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Tracking Toby Gerhart into the bye week
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Stanford football is eight games into the season as the head into their "improvement week." Toby Gerhart continues to be one of the top running backs in the NCAA. With two-thirds of the season behind us, here are his latest stats courtesy of the Stanford athletic department. The updated video highlights are at the bottom:
Most Recent Game:
Rushed for 128 yards on 27 carries and one touchdown in Stanford’s 33-14 win over Arizona State. The Sun Devils entered the game ranked first in the Pac-10 and second nationally in rush defense, allowing just 57.8 yards per game.
Tracking Toby:
Currently leads the Pac-10 Conference and ranks sixth nationally in rushing average at 124.2 yards per game.
Named to Sporting News’ Midseason All-America team.
Has rushed for 994 yards and 13 touchdowns in eight games this season this season.
Has six, 100-yard game to his credit this season, including a career-best 200-yard effort in Stanford’s 34-14 win over Washington, which ranked as the eighth-best single-game rushing performance in school history.
Has rushed for 100 or more yards 15 times in his career…his 15, 100-yard games are the second-most in school history behind Stanford’s all-time leading rusher Darrin Nelson, who tallied 16, 100-yard games during his illustrious career.
Has rushed for 100-yards or more 15 times in his last 21 games dating back to the 2007 season and is averaging 108.0 yards a game (2,270 total) during that stretch.
Averaging 5.1 yards per carry this season and 5.4 yards per rushing attempt (417 total) over his last 21 games dating back to the 2007 campaign.
Currently ranks third on Stanford’s all-time career rushing list with 2,645 yards…needs 295 more yards to move into a tie for second place.
Has rushed for at least one touchdown in 13 of his last 15 games and now has 29 rushing touchdowns for his career, which currently ranks second on Stanford’s all-time career list…needs eight more to equal Tommy Vardell’s school record of 37.
Rushed for 125 yards on 27 carries in his last game against an Arizona State defense that ranked first in the Pac-10 and second nationally in rush defense (57.8 per game).
Opened the season with a 121-yard, two touchdown effort at Washington State…ripped off a career-long 39-yard TD run in the fourth quarter.
Tallied 113 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries in Stanford’s 42-17 win over San Jose State.
Rushed for a career-best 200 yards on 27 carries in Stanford’s 34-14 win over Washington…the performance ranked as the eighth-best single-game effort in school history…ripped off a career-best 60-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.
Finished with 141 yards and three touchdowns in Stanford’s 24-16 win over UCLA…three TDs fell one short of his career-high of 4, set last year against Washington State.
Tallied 123 yards on 28 carries with two touchdowns in a 43-28 loss at Arizona.
Earned second team All-Pac-10 honors as a junior after establishing a single-season Stanford record by rushing for 1,136 yards in 12 games, breaking the previous mark of 1,084 set by Tommy Vardell in 1991…became the fifth Stanford running back to reach the 1,000-yard plateau, joining Darrin Nelson (1977, ’78 and ’81), Brad Muster (’86), Jon Volpe (’89) and Vardell.
Recorded a Pac-10-best eight, 100-yard games in 2008.
GERHART’S CAREER STATISITICS
Rushing
Year G-S Att YG YL Net Avg TD LG
2006 12-1 106 403 28 375 3.5 0 38
2007 1-0 12 141 1 140 11.7 1 48
2008 12-12 210 1176 40 1136 5.4 15 46
2009 8-8 195 1025 31 994 5.1 13 60
Totals 32-20 496 2617 97 2519 5.1 28 60
GERHART’S CAREER HIGHS
Rushing Attempts: 29 vs. UCLA, Oct. 3, 2009
Rushing Yards: 200 vs. Washington, Oct. 10, 2009
Rushing Touchdowns: 4 vs. Washington State, Nov. 1, 2008
Long: 60 vs. Washington, Oct. 10, 2009
GERHART’S GAME-BY-GAME STATISITICS
2009
Opponent Att Yds Avg Lg TD
at Washington State 23 121 5.3 39 2
at Wake Forest 17 82 4.8 27 0
San Jose State 24 113 4.7 11 2
Washington 27 200 7.4 60 1
UCLA 29 134 4.6 20 3
at Oregon State 20 96 4.8 16 2
at Arizona 28 123 4.4 16 2
Arizona State 27 125 4.6 15 1
2008
Opponent Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Oregon State 19 147 7.7 46 2
at Arizona State 16 67 4.2 14 2
at TCU 15 45 3.0 30 0
San Jose State 22 148 6.7 31 1
at Washington 2 14 7.0 11 0
at Notre Dame 13 104 8.0 27 1
Arizona 24 116 4.8 27 1
at UCLA 27 138 5.1 20 2
Washington State 22 132 6.0 21 4
at Oregon 8 21 2.6 8 0
USC 23 101 4.4 40 1
at California 19 103 5.4 22 1
Totals 140 1136 5.4 46 15
2007
Opponent Att Yds Avg Lg TD
UCLA DNP
San Jose State 12 140 11.7 48 1
Oregon INJ
Arizona State INJ
at USC INJ
TCU INJ
at Arizona INJ
at Oregon State INJ
Washington INJ
at Washington State INJ
Notre Dame INJ
California INJ
Totals 12 140 11.7 48 1
2006
Opponent Att Yds Avg Lg TD
at Oregon 16 55 3.4 15 0
at San Jose State 13 82 6.3 38 0
Navy 9 40 4.4 16 0
Washington State 6 24 4.0 14 0
at UCLA 12 32 2.7 8 0
at Notre Dame 6 28 4.7 10 0
Arizona 1 2 2.0 2 0
at Arizona State 9 17 1.9 6 0
USC 6 5 0.8 3 0
at Washington 10 19 1.9 12 0
Oregon State 5 27 5.4 8 0
at California 13 44 3.4 16 0
Totals 106 375 3.5 38 0
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