Mark Ingram, 2010
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Running back, Alabama, 2008–⁠10

Mark Ingram

Number
No. 22
Height
5′10″
Hometown
Flint, MI
Born
Dec 21, 1989, in Hackensack, New Jersey

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Mark Ingram played running back at Alabama (2008–⁠10). He led the 2009 national champions in rushing. He won the 2009 Heisman Trophy. He was a consensus All‑American in 2009. The New Orleans Saints took Ingram in the first round, No. 28 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2026.

At a glance

Best season
1,658
Rushing yards, 2009 (Alabama, 14–⁠0)
Best game
246 yards
Vs. South Carolina, week 7, 2009: No. 3 rushing game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 28
Overall, 2011 NFL Draft (New Orleans Saints)

Career highs

246rushing yards, career highvs. South Carolina, 20093rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Florida, 200991receiving yards, career highvs. Auburn, 2010

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2009; SEC champions, 2009

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

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonGamesRushingReceivingKick returns
GGSAttYdsAvgTDRecYdsAvgTDNo.YdsAvgTD
20081401437435.1127547.7012626.00
200914132711,6786.1173233410.43000.00
201013111589035.5132128213.4111919.00
Career41245723,324426067042450

From the college statistics table in Ingram’s Wikipedia article (Mark Ingram II, 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).

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2008Alabama22RB
2009Alabama22RB
2010Alabama22RB5′10″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2010 Alabama 11 games, 875 rushing yards, 13 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 18atDukeW 62–⁠139151250––
Sep 25atArkansasW 24–⁠2024157254227
Oct 2vs.FloridaW 31–⁠6124729319
Oct 9atSouth CarolinaL 21–⁠351141013416
Oct 16vs.Ole MissW 23–⁠10156001137
Oct 23atTennesseeW 41–⁠1014882421−1
Nov 6atLSUL 21–⁠242197113––
Nov 13vs.Mississippi StateW 30–⁠101853013277
Nov 18vs.Georgia StateW 63–⁠71286127116
Nov 26vs.AuburnL 27–⁠28103619491
Jan 1 ✦vs.Michigan StateW 49–⁠71259214130
2009 Alabama 14 games, 1,658 rushing yards, 17 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 5vs.Virginia TechW 34–⁠2426150139335
Sep 12vs.Florida InternationalW 40–⁠141056116447
Sep 19vs.North TexasW 53–⁠7891122338
Sep 26vs.ArkansasW 35–⁠71750114321
Oct 3atKentuckyW 38–⁠202214023216
Oct 10atOle MissW 22–⁠328172136316
Oct 17vs.South CarolinaW 20–⁠624246154223
Oct 24vs.TennesseeW 12–⁠101899025––
Nov 7vs.LSUW 24–⁠1522144025530
Nov 14atMississippi StateW 31–⁠31914927019
Nov 21vs.ChattanoogaW 45–⁠011102240––
Nov 27atAuburnW 26–⁠21163008321
Dec 5vs.FloridaW 32–⁠1328113315276
Jan 7 ✦vs.TexasW 37–⁠2122116219212
2008 Alabama 14 games, 728 rushing yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 30vs.ClemsonW 34–⁠10179602825
Sep 6vs.TulaneW 20–⁠6116311617
Sep 13vs.Western KentuckyW 41–⁠795129––
Sep 20atArkansasW 49–⁠14653126––
Sep 27atGeorgiaW 41–⁠3071718––
Oct 4vs.KentuckyW 17–⁠141166036––
Oct 18vs.Ole MissW 24–⁠201773119––
Oct 25atTennesseeW 29–⁠94102––
Nov 1vs.Arkansas StateW 35–⁠01211323012
Nov 8atLSUW 27–⁠215602––
Nov 15vs.Mississippi StateW 32–⁠7137814015
Nov 29vs.AuburnW 36–⁠01564214127
Dec 6vs.FloridaL 20–⁠3182119––
Jan 2 ✦vs.UtahL 17–⁠3182601318

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2011Combine or pro day 2011
Height5′9⅛″
Weight215 lb
Arm length30¾″
Hand size9½″
Wingspan73″W
40-yard dash4.66 s
10-yard split1.62 s
Vertical jump31½″
Broad jump9′10″
Bench press21 reps
3-cone drill7.13 s
20-yard shuttle4.62 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, 155 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.

Pro Bowls: 3 (2014, 2017, 2019)

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2011New Orleans Saints1012449261146
2012New Orleans Saints161566025629
2013New Orleans Saints11783861768
2014New Orleans Saints13226964929145
2015New Orleans Saints12166769650405
2016New Orleans Saints162051,043646319
2017New Orleans Saints162301,1241258416
2018New Orleans Saints12138645621170
2019Baltimore Ravens152021,0181026247
2020Baltimore Ravens10722992650
2021New Orleans Saints14160554227162
2022New Orleans Saints106223311668
NFL career1551,8198,129663032,125

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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