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Position: | Running back | ||||||
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Born: | Pass Christian, Mississippi, U.S. | March 15, 1962||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 196 lb (89 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
College: | LSU | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1984 / round: 11 / pick: 298 | ||||||
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Gene Eric Lang (born March 15, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played seven seasons for the Denver Broncos and the Atlanta Falcons. He attended Louisiana State University, where he played college football for the LSU Tigers and earned All-SEC honors as a freshman. [1] He had 20 total touchdowns in his professional career: 11 rushing and nine receiving. [2] He is perhaps best known for his role in the 1986 AFC Championship Game as his great recovery of a kickoff set up what is known in NFL lore as “The Drive”. Lang lives in Denver, Colorado, and owns a mortgage lending business. [3]
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Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||
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GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
1984 | DEN | 16 | 0 | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 9 | 1 |
1985 | DEN | 12 | 2 | 84 | 318 | 3.8 | 26 | 5 | 23 | 180 | 7.8 | 24 | 2 |
1986 | DEN | 15 | 2 | 29 | 94 | 3.2 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 105 | 8.1 | 26 | 2 |
1987 | DEN | 12 | 8 | 89 | 303 | 3.4 | 28 | 2 | 17 | 130 | 7.6 | 29 | 2 |
1988 | ATL | 16 | 3 | 53 | 191 | 3.6 | 19 | 0 | 37 | 398 | 10.8 | 50 | 1 |
1989 | ATL | 15 | 7 | 47 | 176 | 3.7 | 22 | 1 | 39 | 436 | 11.2 | 32 | 1 |
1990 | ATL | 3 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
89 | 22 | 319 | 1,148 | 3.6 | 28 | 11 | 134 | 1,280 | 9.6 | 50 | 9 |
Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||
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GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
1984 | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1986 | DEN | 3 | 0 | 16 | 55 | 3.4 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
1987 | DEN | 3 | 2 | 13 | 83 | 6.4 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 25 | 0 |
7 | 2 | 29 | 138 | 4.8 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 25 | 0 |
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