Chuck Foreman

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Chuck Foreman
Date of birth	October 26, 1950
Place of birth	Frederick, Maryland
Position(s)	Running Back
College	University of Miami
NFL Draft	1973 / Round 1/ Pick 12
Pro Bowls	5
Stats
Statistics	Pro Football Reference DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
1973-1979 1980	Minnesota Vikings New England Patriots

Chuck Foreman (born Walter E. Forman on October 26, 1950 in Frederick, Maryland) was an NFL football player.

Foreman attended college at the University of Miami. During his college career he played defensive back, wide receiver and running back. The Minnesota Vikings made him their first round draft choice in 1973, selecting him with the 12th overall pick in the draft. He was a consensus choice as the National Football Conference (NFC) Rookie of the Year in 1973, when he rushed for 801 yards on 182 attempts and caught 37 passes for 362 yards. He was a running back during his NFL career, although he often caught passes out of the backfield.

Foreman was named NFC player of the year by The Sporting News in 1974 and by UPI in 1976. He was named All-Pro in 1975 and played in five consecutive Pro Bowls (1973-1977). Foreman had 3 straight seasons rushing for 1,000+ yards (1975-1977) and scored a then NFC record 22 Touchdowns in 14 games during the 1975 campaign. During that same season, he also led the NFL in receptions with 73, a record for receptions by a running back. Foreman amassed 51 touchdowns over a 3 year span (1974-1976). Foreman played in 3 Super Bowls with the Vikings. Injuries plagued him throughout the 1978 and 1979 seasons and Foreman was subsequently traded to the New England Patriots, where he spent the 1980 season before retiring.

His pass-catching ability out of the backfield, combined with the ability to make the first tackler miss, was a key in the Minnesota Viking offense, which was sort of a pre-cursor of the West Coast Offense which became popular in the following decades.

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