Toby Gerhart

Tobin Bo Gunnar Gerhart (born March 28, 1987) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL).

He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal, earning unanimous All-American honors.

He led Norco High School to the CIF Division 5 Southern Section football championship on December 9, 2005.

Gerhart was named the Gatorade High School Player of the Year for the state of California and was named California's Mr. Football by Cal-Hi Sports.

Gerhart also played baseball and graduated as a valedictorian of his high school class.

Gerhart's high school statistics garnered him interest from many top college football programs.

He ultimately committed to Stanford University, where he played for the Stanford Cardinal football team from 2006 to 2009.

In his freshman year, Gerhart backed up Anthony Kimble at the halfback position, starting one game.

He rushed for 375 yards for the season, as Stanford struggled to a 1-11 record.

In 2007, Gerhart played in only one game, against San Jose State, in which he rushed for 140 yards and one touchdown before suffering a season-ending knee injury.

In 2008, Gerhart had a breakout season under the direction of then-running backs coach Willie Taggart.

He set the Stanford single-season rushing record with 1,136 yards, breaking Tommy Vardell's school record of 1,084 yards.

Gerhart was the fifth player in Stanford history to run for 1,000 yards or more in a season, after Darrin Nelson, Brad Muster, Jon Volpe, and Vardell.

He scored 15 rushing touchdowns, then the second highest single season total in Stanford history.

His eight games with 100 or more rushing yards were a Stanford record.

He tied a Stanford record with four rushing touchdowns against Washington State.

Gerhart averaged 5.4 yards per carry and finished third in the Pac-10 in rushing.

With Stanford in 2009, Gerhart won the Doak Walker Award and was the runner-up for the 2009 Heisman Trophy.

He received 1,276 points in the Heisman voting, coming in second to Mark Ingram II, who received 1,304 points; the 28-point margin was the closest vote in Heisman history.

Gerhart had a breakout senior season in 2009, leading all running backs in the nation in rushing yards, touchdowns, and points scored, and setting several Pac-10 and school records.

As of December 2009, Gerhart holds the third highest career total of running yards in national high school football history.

In 2009, Gerhart had 1,871 rushing yards and 28 rushing touchdowns.

Gerhart led the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision in rushing yards (1,871), rushing touchdowns (28), total touchdowns (28), and points scored (172 points).

His 3,522 career rushing yards are the third most in Stanford history, behind Darrin Nelson's 4,033 yards and Stepfan Taylor's 4,300 yards.

Gerhart rushed for over 100 yards in 11 of his 13 games in 2009.

On September 26, 2009, he became only the sixth person in Stanford history to rush for 200 yards in a game, with 200 yards on 27 carries against Washington.

On November 7, 2009, Gerhart recorded his second 200-yard game of the season, running for 223 yards against the 7th-ranked Oregon Ducks, breaking the Stanford single-game rushing record previously held by Jon Volpe.

On November 28, Gerhart ran for 205 yards and three rushing touchdowns in a 45-38 win over Notre Dame.

This was his third 200-yard game of the season.

Gerhart again tied the school record for rushing touchdowns in a game by running for four touchdowns against Cal. Gerhart also threw one pass in 2009, completing it for an 18-yard touchdown against Notre Dame.

Gerhart helped lead Stanford to an 8-5 record and its first bowl berth in eight years.

He finished the season first in Division 1A in rushing yards (1,871) and rushing touchdowns (28).

Gerhart was a unanimous 2009 First-team All-America selection.

He was named the 2009 Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year.

He was one of five finalists for the 2009 Heisman Trophy and finished in second place behind Mark Ingram II by 28 points, the slimmest margin in the trophy's 74-year history.

He was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft.

He held the Stanford record for most rushing yards in a season (1,871) until Christian McCaffrey broke it in 2015, and still holds Cardinal records for touchdowns in a season (28) and most touchdowns in a career (44).

Gerhart was born in Norco, California.

He had a record-breaking career at running back for Norco High School.

He set a California state record for rushing yards with 9,662 yards in his career.