Maurice Jones-Drew in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeff Kern, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

RS, UCLA, 2003–⁠05

Maurice Jones-Drew

Born
Mar 23, 1985, in Oakland, California

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Maurice Jones-Drew played at UCLA (2003–⁠05). He was a consensus All‑American in 2005. The Jacksonville Jaguars took Jones-Drew in round 2, No. 60 overall in the 2006 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,007
Rushing yards, 2004 (UCLA, 6–⁠6)
Best game
322 yards
At Washington, week 4, 2004: No. 1 rushing game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in punt return average, 2005
Drafted
No. 60
Round 2, 2006 NFL Draft (Jacksonville Jaguars)

Career highs

322rushing yards, best game on fileat Washington, 20045rushing touchdowns, best game on fileat Washington, 20046catches, best game on fileat Stanford, 200592receiving yards, best game on filevs. Oklahoma State, 20042receiving touchdowns, best game on filetwice; last vs. Oregon State, 2005

Honors

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonRushingReceivingScrimmage
AttYdsAvgTDRecYdsAvgTDYdsTD
20031355824.35151046.906865
20041601,0076.381826214.631,26911
20051869144.9133145314.641,36717
Career4812,503266481973,32233

From the college statistics table in Jones-Drew’s Wikipedia article (Maurice Jones-Drew, 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).

Game by game

2005 UCLA 12 games, 914 rushing yards, 13 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDPR
Sep 3atSan Diego StateW 44–⁠211111422
Sep 10vs.RiceW 63–⁠21119512
Sep 17vs.OklahomaW 41–⁠24156911
Oct 1vs.WashingtonW 21–⁠17143312
Oct 8vs.CaliforniaW 47–⁠40156533
Oct 15atWashington StateW 44–⁠412910911
Oct 22vs.Oregon StateW 51–⁠282112002
Oct 29atStanfordW 30–⁠27188222
Nov 5atArizonaL 14–⁠5212410–
Nov 12vs.Arizona StateW 45–⁠3523881–
Dec 3atUSCL 19–⁠6614841–
Dec 30 ✦vs.NorthwesternW 50–⁠3831401
2004 UCLA 11 games, 1,007 rushing yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDPR
Sep 4vs.Oklahoma StateL 20–⁠3112440–
Sep 11atIllinoisW 35–⁠17211421–
Sep 18atWashingtonW 37–⁠31263225–
Oct 2vs.San Diego StateW 33–⁠102116113
Oct 9vs.ArizonaW 37–⁠1711220–
Oct 16atCaliforniaL 28–⁠45144202
Oct 23atArizona StateL 42–⁠48155411
Oct 30vs.StanfordW 21–⁠01210503
Nov 6vs.Washington StateL 29–⁠311−601
Dec 4vs.USCL 24–⁠292−50–
Dec 23 ✦vs.WyomingL 21–⁠24251260–

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2006
Height5′6¾″
Weight207 lb
Arm length28⅛″
Hand size8¼″
40-yard dash4.39 s
10-yard split1.53 sW
Vertical jump36″
Broad jump9′8″
Bench press18 reps
3-cone drill7.08 s
20-yard shuttle4.38 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

9 seasons, 125 games with a stat; latest team: Oakland Raiders.

Pro Bowls: 3 (2009–⁠11) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2011

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2011; Pro Football Writers first team 2011; Sporting News first team 2010–⁠11; Sporting News second team 2009.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2006Jacksonville Jaguars16100
2007Jacksonville Jaguars15300
2008Jacksonville Jaguars16–00
2009Jacksonville Jaguars16600
2010Jacksonville Jaguars14300
2011Jacksonville Jaguars16100
2012Jacksonville Jaguars6100
2013Jacksonville Jaguars15100
2014Oakland Raiders11200
NFL career1251800

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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