Willis McGahee

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Willis McGahee

PositionRunning Back

Experience7 years

Height6-0

Weight232

CollegeMiami

High SchoolCentral (FL)

HometownMiami, Florida

Birthdate10/20/1981

Joined RavensTrade (BUF), 2007

Joined NFL2003

Willis McGahee Statistics

    • Games Played/Started: (2003, 0/0); (2004, 16/11) (2005, 16/15); (2006, 14/14); (2007, 15/15); (2008, 13/8) (2009, 7/1) Total 80/65
    • Playoffs: (2008, 3/1) Total: 3/1
    • Pro Bowl performer (2007) with an explosive burst, soft hands out of the backfield and can protect the QB with blocking skills
    • Entering 2009, has started 63 of 74 games, carrying the ball 1,332 times for 5,243 yards and 38 TDs
    • Has also added 135 receptions for 907 yards and 1 TD
    • Played in 13 games, including 8 starts, and finished 2nd on the team by carrying the ball 170 times for 671 yards and 7 scores, including a career-long 77-yard TD run in 2008
    • Also had 24 receptions for 173 yards and saw action in all 3 postseason games, starting 1 (AFC Championship) and led the Ravens with 39 carries for 154 yards and 2 TDs
    • Earned his 1st Pro Bowl nod in 2007, starting all 15 games he played - missing only the season finale with broken ribs
    • Led the Ravens with a career-high 294 carries for 1,207 yards (4th in the AFC and 8th in the NFL), with a long of 46 in 2007 McGahee also posted 7 TDs and finished 3rd on the team with 43 receptions for 231 yards, including 1 receiving TD (all career highs)
    • Set a Ravens’ franchise record, scoring a TD in 7 consecutive games (10/21-12/3/07)
    • McGahee rumbled for a career-high 1,247 yards on 325 carries (5th highest in Bills history) in 2005
    • Became the 5th player in Buffalo history to post consecutive 1,000-yard seasons and is the quickest player in Bills history to reach the 2,000-yard rushing mark, accomplishing the feat in 26 games.
    • Willis McGahee signed with the Ravens (trade with the Buffalo Bills) on 3/9/07
    • Originally selected by the Bills in the 1st round (23rd-overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft
    • 2009: Game 7 vs. Den. (11/1): Saw action from scrimmage and had 2 rushes for -1 yards and 1 reception for 4 yards in the 30-7 victory.
    • Game 6 at Min. (10/18): Subbed and carried the ball 7 times for 3 yards against the Vikings.
    • Game 5 vs. Cin. (10/11): Subbed and had 1 reception for 4 yards and carried the ball 1 time for -4 yards against the Bengals.
    • Game 4 at NE (10/4): Started at RB and carried the ball 5 times for 11 yards, and pulled in 1 reception, good for a 13-yard TD against the Patriots...McGahee leads the NFL in scoring (42 points) after the 1st 4 weeks of the season
    • Game 3 vs. Cle. (9/27): Carried the ball 7 times for a team-high 67 yards (9.6 avg.) and 2 TDs (3rd straight game with 2 TDs) in the 34-3 victory.
    • Game 2 at SD (9/20): Subbed and led the Ravens with 15 rushes for 79 yards (5.3 avg.) and 2 TDs in the 31-26 win...Also had 2 receptions for 10 yards against the Chargers.
    • Game 1 vs. KC (9/13): Saw action off the bench and carried the ball 10 times for 44 yards (4.4 avg.), rushed for a TD and pulled in 4 catches for 31 yards and a TD, while helping set a Ravens’ franchise record with 501 total yards in the 38-24 win.
    • 2008: (with Baltimore) Played in 13 games, including 8 starts, and finished 2nd on the team by carrying the ball 170 times for 671 yards and 7 scores, including a career-long 77-yard TD run
    • Also had 24 receptions for 173 yards
    • Subbed off the bench and carried the ball 8 times for 108 yards, including a career-long 77-yard TD run, for a 13.5 yards per rush average in game 15 at Dal. (12/20)
    • Also had 3 receptions for 21 yards in the 33-24 victory against the Cowboys
    • Saw action in all 3 postseason games, starting 1 (AFC Championship), and led the Ravens with 39 carries for 154 yards and 2 TDs, including a long of 48
    • Also grabbed 4 receptions for 26 yards
    • Started and led the team, posting postseason career highs with 20 rushes for 60 yards and 2 TDs in the AFC Championship at Pit. (1/18/09)
    • Also had 2 receptions for 13 yards before leaving the game with a neck injury in the Pittsburgh game.
    • 2007: (with Baltimore) Earned his 1st Pro Bowl nod after compiling a career-high 1,483 total yards from scrimmage
    • A consistent offensive force in his 1st year with the Ravens, he started all 15 games he played - missing only the season finale with broken ribs
    • Led the Ravens with a career-high 294 carries for 1,207 yards (4th in the AFC and 8th in the NFL), with a long of 46, and 7 TDs
    • McGahee also finished 3rd on the team with 43 receptions for 231 yards and 1 TD (all career highs)
    • Set a Ravens’ franchise record, scoring a TD in 7 consecutive games (10/21-12/3)
    • He led the Ravens with 66 1st down conversions (56 rushing and 10 receiving), including 7 on 3rd down
    • Started his 50th-career game and averaged 4.9 yards per carry (102 yards on 21 attempts) and nettted a rushing TD in game 10 vs. Cle. (11/18)
    • Totaled 136 total yards from scrimmage (88 rushing and 48 receiving on a career-high 7 catches) in game 5 at SF (10/7)
    • Started and led the Ravens with 26 carries for 97 yards (3 for 1st downs) and hauled in 2 receptions for 6 yards and his 1st-career receiving TD in the 20-13 win in game 2 vs. NYJ (9/16).
    • 2006: (with Buffalo) Started 14 games (missing 2 due to a rib injury)
    • Finished the season with 259 carries for 990 yards (3.8 avg.) and 6 TDs
    • Also pulled in 18 receptions for 156 yards
    • Rumbled for a game-high 125 yards on 16 carries and a then-career-long 57-yard TD in game 13 at NYJ (12/10)
    • That performance marked the 5th-consecutive 100-yard rushing game against Jets, the 1st time in Bills history a rusher posted 100-yard games in back-to-back season series against 1 opponent
    • Carried the ball 26 times and averaged 5.7 yards per attempt while establishing a new career high with 150 yards on the ground in game 3 vs. NYJ (9/24).
    • 2005: (with Buffalo) Saw action in all 16 games, starting 15 and posted a career-high 1,247 rushing yards on 325 carries (5th highest in Buffalo history)
    • McGahee also became the 5th player in club history to post consecutive 1,000-yard seasons and was the quickest player in team history to reach the 2,000-yard rushing mark, accomplishing the feat in 26 games.
    • 2004: (with Buffalo) Saw action in 16 games, starting 11 in his 1st active season in the NFL
    • Led the team with 1,128 rushing yards (2nd most in Bills history for a 1st-year RB)
    • Posted 7 100-yard games in 11 starts, setting a new record for 1st-year Bills RB (old record: 3 by Joe Cribbs and Greg Bell)
    • In addition, his 13 rushing TDs tied him for 2nd in team history, behind O.J. Simpson’s 16 in 1975
    • His 5 multi-TD games are the 2nd most by a Bill in a single season (Simpson 6 in 1975)
    • Eclipsed the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the 1st time in his career in game 15 at SF (12/26) on a 20-yard run in the 3rd quarter to finish with 102 yards and 2 TDs on 15 carries, averaging a career-high 6.8 yards per carry
    • Registered his 2nd-career start in game 7 vs. Ari. (10/31) and carried the ball 30 times for 102 yards and 2 TDs
    • His 2 rushing TDs were the 1st scores of his career
    • He also had 2 rushes of over 20 yards (23 & 24) on the team’s 1st drive, marking the 4th-straight game McGahee registered runs of 15-plus yards
    • Started his 1st-career NFL game and averaged 4.3 yards per carry as he rushed for 111 yards on 26 carries in game 5 vs. Mia. (10/17).
    • 2003: (with Buffalo) Spent the 1st 8 games of the season on the NFI (Non-Football Injury) list while recovering from a serious knee injury suffered in the final game of his college career, and was elevated to the 53-man roster prior to game 9 at Dal. (11/9)
    • Inactive rest of the season.
    • Played just 21 games at Miami but established himself as one of the top scoring backs in the history of college football
    • Gained 2,067 career yards on 349 carries (5.9 avg.) with 31 TDs
    • Also caught 25 passes for 355 yards (13.1 avg.) and a 35-yard KOR for the Hurricanes
    • His 2,067 career rushing yards and 31 scores ranked 5th on the school’s all-time record lists
    • His 186 career points scored ranked 6th in Hurricane annals at the end of his college career
    • Was a consensus All-America and All-Big East Conference 1st-team selection as a sophomore in 2002
    • Was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy, and finished 4th in the voting (660 points)
    • Shattered school season records, as he carried 282 times for 1,753 yards (6.2 avg.) and 28 TDs, breaking the previous marks of 1,416 yards and 17 scores by Edgerrin James in 1998
    • In Division IA history, only Nebraska’s Mike Rozier (29 in 1983) and Oklahoma State’s Barry Sanders (37 in 1988) ran for more TDs in a season
    • His 10 100-yard performances broke the old Hurricane season-record of 8 (Ottis Anderson, 1978)
    • Added 350 yards on 24 receptions (14.6 avg)
    • Gained 2,108 all-purpose yards, breaking the old Miami season-record of 1,708 by Anderson in 1978
    • With his 204 yards on 24 attempts against Florida (joined Lorenzo Roan - 249 vs. East Carolina in 1980; and Edgerrin James (271 vs. Boston College in 1977 and 299 vs. UCLA in 1998); making him only the 3rd player in school history to rush for over 200 yards in a game
    • With his 205-yard effort and 6-TDs vs. Virginia Tech, he became the 1st player in school history to rush for over 200 yards twice in the same season
    • Those 6 TDs broke the old school game record of 5, set by Bill L’Italien vs. Piedmont in 1933
    • Redshirted in 2000
    • Majored in criminology at Miami
    • Regarded as one of the top RBs in the nation and the best in Florida at Central (Miami, FL) HS
    • Rushed for 771 yards and scored 14 TDs on 77 carries in just 8 games his senior year
    • Was listed as the 6th-best RB on PrepStar's 1999 Top 100 Dream Team and the 10th-best overall prospect in the Southeast Region
    • Named the best RB in Florida on the Florida Times-Union Super 75 list
    • Attended the Ravens annual Spring Football Festival at M&T Bank Stadium in April 2007 and ‘08, where he signed autographs and spoke at fan forums
    • Willis participated in “A Purple Evening,” a night that included football basics, autographs and fan forums at M&T Bank Stadium in Oct. 2007-08
    • He also visited a headstart child care center in Dec. 2007 to distribute 650 gifts to children after hosting a 3-week toy drive
    • McGahee also joined teammates Le’Ron McClain and Ray Rice at the Ravens Running Back Thanksgiving Distribution, giving necessary food items to families in need at Owen Brown Inter-Faith Center in Columbia, MD
    • For his charitable efforts in the county, he was named the 2009 Howard County (MD) Humanitarian of the Year
    • Full name: Willis Andrew McGahee III

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