Bush in 2009
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Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth: | March 2, 1985 | ||||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Spring Valley, California | ||||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school: | La Mesa (CA) Helix | ||||||||||||||
College: | USC | ||||||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2006 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
*Heisman forfeited
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 11, 2016 | |||||||||||||||
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Rushing attempts: | 1,283 |
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Rushing yards: | 5,491 |
Receptions: | 477 |
Receiving yards: | 3,598 |
Total return yards: | 835 |
Total touchdowns: | 58 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Reginald Alfred Bush Jr. (born March 2, 1985) is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. He played college football at USC, where he earned consensus All-American honors twice and won a Heisman Trophy, and was drafted by the New Orleans Saints second overall in the 2006 NFL Draft. Bush won Super Bowl XLIV with the Saints in 2010 over the Indianapolis Colts. He has also played for the Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions, and San Francisco 49ers.
Bush also won the 2005 Doak Walker and Walter Camp awards. However, allegations that he received improper benefits were central to an NCAA investigation of the USC football program that led to severe NCAA sanctions against USC, including a two-year postseason ban and the vacating of wins from the 2004 championship season. As a result, Bush voluntarily forfeited his Heisman Trophy.
Bush was born in 1985 in Spring Valley in San Diego County, California, and named for his biological father, Reginald Alfred Bush, Sr. He was a running back at Helix High School in La Mesa, California. While at Helix, he played with 2004 Heisman Trophy finalist Alex Smith. During his prep career with the Helix High School Scotties, he won the prestigious Silver Pigskin trophy awarded by KUSI's Prep Pigskin Report. Smith and Bush were later finalists for the 2004 Heisman, making it the first time a high school had two finalists at the same ceremony. He played in the 2003 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.