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TRANSACTIONS:
- Originally a 7th round (250th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2007.
GIANTS NOTES:
- Bradshaw joined Aaron Ross, Steve Smith, Jay Alford, Zak DeOssie, Kevin Boss, Michael Johnson and Adam Koets as 2007 Giants draft choices who contributed in the rookie season.
- His 88-yard touchdown run at Buffalo was the 3rd-longest in Giants history.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- As a rookie in 2007, Bradshaw played in 12 regular season games and all 4 postseason games…Finished the regular season with 23 carries for 190 yards and 1 touchdown, plus 2 receptions for 12 yards…Also returned a team-high 38 kickoffs for 921 yards.
- Led the Giants in the postseason with 48 carries for 208 yards and a touchdown…Added 4 receptions for 27 yards and a 13-yard kickoff return.
- Made his NFL debut at Dallas (9/9) and returned 7 kickoffs for 193 yards with a long return of 39 yards…Also had two special teams tackles and recovered his own fumble on a kickoff return.
- Contributed a season-long 68-yard kickoff return at Detroit (11/18).
- Had his first 4 NFL rushing attempts (for 29 yards) vs. Minnesota (11/25)…Also returned a season-high 8 kickoffs for 176 yards.
- Saw his most extensive playing time at running back at Buffalo (12/23), where Brandon Jacobs was slowed by an ankle injury…Finished with a team-high 151 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries…Helped the Giants rush for 289 yards, their highest total since they had 289 vs. Pittsburgh on Dec. 21, 1985. Bradshaw and Jacobs (145 yards and two touchdowns) to become the 1st tandem in Giants history to rush for more than 100 yards in the same game. The Giants became the first team to have two runners with 140 or more yards in the same game since Nov. 11, 2001, when St. Louis’ Marshall Faulk ran for 183 yards and Trung Canidate added 145 in a game against Carolina…Bradshaw's 151 rushing yards were the most by a Giants running back other than Tiki Barber since Rodney Hampton ran for 187 yards at Dallas on Dec. 17, 1995…Bradshaw’s 88-yard touchdown run in the 4th quarter was the 3rd-longest in the 83-year history of the franchise. Barber set the record with a 95-yarder at Oakland on Dec. 31, 2005. Hap Moran had owned the mark for 75 years on his 91-yard run vs. Green Bay on Nov. 23, 1930…The 88-yard run was also the longest in the NFL in 2007…Also returned 1 punt for 1 yard, his first of the season and returned 4 kickoffs for 99 yards with a long of 36 yards.
- Rushed for 66 yards on a postseason-high 17 carries in NFC Wild Card Game at Tampa Bay (1/6)…Ran for 34 yards on 7 attempts in NFC Divisional Playoff Game at Dallas (1/13)…Finished with 16 carries for 63 yards and a touchdown with a long run of 10 yards in the NFC Championship Game at Green Bay (1/20)…Also caught 1 pass for 9 yards and scored his 1st playoff touchdown on a 4-yard run in the 3rd quarter that gave the Giants a 20-17 lead.
- Rushed for a team-high 45 yards on 9 carries in Super Bowl XLII vs. New England (2/3)…Long run of 13 yards came in the 2nd quarter…Also had 1 reception for 3 yards.
COLLEGE:
- Bradshaw was at Marshall for 3 seasons and played in 32 games with 22 starts…He rushed 552 times for 2,987 yards (5.4-yard avg.) and 31 touchdowns…Also caught 86 passes for 696 yards (8.1-yard avg.) and 5 scores…Added 118 yards on 11 punt returns (10.7-yard avg.) and 225 yards on 10 kickoff returns (22.5-yard avg)…
- Became the 10th player in school history to gain over 4,000 all-purpose yards in a career and the 8th player to gain over 1,000 yards rushing (1,523 in 2006) in a season.
OFF-THE-FIELD ACTIVITY: - Greeted fans and signed autographs at the Giants’ 2008 Draft Day Party at Giants Stadium.
PERSONAL:
- Attended Graham (Bluefield, VA) High School, earning Super Prep and Prep Star All-American honors as a senior…Rushed for 2,282 yards and 27 touchdowns as a junior, adding 2,557 rushing yards and 31 touchdowns as a senior…For his career, he totaled 5,265 yards on the ground, scored 92 touchdowns and averaged nearly 10 yards a carry.
- Sports Management and Marketing major
- Son of Diana Davis and James Bradshaw…
- Born March 19, 1986.
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AGE: 22
HEIGHT: 5-9
WEIGHT: 198 lbs
BORN: Bluefield, VA
POSITION: Running Back
COLLEGE: Marshall
NFL EXPERIENCE: 2nd Year
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"He performed well. He kicked the ball off to I think it was the three yard line, the three yard line, and then the one yard line. He made his field goals. He performed well. When called upon he did a good job and certainly his veteran experience was there for all of our players to rely on." - Coach Coughlin on K John Carney's performance against the Skins
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