Correll Buckhalter

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Correll Buckhalter
Date of birth	October 6, 1978
Place of birth	Collins, Mississippi
Position(s)	Running back
College	Nebraska
NFL Draft	2001 / Round 4/ Pick 121
Statistics	NFL.com DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
2001-present	Philadelphia Eagles

Correll Buckhalter (b. October 6, 1978, Collins, Mississippi) is a NFL running back for the Philadelphia Eagles. He was selected with the 26th pick of the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft out of the University of Nebraska.

1 High school
2 College career
3 NFL career
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] High school

Buckhalter attended Collins High School (Collins, Mississippi) and was a letterman in football. In football, he rushed for 3024 yards over the last two years of his high school years. Correll Buckhalter graduated from Collins High School in 1996.

[edit] College career

At Nebraska, Buckhalter played in 46 games and finished ranked 8th in school history for rushing yards (2,522).

[edit] NFL career

Buckhalter's NFL career has been marred by injuries. He missed the 2002 season due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and both the 2004 and 2005 seasons due to a torn patellar tendon in his right knee.

In his rookie season of 2001, Buckhalter showed flashes of the potential the Eagles saw when he was drafted. That year he rushed for 586 yards with 4.5 yards per carry average, breaking Keith Byars team record for rushing yards by a rookie. Unfortunately, that season he was also suspended for a game after he and two teammates were stopped by police and arrested for possession of marijuana. Buckhalter was not charged in the case.

He would not return to the field again until the 2003 season. Teaming with Staley and rookie Brian Westbrook, Buckhalter led the team in rushing attempts and rushing touchdowns (8) gaining 542 yards in the process. Again however, Buckhalter was suspended by Coach Andy Reid after missing a team meeting.

The 2006 season marks his first action since the 2003 NFC Championship Game.

[edit] Trivia

Buckhalter's older brother, Chris, once played on the Eagles practice squad and is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to manslaughter charges.