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AHMAD BRADSHAW<br />

44<br />

RUNNING BACK<br />

Height - 5-10<br />

Weight - 214<br />

College - Marshall<br />

High School - Graham (VA.)<br />

Birthdate - March 19, 1986<br />

How Acquired - Draft (7th round, 2007)<br />

NFL Exp. - 6th Year<br />

Giant Exp. - 6th Year<br />

new york football giants<br />

TRANSACTIONS:<br />

- Originally a 7th round (250th pick overall)<br />

draft choice by the <strong>Giants</strong> in 2007.<br />

GIANTS NOTES:<br />

- Bradshaw is sixth on the <strong>Giants</strong>’ career<br />

rushing list with 4,125 yards.<br />

- Since 2006, four different <strong>Giants</strong> backs<br />

have rushed for at least 1,000 yards – Tiki<br />

Barber, Brandon Jacobs, Derrick Ward and<br />

Bradshaw. No other team has more than<br />

three 1,000-yard rushers in those 6 seasons<br />

(Tennessee, Baltimore and Miami).<br />

- Had the <strong>Giants</strong>’ longest rushes in each<br />

of his first 3 seasons: An 88-yard touchdown<br />

(3rd longest in <strong>Giants</strong> history) at<br />

Buffalo (12/23/07), a 77-yarder vs. Baltimore<br />

(11/16/08) and a 38-yarder at Tampa Bay<br />

(9/27/09).<br />

- His 1,788 kickoff return yards place him<br />

4th on the <strong>Giants</strong> all-time list.<br />

- With 32 yards vs. Arizona (10/25/09),<br />

Bradshaw became the 39th player to run for<br />

at least 1,000 yards in a <strong>Giants</strong> uniform.<br />

- Bradshaw scored the winning touchdown<br />

in Super Bowl XLVI on a 6-yard run with 57<br />

seconds left. It was the 4th time in Super<br />

Bowl history the winning touchdown has<br />

been scored in the final minute, and 2 have<br />

involved the <strong>Giants</strong> and Patriots. Bradshaw’s<br />

score is the only rushing touchdown of the<br />

four.<br />

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:<br />

Has played in 83 regular-season games with<br />

33 starts and played in 9 postseason games<br />

with 3 starts…Bradshaw’s 4,125 yards place<br />

him sixth in franchise history…He has scored<br />

31 rushing touchdowns, which is 9th in team<br />

history…Has rushed for at least 100 yards 11<br />

times; the <strong>Giants</strong> are 10-1 in those games.<br />

- Bradshaw’s 1,788 kickoff return yards<br />

(on 77 returns), place him 4th on the franchise’s<br />

career list, 84 yards behind No. 3 Willie<br />

Ponder.<br />

- In the postseason, Bradshaw has 111<br />

carries for 480 yards (4.3-yard avg.) and 2<br />

touchdowns, plus 20 catches for 141 yards<br />

(7.1-yard avg.)…The 111 attempts place him<br />

3rd in <strong>Giants</strong> postseason history (behind Joe<br />

Morris and Brandon Jacobs) and his 480 yards<br />

place him 2nd (behind Morris).<br />

2012 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:<br />

- Started at running back at Baltimore<br />

(12/23)...Led the team with nine rushes for<br />

39 yards and caught one pass for eight yards.<br />

- Inactive at Atlanta (12/16) due to a<br />

sprained knee suffered in Week 14 vs. <strong>New</strong><br />

Orleans.<br />

- Started at running back vs. <strong>New</strong> Orleans<br />

(12/9)...Rushed 11 times for 33 yards, but<br />

saw limited action due to a knee injury suffered<br />

in the first half, which he returned from.<br />

- Started at running back at Washington<br />

(12/3)...Rushed 24 times for 103 yards, and<br />

caught two passes for 13 yards...It was his<br />

first 100-yard rushing game since Week 6 at<br />

San Francisco...Surpassed 1,000 total yards<br />

from scrimmage (836 rushing, 196 receiving).<br />

- Started at running back vs. Green Bay<br />

(11/25...Rushed 10 times for 58 yards and<br />

one touchdown...Also caught two passes for<br />

61 yards, including a career-long 59-yard<br />

reception on a screen pass on the <strong>Giants</strong>’ first<br />

drive that led to an Andre Brown touchdown<br />

run.<br />

- Saw action at RB at Cincinnati (11/11)...<br />

Rushed ten times for 57 yards and caught<br />

three passes for 14 yards.<br />

- Started at RB vs. Pittsburgh (11/4)...<br />

Rushed 15 times for 48 yards.<br />

- Started at RB at Dallas (10/28)...Rushed<br />

22 times for 78 yards.<br />

- Started at RB vs. Washington (10/21)...<br />

Rushed 12 times for 43 yards and one touchdown...Caught<br />

four passes for 22 yards.<br />

- Started at RB at San Francisco (10/14)...<br />

Rushed 27 times for 116 yards and one touchdown....It<br />

was Bradshaw’s second straight<br />

100-yard rushing game...Also caught one pass<br />

for four yards.<br />

- Rushed 30 times for 200 yards (both<br />

career-highs) and one touchdown vs.<br />

Cleveland (10/7)...Caught four passes for 29<br />

yards... His 229 yards from scrimmage were<br />

the most by a Giant since Barber had 249 (220<br />

rushing and, like Bradshaw, 29 receiving) at

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