How Acquired: Portis was selected in the second round (51st overall) by the Denver Broncos in the 2002 NFL Draft.
Portis was acquired in a trade with the Denver Broncos in exchange for cornerback Champ Bailey and a second round pick on March 4, 2004.
Career Stats:
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2006: Portis played in eight games, with seven starts, as he struggled through a myriad of injuries. He suffered a shoulder injury in preseason that lingered into the season. A fractured hand forced him to injured reserve later in the year. Portis finished with 523 rushing yards on 127 carries and seven touchdowns. He also caught 74 passes for 170 yards.
2005: Portis started 16 games and rushed for a single-season franchise record 1,516 yards on 352 carries. He also set a single-season franchise record with nine 100-yard rushing games. He led the Redskins with 11 TDs. Portis also caught 30 passes for 216 yards.
2004: In his first season in Washington, Portis started 15 games and rushed for 1,315 yards on 343 carries and four touchdowns. He also caught a career-high 40 passes for 235 yards and two touchdowns.
2003: Portis was invited to play in his first Pro Bowl after another record-setting season with the Denver Broncos. He started 13 games and posted 290 carries for 1,591 and 14 touchdowns. He also added 38 catches for 314 yards. He also ranked third on the team in receptions with a career-high 38 for 314 yards (8.3) with a long of 72, for a team-leading 1,905 total yards from scrimmage. He closed his regular season by posting six straight 100-yard games (Weeks 10-15; inactive final two weeks; ankle) and had a career-best 10 100-yard rushing performances. He also rushed for nine TDs in his final three regular season games.
2002: Portis was named NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year by AP, Pro Football Weekly, Football Digest and the Touchdown Club of Columbus; NFL Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News and Sports Illustrated and named to Pro Football Weekly's All-Rookie team. He played in all 16 games and started each of the last 12, and ranked fourth in the NFL in rushing with a franchise rookie-record 1,508 yards and 15 touchdowns (tying the franchise rookie record) on 273 carries (franchise-record 5.52 yards per carry), with a long of 59, while also ranking fifth on the team with 33 receptions for 364 yards (11.0) and two touchdowns. Portis' 1,872 total yards from scrimmage ranked fifth in the AFC (6th NFL), while his 95 first downs ranked fourth in the AFC and the NFL.
College: Portis earned first-team All-Big East honors from the league's coaches and third-team All-America acclaim from the Associated Press his junior year. He took over the tailback duties full-time for the first time in his career as a true junior and rushed for 1,200 yards and 10 touchdowns on 220 carries (5.5 avg.), becoming only the fifth player in school history to gain more than 1,000 yards on the ground in a season.
Portis' performance ranked No. 3 on the Hurricanes' all-time single-season list behind Edgerrin James (1,416 in 1998) and Ottis Anderson (1,266 in 1978), and he helped guide Miami to an undefeated season and a national championship with a win over Nebraska in the Ros |