PRO CAREER: Appeared in 2 games for the Bears in 2011, carrying the ball 15 times for 48 yards (3.2 ypc)... Elevated to Bears active roster on 12/19/11 after spending 12 of prior 15 weeks on Bears practice squad... Joined Chicago in Week 1 of 2011 season after spending preseason with Tampa Bay. CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Signed as an undrafted free agent with Tam¬pa Bay (7/26/11)... Cut by the Buccaneers (9/2/11)... Signed to Chicago's practice squad (9/5/11)... Signed to Bears 53-man roster (12/19/11). COLLEGE: Played four seasons at Notre Dame, rushing for 2,144 yards on 469 carries with eight touchdowns...
PRO CAREER: Appeared in 2 games for the Bears in 2011, carrying the ball 15 times for 48 yards (3.2 ypc)... Elevated to Bears active roster on 12/19/11 after spending 12 of prior 15 weeks on Bears practice squad... Joined Chicago in Week 1 of 2011 season after spending preseason with Tampa Bay. CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Signed as an undrafted free agent with Tam¬pa Bay (7/26/11)... Cut by the Buccaneers (9/2/11)... Signed to Chicago's practice squad (9/5/11)... Signed to Bears 53-man roster (12/19/11). COLLEGE: Played four seasons at Notre Dame, rushing for 2,144 yards on 469 carries with eight touchdowns... Ranked fifth all-time at Notre Dame with 4,337 all-purpose yards and is one of only eight players in Fighting Irish history to eclipse 4,000 all-purpose yards in a career... Finished in the top 10 in Notre Dame's career records book in seven categories: receptions by a running back (119, first), all-purpose yards (4,337, fifth), rushing attempts (469, 10th), receiving yards by a running back (833, fourth), kickoff returns (54, third), kickoff return yards (1,247, fourth), total punt/kickoff return yards (1,360, fifth). PERSONAL: Attended Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School in Hialeah, Florida... One of only 14 running backs named to the Super Southern 100 by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2006... Rated 38th best overall national prospect by CSTV, and rated 52nd nationally on Rivals.com... Named offensive MVP at the 2006 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.