Willis McGahee
Photo: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Miami, 2000–⁠02

Willis McGahee

Hometown
Miami, FL

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Willis McGahee played running back at Miami (2000–⁠02). He finished fourth in the 2002 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2002. The Buffalo Bills took McGahee in the first round, No. 23 overall in the 2003 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2002
Consensus All-American, Big East Offensive Player of the Year and 2 more
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in rushing touchdowns, 2002
Drafted
No. 23
Overall, 2003 NFL Draft (Buffalo Bills)

Honors

Team titles: Big East champions, 2000, 2001 and 2002; National champions, 2001

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonRushingReceiving
AttYdsAvgRecYds
2001673144.71-7
20022821,7536.227355
Career3492,06728348

From the college statistics table in McGahee’s Wikipedia article (Willis McGahee, 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).

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2003
Height6′0⅜″
Weight223 lb
Arm length30″
Hand size9¼″

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

Pro Bowls: 2 (2007, 2011)

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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