Vernand Morency
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 Vernand Morency rushing during a game |
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| Green Bay Packers — No. 34 | |
| Running back | |
| Date of birth: February 4, 1980 | |
| Place of birth: Miami, Florida | |
| Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Weight: 212 lb (96 kg) |
| National Football League debut | |
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| 2005 for the Houston Texans | |
| Career history | |
| College: Oklahoma State | |
| NFL Draft: 2005 / Round: 3 / Pick: 73 | |
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| Stats at NFL.com | |
Vernand Morency (born February 4, 1980 in Miami, Florida) is an American football running back for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League.
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[edit] High school years
While attending Northwestern High School in Miami, Florida, Morency was a four-year letterman in baseball and a two-year letterman in football, and won All-America honors in both sports. As a senior football running back, he gained over 1,500 all-purpose yards and scored 15 touchdowns.
[edit] Minor league baseball career
Morency was a 14th round pick (420th overall) of the Colorado Rockies in 1998. He spent four seasons as a center fielder in the Rockies’ minor league system before enrolling at Oklahoma State in 2002.
[edit] College football career
Morency attended Oklahoma State University and finished his career with 451 rushing attempts for 2,661 yards (5.9 yards per rush attempt avg.), 23 touchdowns, 11 receptions for 119 yards (10.8 yards per rec. avg.), and returned ten kickoffs for 224 yards (22.4 yards per kick ret. avg.).
[edit] NFL career
[edit] Houston Texans
Morency was selected in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft by the Houston Texans. He was the second-string running back behind Domanick Davis for the team in 2005, rushing 46 times for 184 yards and 2 touchdowns. He also returned 20 kicks for 437 yards and caught 10 passes for 87 yards.
[edit] Green Bay Packers
After the first week of the 2006 NFL season, Morency was traded to the Green Bay Packers for running back Samkon Gado. He spent the 2006 season as the Packers' short yardage back, playing behind Ahman Green. Morency's best game of the 2006 season came against the Arizona Cardinals, where he rushed for 101 yards. On April 4, 2008 the Packers re-signed him to a one-year, $927,000 contract.
[edit] Career Stats
[edit] Regular Season
| Year | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||
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| Team | Games | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | Td | |
| Hou | 2005 | 12 | 1 | 46 | 184 | 4.0 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 87 | 8.7 | 16 | 0 |
| GB | 2006 | 14 | 2 | 96 | 434 | 4.5 | 39 | 2 | 17 | 118 | 6.9 | 29 | 0 |
| Career | 26 | 3 | 142 | 618 | 4.4 | 39 | 4 | 27 | 205 | 7.6 | 29 | 0 | |
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