Running back, Stanford, 2006–09
Toby Gerhart
- Number
- No. 7
- Height
- 6′1″
- Hometown
- Norco, CA
- Born
- Mar 28, 1987, in Norco, California
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Toby Gerhart played running back at Stanford (2006–09). He won the 2009 Doak Walker Award. He finished second in the 2009 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2009. The Minnesota Vikings took Gerhart in round 2, No. 51 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2024.
At a glance
Career highs
223rushing yards, career highvs. Oregon, 20094rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. California, 2009Honors
- Inducted 2024College Football Hall of Fame
- 2008Second-team All-Pac-10
- 2009Doak Walker Award
- 2009Archie Griffin Award
- 2009Jim Brown Trophy
- 2009Consensus All‑American
- 2009Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year
- 2009First-team All-Pac-10
- 2009National leader in points (166)
- 2009National leader in rushing touchdowns (28)
- 2009National leader in rushing yards (1,871)
- 2009Second in the Heisman vote
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Rushing
Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
On the roster
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
2009 Stanford 13 games, 1,871 rushing yards, 27 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | at Washington State | W 39–13 | 23 | 121 | 2 | 39 | – | – |
| Sep 12 | at Wake Forest | L 17–24 | 17 | 82 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 12 |
| Sep 19 | vs. San José State | W 42–17 | 24 | 113 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 8 |
| Sep 26 | vs. Washington | W 34–14 | 27 | 200 | 1 | 60 | – | – |
| Oct 3 | vs. UCLA | W 24–16 | 29 | 134 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 24 |
| Oct 10 | at Oregon State | L 28–38 | 20 | 96 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 11 |
| Oct 17 | at Arizona | L 38–43 | 28 | 123 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 18 |
| Oct 24 | vs. Arizona State | W 33–14 | 27 | 125 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 5 |
| Nov 7 | vs. Oregon | W 51–42 | 38 | 223 | 3 | 31 | – | – |
| Nov 14 | at USC | W 55–21 | 29 | 178 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 9 |
| Nov 21 | vs. California | L 28–34 | 20 | 136 | 4 | 61 | 1 | 29 |
| Nov 28 | vs. Notre Dame | W 45–38 | 29 | 205 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 33 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Oklahoma | L 27–31 | 32 | 135 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 8 |
2008 Stanford 12 games, 1,136 rushing yards, 15 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | vs.Oregon State | W 36–28 | 19 | 147 | 2 | 46 | – | – |
| Sep 6 | atArizona State | L 17–41 | 16 | 67 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| Sep 13 | at TCU | L 14–31 | 15 | 45 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 42 |
| Sep 20 | vs.San José State | W 23–10 | 22 | 148 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 3 |
| Sep 27 | atWashington | W 35–28 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 24 |
| Oct 4 | atNotre Dame | L 21–28 | 13 | 104 | 1 | 27 | – | – |
| Oct 11 | vs.Arizona | W 24–23 | 24 | 116 | 1 | 27 | – | – |
| Oct 18 | atUCLA | L 20–23 | 27 | 138 | 2 | 20 | – | – |
| Nov 1 | vs.Washington State | W 58–0 | 22 | 132 | 4 | 21 | – | – |
| Nov 8 | atOregon | L 28–35 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | vs.USC | L 23–45 | 23 | 101 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 15 |
| Nov 22 | atCalifornia | L 16–37 | 19 | 103 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 14 |
2007 Stanford 1 game, 140 rushing yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15 | vs.San José State | W 37–0 | 12 | 140 | 1 | 48 | – | – |
2006 Stanford 12 games, 375 rushing yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | atOregon | L 10–48 | 16 | 55 | 0 | 15 | – | – |
| Sep 9 | atSan José State | L 34–35 | 13 | 82 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 8 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Navy | L 9–37 | 9 | 40 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 31 |
| Sep 23 | vs.Washington State | L 10–36 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 11 |
| Sep 30 | atUCLA | L 0–31 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| Oct 7 | atNotre Dame | L 10–31 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 10 | – | – |
| Oct 14 | vs.Arizona | L 7–20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| Oct 21 | atArizona State | L 3–38 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 6 | – | – |
| Nov 4 | vs.USC | L 0–42 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| Nov 11 | atWashington | W 20–3 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 12 | – | – |
| Nov 18 | vs.Oregon State | L 7–30 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 8 | – | – |
| Dec 2 | atCalifornia | L 17–26 | 13 | 44 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 26 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2010 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0″ |
| Weight | 231 lb |
| Arm length | 32″ |
| Hand size | 9⅝″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.60 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.62 sW |
| Vertical jump | 38″ |
| Broad jump | 9′10″ |
| Bench press | 22 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.94 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.25 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, 77 games with a stat; latest team: Jacksonville Jaguars.
| Season | Team | G | Car | Yds | TD | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Minnesota Vikings | 15 | 81 | 322 | 1 | 21 | 167 |
| 2011 | Minnesota Vikings | 15 | 109 | 531 | 1 | 23 | 190 |
| 2012 | Minnesota Vikings | 15 | 50 | 169 | 1 | 20 | 155 |
| 2013 | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 36 | 283 | 2 | 13 | 88 |
| 2014 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 14 | 101 | 326 | 2 | 20 | 186 |
| 2015 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 5 | 20 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| NFL career | 77 | 397 | 1,675 | 7 | 100 | 809 | |
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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