Roger Craig
Roger Timothy Craig
Born: July 10, 1960
Davenport, IA USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 222
College: Nebraska
High School: Central (Davenport, IA)
Career: 1983-1993
Drafted: 1983 in Round 2, #49 overall by the San Francisco 49ers
Roger Craig played from 1983 to 1993 during his career with the Los Angeles Raiders, Minnesota Vikings and San Francisco 49ers. Craig ran for 8,189 yards in his career on 1,991 attempts, scoring 56 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 566 passes for 4,911 yards and 17 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1983 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 176 | 725 | 4.1 | 71 | 8 | 1984 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 155 | 649 | 4.2 | 28 | 7 | 1985 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 214 | 1050 | 4.9 | 62 | 9 | 1986 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 204 | 830 | 4.1 | 25 | 7 | 1987 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 215 | 815 | 3.8 | 25 | 3 | 1988 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 310 | 1502 | 4.8 | 46 | 9 | 1989 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 271 | 1054 | 3.9 | 27 | 6 | 1990 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 141 | 439 | 3.1 | 26 | 1 | 1991 | NFL Los Angeles Raiders | 162 | 590 | 3.6 | 15 | 1 | 1992 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 105 | 416 | 4.0 | 21 | 4 | 1993 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 38 | 119 | 3.1 | 11 | 1 |
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| Totals | 1991 | 8189 | 4.1 | 71 | 56 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1983 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 48 | 427 | 8.9 | 23 | 4 | 1984 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 71 | 675 | 9.5 | 64 | 3 | 1985 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 92 | 1016 | 11.0 | 73 | 6 | 1986 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 81 | 624 | 7.7 | 48 | 0 | 1987 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 66 | 492 | 7.5 | 35 | 1 | 1988 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 76 | 534 | 7.0 | 22 | 1 | 1989 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 49 | 473 | 9.7 | 44 | 1 | 1990 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 25 | 201 | 8.0 | 31 | 0 | 1991 | NFL Los Angeles Raiders | 17 | 136 | 8.0 | 20 | 0 | 1992 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 22 | 164 | 7.5 | 22 | 0 | 1993 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 19 | 169 | 8.9 | 31 | 1 |
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| Totals | 566 | 4911 | 8.7 | 73 | 17 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1988 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 | 1993 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
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| Totals | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 17 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF | 1983 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1984 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1985 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1986 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1987 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1988 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1989 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1990 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1991 | NFL Los Angeles Raiders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1992 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1993 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | 1983 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 1984 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1985 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 1986 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1987 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1988 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1989 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1990 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1991 | NFL Los Angeles Raiders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1992 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1993 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Totals | 56 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 438 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS | 1983 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 13 | 1984 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 16 | 1985 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 16 | 1986 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 15 | 1987 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 14 | 1988 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 15 | 1989 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 16 | 1990 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 11 | 11 | 1991 | NFL | Los Angeles Raiders | 15 | 13 | 1992 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 15 | 1 | 1993 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 3 |
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Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame 2nd team All-1980s Team
1988 - AP Offensive Player of the Year
1988 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
Honors
1985 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1985 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1985 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1987 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1988 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1988 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1988 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1988 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1988 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1988 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1988 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1989 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
