Overview
Glen Coffee is a running back for the San Francisco 49ers, who selected him with the 74th overall pick in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft. After completing his junior year at the University of Alabama, Coffee declared for the 2009 NFL Draft. Coffee is 6-feet, 1-inch tall and weighs 198 pounds.
Prep Career
Coffee attended Fort Walton Beach High School (FL) where he rushed for 1,887 yards and 24 touchdowns as a senior. He was the 29th-ranked running back in 2005 according to Rivals.com.
College Career
Coffee was a backup running back as a true freshman in 2005, but redshirted in 2006 due to a knee injury. In 2007 Coffee started three games, but primarily backed up Terry Grant. In 2008 Coffee took over as the full-time starter and helped lead Alabama to the SEC title game and a trip to the Sugar Bowl.
NFL Career
Coffee was selected in the third round (74th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers. One day before the start of training camp, Coffee signed a four-year/$2.578M contract with San Francisco.
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    Alabama Draft Picks
    Published: 4/26/2009

    When Rashad Johnson was selected by the Cardinals, he became 4th Alabama player selected -- that's the most Alabama players selected in the first 3 rounds since 1994.

    Coffee Ties Alexander on Alabama List
    Published: 3/6/2009

    Most Rushing Yards in a Season - Alabama History
    Player Year Rush yds
    Bobby Humphrey 1986 1,471
    Glen Coffee 2008 1,383
    Shaun Alexander 1999 1,383
    SEC Rushing Leaders in 2008
    Published: 3/6/2009

    SEC Rushing Leaders - 2008 Season
    Player School Rush yds
    Knowshon Moreno Georgia 1,400
    Glen Coffee Alabama 1,383
    Charles Scott LSU 1,174
    Coffee Rushes by Direction
    Published: 12/7/2008

    Glen Coffee of Alabama was able to run through the Florida defense. The interesting part is that he ran to the middle and the right, which is away from the top LT in college football, Andre Smith:
    Direction Att Yds Td
    Left 4 9 0
    Middle 11 60 0
    Right 6 43 1
    Total 21 112 1
    Leading Rushers on 9-Win Teams
    Published: 11/6/2008

    This game is unlike any other in the 10-year history of the MWC. This will be the first game between two Mountain West teams with records at least eight games above the .500 mark. Utah and TCU are the only FBS or FCS teams with at least nine wins this season despite no player with at least 500 yards rushing. Matt Asiata leads Utah in rushing with 415 yards, and Joseph Turner leads TCU with 444 yards. The rushing leaders on the other nine-win teams: MiQuale Lewis, 989 yards for Ball State; Evan Royster, 970 for Penn State; Glen Coffee, 839 for Alabama; Baron Batch, 589 for Texas Tech.

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    STATS
    College Stats
    ATT YDS TD
    2005 48 179 0
    2007 129 545 4
    2008 233 1,383 10
    Career 410 2,107 14
    Combine Stats
    40 SPEED4.580
    BENCH24
    VERTICAL36
    BROAD121
    CONESN/A
    SHUTTLEN/A
    WONDERLICN/A
    Pro Stats
    Rushing Stats
    YEARTEAM G ATT YDS AVG LNG TD FD FUM LOST
    2009SF14 83 226 2.7 17 1 8 0 0
    Career 14 83 226 2.7 17 1 8 0 0
    Receiving Stats
    YEARTEAM G REC YDS AVG LNG TD FD FUM LOST
    2009SF14 11 76 6.9 12 0 2 0 0
    Career 14 11 76 6.9 12 0 2 0 0
    Return Stats
    YEARTEAM G PR YDS TD FC LNG KR YDS TD FC LNG
    2009SF14 0 0 0 0 0 3 42 0 0 16
    Career 14 0 0 0 0 0 3 42 0 0 16
    Passing Stats
    YEARTEAM G CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG TD LNG INT FUM RAT
    2009SF14 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0
    Career 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0
    Defense Stats
    YEARTEAM G TOT SOLO AST PD SACK FF REC INT YDS TD
    2009SF14 11 8 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
    Career 14 11 8 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
    Scoring Stats
    YEARTEAM G RushTD RecTD RetTD TotTD 2PT PAT FG TotPT
    2009SF14 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
    Career 14 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6

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