Marshall Faulk

Marshall Faulk is a former football player in the NFL. In 1994 he was drafted second overall by the Indianapolis Colts where he played until the end of the 1998 season. when he was traded to the St. Louis Rams

Faulk helped create the Rams' Greatest Show on Turf years, when they won Super Bowl XXXIV and returned to the Super Bowl for Super Bowl XXXVI, when the Rams lost to the New England Patriots.

He attended San Diego State University, playing three years for the Aztecs. Faulk finished with 4,569 rushing career yards, a 6.0-yard average per carry and 57 career rushing touchdowns. He was a three-time All-America selection and led the nation in rushing his freshman and sophomore years.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/sdsu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09-FBMG-History.pdf

Faulk currently serves as an analyst on the NFL Network.

Marshall Faulk had a brilliant 12-year career in the NFL. He had 2,836 carries for 12,279 yards and 100 rushing touchdowns. He was also one of the most potent receivers out of the backfield during his career. Faulk recorded 767 receptions of 6,875 yards and 36 receiving touchdowns.http://www.nfl.com/players/marshallfaulk/profile?id=FAU138264

He played his last seven years with the St. Louis Rams, rushing for more than 1,300 yards in each of his first three seasons - 1999-2001. In his first year with the Rams, Faulk also recorded a career-high 1,048 receiving yards.http://www.nfl.com/players/marshallfaulk/profile?id=FAU138264 Ironically, Faulk didn't earn NFL Player of the Year honors that year. He was the Associated Press NFL Player of the Year in 2000 and the Professional Football Writers of America Player of Year in 2000 and 2001. Faulk helped the Rams win their only Super Bowl championship, Super Bowl XXXIV, after the 1999 season.

Faulk spent his first five seasons with the Indianapolis Colts (1994-98), amassing four 1,000-yard rushing seasons. He was the NFL Rookie of the Year in 1994 after rushing for 1,282 yards with 11 touchdowns and adding 522 receiving yards and another touchdown.http://www.nfl.com/players/marshallfaulk/profile?id=FAU138264

Choosing one game among all the stellar efforts Faulk turned in during his football career could be akin to asking a kid to name his favorite candy at Halloween - in all the years that he went trick-or-treating.

Faulk had has share of unbelievable games: his 220 rushing yards against the New Orleans Saints in 2000, in which he had two rushing touchdowns and one receiving TD.http://www.nfl.com/players/marshallfaulk/gamelogs?id=FAU138264&season=2000; his 183 rushing yards, 52 receiving yards and four touchdowns against the Seattle Seahawks in 2002http://www.nfl.com/players/marshallfaulk/gamelogs?id=FAU138264&season=2002, his 156 rushing yards and two TDs against the [[Philadelphia Eagles in the 2002 NFC Championship Gamehttp://www.nfl.com/players/marshallfaulk/gamelogs?id=FAU138264&season=2001, his 204 receiving yards and 54 rushing yards against the Chicago Bears in 1999http://www.nfl.com/players/marshallfaulk/gamelogs?id=FAU138264&season=1999. ...

His greatest performance, however, came during his initiation to college football - or rather college football's initiation to him. During his second career game as a redshirt freshman at San Diego State in 1991. Faulk was the backup to T.C. Wright, who was injured in the first quarter against the University of Pacific. All Faulk did was rush for 386 yards - then an NCAA rushing record - and score seven touchdowns in the Aztecs' 55-34 victory.

• February 26, 1973: Born

• 1994 drafted 2nd overall by the Indianapolis Colts

• 1995 Pro Bowl MVP

• 1996:Pro Bowl MVP

• 1999: Traded to the St. Louis Rams

• 1999-2003: Pro Bowl Participant

• 2000 Associated Press NFL MVP

• 2000-2001 Pro Football Writers of America NFL MVP

• 2007 Faulk retires from NFL Football