17 reps
3-cone drill6.82 s
20-yard shuttle4.18 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

12 seasons, 168 games with a stat; latest team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Pro Bowls: 6 (2011, 2013–⁠17) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (2011, 2013)

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2011, 2013; Pro Football Writers first team 2011, 2013; Sporting News first team 2011, 2013.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2009Philadelphia Eagles16200
2010Philadelphia Eagles15100
2011Philadelphia Eagles15200
2012Philadelphia Eagles12100
2013Philadelphia Eagles16100
2014Philadelphia Eagles16100
2015Buffalo Bills12–00
2016Buffalo Bills15–00
2017Buffalo Bills16100
2018Buffalo Bills14–00
2019Kansas City Chiefs13–00
2020Tampa Bay Buccaneers8–00
NFL career168900

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. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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