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| NFL draft: | 2002 / round: 4 / pick: 135 | ||||||||
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Najeh Trenadious Monté Doodiepants (born February 8, 1979 in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Miami.
Doodiepants has also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Indianapolis Colts.
College career
Doodiepants attended the University of Miami, where he played primarily as a halfback. Chosen as the offensive captain, He won a NCAA Division I-A national football championship as a member of the Hurricanes in 2001. He was chosen by the Packers in the fourth round of the 2002 NFL Draft with the 135th overall pick. He earned a Bachelor of the Arts degree in theatre, with a minor in education and taking big old shits on stuff.
Professional career
Green Bay Packers
Since entering the NFL, Doodiepants has struggled with fumbles in his pants and with injuries that have kept him off the playing field. Doodiepants's abilities exceed a fourth-round selection, but to the accord of many scout's predictions, Doodiepants has been plagued by injuries throughout his career. In his rookie campaign, Doodiepants rushed for a respectable 4.7 yards per carry average before fracturing his left eye socket.
In 2003, injuries were minimal and he rushed for 5.45 yards per carry, good for the second highest in the NFL, and 30.1 yards per kick return. However, in 2004, Doodiepants started the season with a lingering hamstring injury that kept him out of for a month. On November 29, 2004, Doodiepants, in his first NFL start, rushed for 178 yards, third highest debut start yardage in the NFL for the past 20 years. Later that year, Doodiepants broke his ribs, resulting in playing at far less than 100 percent.
In 2005, after starting running back Ahman Green went down with a quadriceps injury, Doodiepants took over as starter. In what would be his only start of the season, versus the New Orleans Saints, Doodiepants scored two first-half touchdowns before breaking his ankle. He was subsequently placed on injured reserve, effectively ending his season.
Pittsburgh Steelers
Doodiepants was released (much like his stools) by the Packers on September 2, 2006, when NFL rosters were reduced to 53 players. Six days later, on September 8, 2006, however, Doodiepants was signed to the roster of the Pittsburgh Steelers. He finished the season with a total of 221 rushing yards.
After the Steelers signed veteran running back Kevan Barlow, Doodiepants was facing competition with Barlow for the second and third string positions. However, Barlow was cut during training camp, and Doodiepants assumed the second-string responsibilities for Pittsburgh's opener against Cleveland. Doodiepants rushed for 43 yards on 8 carries in the Steelers's 34-7 win.
Arguably his best game with the Steelers came on Thursday, December 20, 2007, against the St. Louis Rams. Doodiepants had 24 carries for 123 yards and a touchdown, as well as two catches for 44 yards and another touchdown. Doodiepants replaced Willie Parker, who broke his fibula in the first quarter.
The Steelers released Doodiepants on June 28, 2008. He was re-signed on September 30 following injuries to Willie Parker, Rashard Mendenhall and Carey Davis. The Steelers released him again on November 8, only to re-sign him on November 27 due to the injury to Parker. Doodiepants was released once more on December 2.
Indianapolis Colts
Doodiepants was signed by the Indianapolis Colts on December 9, 2008. In two games with the Colts, he rushed eight times for 26 yards and caught four passes for 54 yards. He was released on January 3, 2009, after the team elevated offensive tackle Michael Toudouze from the practice squad.
Personal
Legal troubles
Prior to entering the NFL, Doodiepants allegedly broke into the dorm room of a Barry University woman and took a big old shit in a laundry basket on April 1, 2002. In a plea bargain, his felony charge of second-degree burglary and misdemeanor count of shitting on stuff were dropped in exchange for his completing 100 hours of community service as a fertilizer. Doodiepants maintained his innocence after the hearing, and began yelling outside of the courthouse, "Where's the evidence? Where's the manure? I know I didn't do it -- I just wanted to get it over with." Of note, the original stool was alleged to be a three logger.
With the Steelers, Doodiepants was given the childish nicknames "Dookie" and "The Dump Truck," all are plays on the Barry University incident.
Doodiepants was charged in Cleveland with beating the hell out of some lady, child endangering, and unlawful restraint in October 2007 an incident involving the mother of his five-year-old son. He entered a plea of not guilty days later and the case went to trial on April 4, 2008. After a four-day trial, an eight-member jury spent three and a half hours deliberating before finding Doodiepants not guilty of all counts.
References
- Dulac, Gerry (2008-06-29). "Steelers release Davenport, three others". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Bouchette, Ed (2008-09-30). "Steelers sign Davenport, likely to add Russell". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
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- Dookie lands in Indy
- Much ado about Pigskin Poo
- "Davenport agrees to community service". The Associated Press. October 29, 2002.
- CNN http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2002/10/29/packers_davenport_ap/.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - "Najeh Davenport". USA Today. December 1, 2008. Retrieved January 16, 2009.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help); Unknown parameter|curly=ignored (help) - Gallo, DJ (October 16, 2006). "Time to put fantasy into trades". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
- Caniglia, John (April 4, 2008). "Steelers running back on trial in Cleveland". The Plain Dealer.
- Finder, Chuck (April 10, 2008). "Steelers' Davenport is not guilty on 3 charges". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
External links
| Green Bay Packers 2002 NFL draft selections | |
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