chargers sproles
Second-year veteran Darren Sproles will miss the season, after the Chargers’ return specialist was placed on injured reserve Tuesday. [1]
Darren Sproles was discussing his running skills and his future earlier this week when he noticed he had less than a minute before he was due in a meeting. [2]
San Diego Chargers RB Darren Sproles shined during the team’s Wild Card victory over the Indianapolis Colts. [3]
Chargers running back Darren Sproles doesn’t mind the fact that he’s spent most of his football career trying to prove people wrong. [4]
Darren Sproles hit the goal line pylon spinning horizontally, but he landed in the end zone flat on his small stomach. [5]
Sproles finished the season ranked fifth in the NFL in kickoff return average (27.2 yards per return) and seventh in punt return average (9.5 yards per return). [6]
Sproles, the Chargers’ popular running back/kick returner, is one-third of the way to his first Pro Bowl appearance after fan balloting ended Thursday with him as the leading vote-getter to represent the AFC as the conference’s return specialist. [2]
Throughout his high school career, Sproles rushed for 5,230 yards, averaging nearly 8.4 yards per carry and 79 touchdowns. [...] Darren Lee Sproles (born June 20, 1983 in Waterloo, Iowa) is an American football running back and return specialist for the San Diego Chargers. [7]
From there, the Chargers’ padded pinball looked back up the field from whence he came, from where he had started wiggling, searching for celebration, for confirmation, for evidence that all of the energy he had just expended had been worth the effort. [5]
He also handled the punt return chores for a while, but after struggling to catch the ball and averaging only 6.0 yards on 18 runbacks, he was replaced. [1]
“I think because I can break (a return) at any time, that’s what I think they like about me,” said Sproles, who returned a kickoff 103 yards for a score earlier this season. [2]
Further tests, however, revealed the broken fibula and the San Diego medical staff recommended surgery. [1]
Kevin Acee, of the San Diego Union-Tribune, reports the San Diego Chargers want to keep RB Darren Sproles, an unrestricted free agent in the spring, on board next season. [3]
He posted the first 100-yard rushing game of his career on Dec. 16 against the Detroit Lions (122 yards and two touchdowns), and in the postseason, Sproles scored a 56-yard touchdown on a screen play that gave the Chargers a 21-17 lead in their Divisional Playoff win over the Indianapolis Colts. [6]
Sources:
[1] ESPN - Chargers‘ Sproles sidelined with fractured fibula - NFL
[2] CHARGERS: Sproles‘ play is large for Bolts : North County Times …
[3] KFFL - Darren Sproles, RB, San Diego Chargers
[4] Chargers.com - News ” Headlines ” Sproles experiences new comfort level
[5] Sproles‘ big game sparks Chargers | The San Diego Union-Tribune
[6] Chargers.com - Team ” Roster ” #43 Darren Sproles | RB
[7] Darren Sproles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia