Steve Slaton in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, West Virginia, 2005–⁠07

Steve Slaton

Born
Jan 4, 1986

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Steve Slaton played running back at West Virginia (2005–⁠07). He finished fourth in the 2006 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2006. The Houston Texans took Slaton in round 3, No. 89 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2025.

At a glance

Best season
1,744
Rushing yards, 2006 (West Virginia, 11–⁠2)
Best game
188 yards
Vs. Louisville, week 7, 2005: No. 2 rushing game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in points per game, 2005
Drafted
No. 89
Round 3, 2008 NFL Draft (Houston Texans)

Career highs

215rushing yards, career highat Pittsburgh, 20065rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Louisville, 20056catches, career highat Pittsburgh, 2006130receiving yards, career highat Pittsburgh, 20062receiving touchdowns, career highat Pittsburgh, 2006

Honors

Team titles: Big East champions, 2005 and 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
2005West Virginia2051,1285.51752
2006West Virginia2481,7447.01665
2007West Virginia2111,0515.01758
Career6643,9235.95065

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2005West Virginia12957.9219
2006West Virginia2736013.3267
2007West Virginia2635013.5151
Career6580512.4567

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 West Virginia 13 games, 1,051 rushing yards, 17 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 1vs.Western MichiganW 62–⁠2416109358261
Sep 8atMarshallW 48–⁠232414621812
Sep 13atMarylandW 31–⁠1426137322110
Sep 22vs.East CarolinaW 48–⁠718110141342
Sep 28atSouth FloridaL 13–⁠211354014113
Oct 6atSyracuseW 55–⁠141569018451
Oct 20vs.Mississippi StateW 38–⁠1323127126436
Oct 27atRutgersW 31–⁠31673338151
Nov 8vs.LouisvilleW 38–⁠311760113214
Nov 17atCincinnatiW 28–⁠2323103110348
Nov 24vs.UConnW 66–⁠211054231211
Dec 1vs.PittsburghL 9–⁠139110519
Jan 2 ✦vs.OklahomaW 48–⁠281−20012
2006 West Virginia 13 games, 1,744 rushing yards, 16 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 2vs.MarshallW 42–⁠1033203216112
Sep 9vs.Eastern WashingtonW 52–⁠38105249––
Sep 14vs.MarylandW 45–⁠2421195252––
Sep 23atEast CarolinaW 27–⁠102480016335
Oct 7atMississippi StateW 42–⁠1426185127223
Oct 14vs.SyracuseW 41–⁠172016315213
Oct 20atUConnW 37–⁠1119128156214
Nov 2atLouisvilleL 34–⁠4418156142374
Nov 11vs.CincinnatiW 42–⁠241214826524
Nov 16atPittsburghW 45–⁠27232152556130
Nov 25vs.South FloridaL 19–⁠24184301328
Dec 2vs.RutgersW 41–⁠3923112244337
Jan 1 ✦vs.Georgia TechW 38–⁠3531104220
2005 West Virginia 9 games, 1,128 rushing yards, 17 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 10vs.WoffordW 35–⁠7842018114
Oct 1vs.Virginia TechL 17–⁠341190044212
Oct 8atRutgersW 27–⁠1425139133335
Oct 15vs.LouisvilleW 46–⁠4431188526320
Nov 2vs.UConnW 45–⁠131771132––
Nov 9atCincinnatiW 38–⁠0251294331−10
Nov 24vs.PittsburghW 45–⁠1334179222116
Dec 3atSouth FloridaW 28–⁠132886126––
Jan 2 ✦vs.GeorgiaW 38–⁠352620435218

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2008Combine or pro day 2008
Height5′9⅛″
Weight197 lb
Arm length32¼″
Hand size8¾″
40-yard dash4.49 s
10-yard split1.60 s
Vertical jump33½″
Broad jump9′10″
Bench press19 reps
3-cone drill6.74 s
20-yard shuttle4.27 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 45 games with a stat; latest team: Miami Dolphins.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2008Houston Texans162681,282950377
2009Houston Texans11131437344417
2010Houston Texans1219930311
2011Miami Dolphins62484133
NFL career454421,89613100808

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.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2014CFLToronto Argonauts

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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