Rudi Johnson -- RB
Auburn
Height: 5-10
Weight: 225
40-Yard Dash: 4.60
COLLEGE: Named coaches’ Player of the Year in Southeastern Conference in 2000, and earned Associated Press’ SEC Offensive Player of the Year honors … Selected to 2000 All-America second team by The Sporting News … Played at Auburn only in 2000, and entered the NFL Draft as a junior … Set Auburn season record with 324 rushing attempts, and his 1567 rushing yards were second in school history to Bo Jackson’s 1786 in 1985 … Rushed for 100 or more yards in 10 games … Had TD runs of 70, 42, 56 and 78 yards, and was a semifinalist for Doak Walker Award, given to nation’s top RB … Played in 1998-99 at Butler County Community College in El Dorado, Kan., shattering opposing defenses with 35 TDs in the 1999 season alone … Rushed for 2224 yards with a 7.3 per-carry average in 1999, and gained 1603 yards with a 5.7 avg. in ’98 … Named MVP of 1999 national JC championship game, rushing for 373 yards and scoring all 7 Butler TDs in 49-35 win over Dixie College.
PERSONAL: Hometown is Ettrick, Va. … Attended Thomas Dale High School … Sociology major at Auburn … Has a daughter, Jasmine … Has established the Harriet L. Fisher Scholarship Fund for student-athletes in Ettrick/Matoaca, Va. … Works with youth at the James Farrior Football Camp in Virginia … Hobbies include traveling and listening to music … Full name is Rudi Ali Johnson.