Rashard Mendenhall in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Tom Cool, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Illinois, 2005–⁠07

Rashard Mendenhall

Hometown
Skokie, IL
Born
Jun 19, 1987, in Skokie, Illinois

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Rashard Mendenhall played running back at Illinois (2005–⁠07). The Pittsburgh Steelers took Mendenhall in the first round, No. 23 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,681
Rushing yards, 2007 (Illinois, 9–⁠4)
Best game
214 yards
At Indiana, week 4, 2007: No. 3 rushing game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 23
Overall, 2008 NFL Draft (Pittsburgh Steelers)

Career highs

214rushing yards, career highat Indiana, 20073rushing touchdowns, career highat Syracuse, 2007

Honors

All-America: Pro Football Weekly 2007

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
2005Illinois482184.5018
2006Illinois786408.2586
2007Illinois2621,6816.41779
Career3882,5396.52286

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2005Illinois13826.3216
2006Illinois1216413.7176
2007Illinois343189.4255
Career595649.6576

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

2007 Illinois 13 games, 1,681 rushing yards, 17 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 1vs.MissouriL 34–⁠40113323590
Sep 8vs.Western IllinoisW 21–⁠02313911160
Sep 15atSyracuseW 41–⁠201615033200
Sep 22atIndianaW 27–⁠142721413181
Sep 29vs.Penn StateW 27–⁠20187614270
Oct 6vs.WisconsinW 31–⁠261916024331
Oct 13atIowaL 6–⁠10156703270
Oct 20vs.MichiganL 17–⁠27188504260
Oct 27vs.Ball StateW 28–⁠17281892–––
Nov 3atMinnesotaW 44–⁠17172012–––
Nov 10atOhio StateW 28–⁠2126880140
Nov 17vs.NorthwesternW 41–⁠222712423290
Jan 1 ✦vs.USCL 17–⁠491715515590
2006 Illinois 12 games, 640 rushing yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 2vs.Eastern IllinoisW 42–⁠17107524500
Sep 9atRutgersL 0–⁠3322203100
Sep 16vs.SyracuseL 21–⁠3153202781
Sep 23vs.IowaL 7–⁠245140–––
Sep 30atMichigan StateW 23–⁠205170–––
Oct 7vs.IndianaL 32–⁠345290–––
Oct 14vs.OhioL 17–⁠207940120
Oct 21atPenn StateL 12–⁠261416101110
Oct 28atWisconsinL 24–⁠308260–––
Nov 4vs.Ohio StateL 10–⁠1771810150
Nov 11vs.PurdueL 31–⁠4253911−20
Nov 18atNorthwesternL 16–⁠2751131–––
2005 Illinois 10 games, 218 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 10vs.San José StateW 40–⁠19116402160
Sep 17atCaliforniaL 20–⁠35110–––
Sep 24vs.Michigan StateL 14–⁠6162102171
Oct 1atIowaL 7–⁠35–––270
Oct 8atIndianaL 13–⁠362100100
Oct 22vs.Penn StateL 10–⁠6393404301
Oct 29vs.WisconsinL 24–⁠413200–––
Nov 5atOhio StateL 2–⁠4041202120
Nov 12atPurdueL 3–⁠379490–––
Nov 19vs.NorthwesternL 21–⁠38370–––

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2008
Height5′10⅛″
Weight225 lb
Arm length31⅜″
Hand size10⅞″
40-yard dash4.45 s
10-yard split1.57 sW
Vertical jump33½″
Broad jump9′9″
Bench press26 reps
20-yard shuttle4.18 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

6 seasons, 72 games with a stat; latest team: Arizona Cardinals.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2008Pittsburgh Steelers4–00
2009Pittsburgh Steelers16200
2010Pittsburgh Steelers16200
2011Pittsburgh Steelers15200
2012Pittsburgh Steelers6–00
2013Arizona Cardinals15100
NFL career72700

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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