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| College: | Marshall |
| NFL draft: | 2007 / round: 7 / pick: 250 |
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Ahmad Bradshaw was born March 19, 1986 in Bluefield, Virginia and is an American football running back in the NFL for the New York Giants. He was selected in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL Draft.
High school
Ahmad Bradshaw had an amazing athletic career at Graham High School. He was ranked as the #7 player in Virginia and the #28 running back prospect in the country by Rivals.com. Bradshaw rushed for 2,282 yards and 27 touchdowns as a junior and 2,557 rushing yards and 31 touchdowns as a senior at Graham, totaling his 5,265 yards and 92 touchdowns while averaging nearly 10 yards a carry for his high school career.
Bradshaw originally signed a letter of intent to Virginia and arrived in Charlottesville for football practice, but was kicked off the team by Al Groh before his first season even started after being arrested for underage drinking and running from police. He then enrolled at Marshall.
Collegiate career
Bradshaw only had 462 yards and 3 touchdowns in his freshman season in 2004, but also totaled 187 yards receiving on 14 receptions for two touchdowns. Bradshaw missed two games that season, the Georgia and Miami games, due to an ankle sprain. Bradshaw also recorded nine punt returns for 108 yards and 15 kick returns for 322 yards as a freshman. Bradshaw rushed for a then career-high 145 yards, including a 77-yard touchdown gallop, in just eight first half carries against Western Michigan University. His other signature performance of the season came against Kansas State, when he took a screen pass 75-yards for a score.
Bradshaw rushed for 997 yards and totaled 1,382 all-purpose yards en route to becoming a second-team All-Conference USA selection as a sophomore in 2005. Bradshaw was the team's leading rusher and receiver as well. In the season-opener against William and Mary, Bradshaw rushed for 72 yards and a touchdown with 73 yards and a score receiving. Bradshaw rushed for 99 yards and a touchdown in the loss to #3 Virginia Tech 41-14. He followed it up with a then career-high 133 yards against UTEP and eclipsed the mark the following week in the Herd's overtime loss to Southern Miss with 150 yards and a score. Bradshaw's best performance came against ECU, when he rushed for a season and career-high 187 yards with two touchdowns along with 51 yards on eight receptions. He added a season-long 56-yard run against ECU as well.
Bradshaw's best season of his college career came as a junior in 2006, when he totaled 1,523 yards rushing for 19 touchdowns and 129 receiving yards for two scores. Bradshaw was eighth in the nation in rushing yardage and tied for third in rushing touchdowns. In the Herd's second game of the season against Hofstra, Bradshaw ran for 152 yards and four touchdowns. Against UCF, he ran for 181 yards and a score. Bradshaw's first out of two 200-yard games of the season came two weeks later against UAB, when he rushed for 242 yards and two touchdowns. Bradshaw's best game of the season and his career came against UTEP, when he rushed for career-highs of 261 yards and 5 touchdowns. Bradshaw was in contention for Conference USA Player of the Year and earned first-team all-Conference USA honors.
Professional career
Bradshaw was selected in the seventh round, 250th overall, in the 2007 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. In 2 games he fumbled twice on kick off returns, one for a touchdown. He was fourth in the NFC with a 26.0-yard kickoff return average when the Giants replaced him with veteran Reuben Droughns. However, Bradshaw got his return job back for the November 18th game against the Detroit Lions. The injuries to his teammates Brandon Jacobs and Derrick Ward and the disappointing play of Reuben Droughns gave Bradshaw his first career regular season carries against the Minnesota Vikings. He gained 29 yards on 4 carries. On December 23, 2007, he scored his first NFL touchdown on an 88-yard run in the 4th quarter against the Buffalo Bills. It was the 3rd longest run in New York Giants history and the longest run of the 2007 NFL season. Bradshaw finished the game with a career-high 151 yards on 17 carries.
Trivia
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- Majored in Sports Management and Marketing at Marshall.
- Son of Diana Davis and James Bradshaw
- Resides in Bluefield, VA
References
- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=162097
- http://www.cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=26533&pid=1423
- http://moreresults.factiva.com/results/index/index.aspx?ref=CGAZ000020040824e08n0008v
- http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10DF9618EDFA9588&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
- http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/2007/12/24/2007-12-24_ahmad_bradshaw_brandon_jacobs_carry_the_.html
- http://mvn.com/nfl-giants/category/current-giants-players/ahmad-bradshaw/