Jaguars running backs were the key to the offense

Blogged under Bloglockers, Front Page, General by ravenhater on Sunday 21 January 2007 at 1:24 am

The Jaguars didn’t have much of a passing game so they relied on their running backs to do the heavy lifting on the offense.  Fred Taylor is the veteran warhorse of the Jaguars offense.  He started 15 games this season and carried the ball 231 times for 1,146 yards (5.0 ypc) with 5 TD runs.  He also caught 23 passes for 242 yards (10.5 avg) with 1 TD grab.  For his career, Taylor has played in 112 games (108 starts) and he carried the ball 2,062 times for 9,513 yards (4.6 ypc) with 56 TD runs.  He also caught 261 passes for 2,205 yards (8.4 avg) with 8 TD catches.

Maurice Drew had an awesome rookie year for the Jaguars.  He played in all 16 games (1 start) and carried the ball 166 times for 941 yards (5.7 ypc) with 13 TD runs.  He also caught 46 passes for 436 yards (9.5 avg) with 2 TD grabs.

Alvin Pearman got a few of the scraps from the table in the running game.  He played in 13 games and carried the ball 19 times for 89 yards (4.7 ypc) with 1 TD run.  He also caught 2 passes for 12 yards (6.0 avg).  For his career, Pearman has played in 29 games and carried the football 58 times for 238 yards (4.1 ypc) with 2 TD runs.  He also has caught 34 passes for 252 yards (7.4 avg).

Rich Alexis appeared in 1 game and carried the ball 3 times for 5 yards (1.7 ypc).

Derrick Wimbush played mostly on special teams.  He played in 12 games (6 starts) and carried the ball 1 time for 3 yards.  He also caught 4 passes for 23 yards (5.8 avg).  For his career, Wimbush has played in 26 games (7 starts) and has carried the ball 4 times for 15 yards (3.8 ypc) with 1 TD run.  He also has caught 9 passes for 49 yards (5.4 avg).

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