Ahmad Bradshaw

Ahmad Bradshaw (born March 19, 1986) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL).

He played college football for the Marshall Thundering Herd.

With the Thundering Herd, Bradshaw only had 462 yards and three touchdowns in his freshman season in 2004, but also totaled 187 yards receiving on 14 receptions for two touchdowns.

He missed two games that season, the Georgia and Miami games, due to an ankle sprain sustained during a stellar fourth quarter performance at Ohio State.

He also recorded nine punt returns for 108 yards and 15 kick returns for 322 yards as a freshman.

Bradshaw rushed for a then career-high 145 yards, including a 77-yard touchdown run, in just eight first half carries against Western Michigan.

His other signature performance of the season came against Kansas State University, when he took a screen pass 75-yards for a score.

Bradshaw rushed for 997 yards and totaled 1,382 all-purpose yards en route to becoming a second-team All-Conference USA selection as a sophomore in 2005.

He was the team's leading rusher and receiver as well.

In the season-opener against William and Mary, Bradshaw rushed for 72 yards and a touchdown with 73 yards and a score receiving.

He rushed for 99 yards and a touchdown in the loss to #3 Virginia Tech.

He followed it up with a then career-high 133 yards against the University of Texas at El Paso and eclipsed the mark the following week in the Herd's overtime loss to Southern Miss with 150 yards and a score.

Bradshaw's best performance came against East Carolina, when he rushed for a season and career-high 187 yards with two touchdowns along with 51 yards on eight receptions.

He added a season-long 56-yard run against ECU as well.

Bradshaw's best season of his college career came as a junior in 2006, when he totaled 1,523 yards rushing, for 19 touchdowns, and 129 receiving yards for two scores.

He was eighth in the nation in rushing yardage and tied for third in rushing touchdowns.

In the Herd's second game of the season against Hofstra, Bradshaw ran for 152 yards and four touchdowns.

Against the University of Central Florida, he ran for 181 yards and a score.

Bradshaw's first out of two 200-yard games of the season came two weeks later against the University of Alabama-Birmingham, when he rushed for 242 yards and two touchdowns.

His best game of the season and his career came against UTEP, when he rushed for career-highs of 261 yards and five touchdowns.

Bradshaw was in contention for Conference USA Player of the Year and earned first-team All-Conference USA honors.

Bradshaw was selected in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL Draft by the New York Giants.

He is a two-time Super Bowl champion, winning Super Bowls XLII and XLVI as a member of the Giants, defeating the New England Patriots each time.

He was the leading rusher in each game, becoming one of eight running backs in NFL history to be the leading rusher in two Super Bowls.

Ahmad Bradshaw was born in Bluefield, West Virginia to Diana Davis and James Bradshaw, and played high school football, basketball and ran track at Graham High School.

He was ranked as the #7 player in Virginia and the #28 cornerback prospect in the country by Rivals.com.

He rushed for 2,282 yards and 27 touchdowns as a junior and 2,557 rushing yards and 31 touchdowns as a senior, totaling 5,265 yards and 92 touchdowns while averaging nearly ten yards a carry for his high school career.

He earned All-Virginia honors and was named VHSL AA Player of the Year.

Bradshaw was also on the Graham High track & field team, where he competed as a sprinter and jumper.

In sprints, he recorded times of 6.75 seconds in the 55 metres and 11.34 seconds in the 100 meters.

In jumping events, he got a personal-best leap of 1.80 meters in the high jump.

Bradshaw originally signed a letter of intent to Virginia and arrived in Charlottesville for football practice, but was kicked off the team by Al Groh before his first season started, after being arrested for underage drinking and running from police.

He then enrolled at Marshall University.

Bradshaw was drafted by the New York Giants in the seventh round with the 250th overall pick of the 2007 NFL Draft.

In his first two games, Bradshaw fumbled twice on kickoff returns.

He was fourth in the National Football Conference with a 26.0-yard kickoff return average when the Giants replaced him with veteran Reuben Droughns.

Bradshaw returned to returning kickoffs for the November 18 game against the Detroit Lions.

Injuries to teammates Brandon Jacobs and Derrick Ward, and the disappointing play of Droughns, gave Bradshaw his first regular season carries against the Minnesota Vikings.

He gained 29 yards on four carries in the game.

On December 23, 2007, he scored his first NFL touchdown on an 88-yard run in the fourth quarter against the Buffalo Bills.