Tashard Choice in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: J. Van Meter, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Georgia Tech (from Oklahoma), 2004–⁠07

Tashard Choice

Born
Nov 20, 1984, in Jonesboro, Georgia

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Tashard Choice played running back at Oklahoma (2004) and Georgia Tech (2005–⁠07). The Dallas Cowboys took Choice in round 4, No. 122 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,473
Rushing yards, 2006 (Georgia Tech, 9–⁠5)
Best game
169 yards
Vs. West Virginia, bowl season 2006: No. 2 rushing game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 122
Round 4, 2008 NFL Draft (Dallas Cowboys)

Career highs

204rushing yards, career highat Miami, 20072rushing touchdowns, career higheight times; last at Duke, 2007

Honors

Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2004

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2004Oklahoma221004.5014
2005Georgia Tech1175134.4632
2006Georgia Tech2971,4735.01246
2007Georgia Tech2611,3795.31073
Career6973,4655.02873

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2004Oklahoma177.007
2005Georgia Tech14765.4017
2006Georgia Tech12988.2018
2007Georgia Tech141077.6017
Career412887.0018

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 Georgia Tech 12 games, 1,379 rushing yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 1atNotre DameW 33–⁠326196245322
Sep 8vs.SamfordW 69–⁠1411110273117
Sep 15vs.Boston CollegeL 10–⁠241531012429
Sep 22atVirginiaL 23–⁠28519012––
Sep 29vs.ClemsonW 13–⁠332145132––
Oct 6atMarylandL 26–⁠2832135128223
Oct 13atMiamiW 17–⁠1437204054113
Oct 20vs.ArmyW 34–⁠1092417––
Nov 10atDukeW 41–⁠24241702481−3
Nov 17vs.North CarolinaW 27–⁠2533142017––
Nov 24vs.GeorgiaL 17–⁠3125134122––
Dec 31 ✦vs.Fresno StateL 28–⁠40126902226
2006 Georgia Tech 14 games, 1,473 rushing yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 2vs.Notre DameL 10–⁠14145401611
Sep 9vs.SamfordW 38–⁠6744121––
Sep 16vs.TroyW 35–⁠201778120111
Sep 21vs.VirginiaW 24–⁠71983032111
Sep 30atVirginia TechW 38–⁠2718105228––
Oct 7vs.MarylandW 27–⁠2326138221––
Oct 21atClemsonL 7–⁠3115480913
Oct 28vs.MiamiW 30–⁠2326107124––
Nov 4atNC StateW 31–⁠233416404117
Nov 11atNorth CarolinaW 7–⁠032119111232
Nov 18vs.DukeW 49–⁠2118118146––
Nov 25atGeorgiaL 12–⁠152314612515
Dec 2vs.Wake ForestL 6–⁠921100024––
Jan 1 ✦vs.West VirginiaL 35–⁠3827169231428
2005 Georgia Tech 12 games, 513 rushing yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3atAuburnW 23–⁠1441509––
Sep 10vs.North CarolinaW 27–⁠2127061−3
Sep 17vs.UConnW 28–⁠13208922018
Sep 24atVirginia TechL 7–⁠5192901216
Oct 6vs.NC StateL 14–⁠1741507––
Oct 15atDukeW 35–⁠101510723224
Oct 29vs.ClemsonW 10–⁠964403233
Nov 5vs.Wake ForestW 30–⁠17126401512
Nov 12atVirginiaL 17–⁠2782711928
Nov 19atMiamiW 14–⁠102984115––
Nov 26vs.GeorgiaL 7–⁠14731018117
Dec 29 ✦vs.UtahL 10–⁠381101231
2004 Oklahoma 2 games, 100 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Oct 2vs.Texas TechW 28–⁠13167109––
Nov 20atBaylorW 35–⁠062901417

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2008Combine or pro day 2008
Height5′10½″
Weight215 lb
Arm length30¾″
Hand size9¼″
40-yard dash4.50 s
10-yard split1.50 s
Vertical jump34″
Broad jump9′11″
Bench press20 reps
3-cone drill6.88 s
20-yard shuttle4.26 sW

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

6 seasons, 76 games with a stat; latest team: Indianapolis Colts.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2008Dallas Cowboys12300
2009Dallas Cowboys15300
2010Dallas Cowboys12–00
2011Buffalo Bills13–00
2012Buffalo Bills10100
2013Indianapolis Colts14400
NFL career761100

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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