Reuben Droughns

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Reuben Droughns
Date of birth	August 21, 1978 (age 28)
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois
Position(s)	Running back
College	Oregon
NFL Draft	2000 / Round 3 / Pick 81
Statistics	NFL.com DatabaseFootball ESPN
Team(s)
2000-2001 2002-2004 2005-2006 2007-present	Detroit Lions Denver Broncos Cleveland Browns New York Giants

Reuben Droughns (born August 21, 1978 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American football running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League.

1 High School years
2 NFL career
3 2006 season
4 Legal trouble
5 References
6 External links

[edit] High School years

Droughns attended Anaheim High School (Anaheim, California), where he rushed for 49 touchdowns and 4,915 yards, which ranks as the fifth most yards gained in Orange County high school football history.

[edit] NFL career

He was drafted by the Detroit Lions out of the University of Oregon in the third round (81st pick overall) of the 2000 NFL Draft. He played for the Denver Broncos for three seasons. Although originally intended to be a fullback, he became one of many 1,000-yard rushers, amassing that in 2004. Despite rushing for 1,240 yards in 2004, Droughns was not guaranteed the starting job for the 2005 season, so he asked for a trade.^[1] He was traded to the Browns by the Denver Broncos on March 30, 2005, for defensive linemen Ebenezer Ekuban and Michael Myers. In his debut season with the Browns, he became the first Browns player to gain 1,000 yards rushing in a season since Earnest Byner and Kevin Mack both achieved the feat in 1985. On March 9, 2007, Droughns was traded to the New York Giants in exchange for WR Tim Carter.^[2]

[edit] 2006 season

Droughns was again the young Browns' featured running back during the 2006 NFL season, although his productivity during the first half of the campaign was markedly less than his 2005 output. Injuries and inexperience within his offensive line were two reasons that the Cleveland Browns Football organization claim for the decline in the Browns' ability to run the football.

[edit] Legal trouble

During the 2005 season on November 1, Droughns was pulled over and arrested for driving under the influence after a breathalizer showed he was over the legal limit. Nevertheless, he missed no playing time and on May 9, 2006, he was acquitted of all charges.

Three days later, Droughns was involved in an incident that resulted in a misdemaenor charge of third degree assault and harassment on May 24. He spent the night in jail with no bond. [1]