Running back, USC, 2003–05
Reggie Bush
Lettered 2003–05 (school media guide)
- Hometown
- La Mesa, CA
- Born
- Mar 2, 1985, in San Diego, California
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Reggie Bush played running back at USC (2003–05). He won the 2005 Heisman Trophy, the 2005 Doak Walker Award and the 2005 Walter Camp Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2004 and 2005. The New Orleans Saints took Bush in the first round, No. 2 overall in the 2006 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2023.
At a glance
Career highs
294rushing yards, career highvs. Fresno State, 20053rushing touchdowns, career highat Notre Dame, 20056catches, career highthree times; last vs. Texas, 2005127receiving yards, career highvs. Virginia Tech, 20043receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Virginia Tech, 2004Honors
- 2005Heisman Trophy
- Inducted 2023College Football Hall of Fame
- 2004, 2005Chic Harley Award
- 2004, 2005Consensus All‑American
- 2004, 2005Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year
- 2004, 2005First-team All-Pac-10
- 2004Fifth in the Heisman vote
- 2005Doak Walker Award
- 2005Walter Camp Award
- 2005AP College Football Player of the Year
- 2005Jim Brown Trophy
- 2005Sporting News College Football Player of the Year
- 2005National leader in yards per carry (8.7)
Team titles: National champions, 2004
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Rushing | Receiving | Kick returns | Punt returns | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| 2003 | 90 | 521 | 5.8 | 3 | 15 | 314 | 20.9 | 4 | 18 | 492 | 27.3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 143 | 908 | 6.3 | 6 | 43 | 509 | 11.8 | 7 | 21 | 537 | 25.6 | 0 | 24 | 376 | 15.7 | 2 |
| 2005 | 200 | 1,740 | 8.7 | 16 | 37 | 478 | 12.9 | 2 | 28 | 493 | 17.6 | 0 | 18 | 179 | 9.9 | 1 |
| Career | 433 | 3,169 | 25 | 95 | 1,301 | 13 | 67 | 1,522 | 1 | 44 | 559 | 3 | ||||
From the college statistics table in Bush’s Wikipedia article (Reggie Bush, 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 USC 12 games, 1,643 rushing yards, 16 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at Hawai’i | W 63–17 | 12 | 86 | 2 | – |
| Sep 17 | vs. Arkansas | W 70–17 | 8 | 125 | 1 | 3 |
| Sep 24 | at Oregon | W 45–13 | 20 | 122 | 1 | 4 |
| Oct 1 | at Arizona State | W 38–28 | 17 | 158 | 2 | 3 |
| Oct 8 | vs. Arizona | W 42–21 | 14 | 110 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 15 | at Notre Dame | W 34–31 | 15 | 160 | 3 | 4 |
| Oct 22 | at Washington | W 51–24 | 8 | 51 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Stanford | W 51–21 | 12 | 113 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 12 | at California | W 35–10 | 17 | 82 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Fresno State | W 50–42 | 23 | 294 | 2 | 2 |
| Dec 3 | vs. UCLA | W 66–19 | 24 | 260 | 2 | 1 |
| Jan 4 ✦ | vs. Texas | L 38–41 | 13 | 82 | 1 | 1 |
No box score in the source for Oct 29 vs. Washington State, so that game is not listed.
2004 USC 13 games, 37 returns, 376 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | vs. Virginia Tech | W 24–13 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 4 |
| Sep 11 | vs. Colorado State | W 49–0 | 12 | 84 | 1 | 3 |
| Sep 18 | at BYU | W 42–10 | 14 | 124 | 1 | 3 |
| Sep 25 | atStanford | W 31–28 | 16 | 95 | 1 | 4 |
| Oct 9 | vs.California | W 23–17 | 8 | 23 | 0 | – |
| Oct 16 | vs.Arizona State | W 45–7 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 4 |
| Oct 23 | vs.Washington | W 38–0 | 13 | 55 | 0 | 3 |
| Oct 30 | at Washington State | W 42–12 | 14 | 42 | 1 | 4 |
| Nov 6 | at Oregon State | W 28–20 | 11 | 88 | 0 | 3 |
| Nov 13 | vs.Arizona | W 49–9 | 12 | 45 | 0 | 4 |
| Nov 27 | vs.Notre Dame | W 41–10 | 8 | 25 | 0 | – |
| Dec 4 | atUCLA | W 29–24 | 15 | 204 | 2 | 3 |
| Jan 4 ✦ | vs. Oklahoma | W 55–19 | 6 | 75 | 0 | 2 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2006 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′10⅞″ |
| Weight | 201 lb |
| Arm length | 30¼″ |
| Hand size | 9¾″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.33 sW |
| Vertical jump | 40½″W |
| Broad jump | 10′8″W |
| Bench press | 24 repsW |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
11 seasons, 131 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.
First-team All-Pro: 2008
All-Pro teams: Sporting News first team 2008.
| Season | Team | G | Car | Yds | TD | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 154 | 558 | 6 | 89 | 748 |
| 2007 | New Orleans Saints | 12 | 157 | 581 | 4 | 73 | 417 |
| 2008 | New Orleans Saints | 10 | 106 | 404 | 2 | 52 | 440 |
| 2009 | New Orleans Saints | 14 | 70 | 390 | 5 | 47 | 335 |
| 2010 | New Orleans Saints | 8 | 36 | 150 | 0 | 34 | 208 |
| 2011 | Miami Dolphins | 15 | 216 | 1,086 | 6 | 43 | 296 |
| 2012 | Miami Dolphins | 16 | 227 | 986 | 6 | 35 | 292 |
| 2013 | Detroit Lions | 14 | 223 | 1,006 | 4 | 54 | 506 |
| 2014 | Detroit Lions | 11 | 76 | 297 | 2 | 40 | 253 |
| 2015 | San Francisco 49ers | 5 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| 2016 | Buffalo Bills | 10 | 12 | −3 | 1 | 7 | 90 |
| NFL career | 131 | 1,285 | 5,483 | 36 | 478 | 3,604 | |
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).
Books
Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.
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