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LaDainian Tramayne Tomlinson (born June 23, 1979) is an American football running back for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers fifth overall in the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas Christian.

LaDainian Tomlinson (born June 23, 1979) is an American football player who currently plays running back for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League.Tomlinson, frequently called "LT",set several records during the 2006 NFL season by scoring a league-leading 186 points. He received additional honors by winning the NFL’s Most Valuable Player Award and the Associated Press’ Offensive Player of the Year Award.LaDainian Tomlinson was born to Loreane Chappelle and Oliver Tomlinson in Rosebud, Texas. His early life was full of adversity; his brother and grandfather both died when he was a child, forced to support the remaining members of the family by himself. However before leaving, his father instilled an affection for football in his son. Tomlinson attended University High School in Waco, Texas, where he played basketball, baseball, and football. Tomlinson began his football career as a linebacker, but blossomed on the offensive side of the ball. Tomlinson amassed 2,554 yards and 39 touchdowns his senior year, earning honors as the District 25-4A Most Valuable Player, Super Centex Offensive Player of the Year.Tomlinson was an avid Dallas Cowboys and Miami Hurricanes fan during his youth. He especially idolized Walter Payton, Jim Brown, and Emmitt Smith. He trained with Smith during a summer camp. In a later interview with ESPN, Tomlinson stated that his playing style and mentality were influenced by the three running backs.Tomlinson was recruited by many schools, but was not considered one of the nation`s top backs coming out of high school. Many have felt this was because Tomlinson didn`t play running back until his senior year in high school and many top colleges had already made their recruiting choices by then. Thus, Tomlinson signed with Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, a small school then in the Western Athletic Conference. Prior to Tomlinson`s arrival, TCU had appeared in only one bowl game in the previous 12 seasons (and 2 in the previous 34), and had recently been "downgraded" to a minor conference (the Western Athletic Conference) after the breakup of the long-standing Southwest Conference. TCU is now part of the Mountain West Conference. During Tomlinson`s freshman and sophomore years, he split time with Basil Mitchell. In the 1998 season he helped the Horned Frogs win its first bowl game in 41 years against the University of Southern California in the Sun Bowl.During his junior season in 1999, he set an NCAA record for yards in one game with 408 against UTEP. He ended the year with an NCAA-leading 1,850 yards rushing to go along with 18 touchdowns. In his senior season in 2000, Tomlinson led the NCAA for the second time with 2,158 yards and 22 touchdowns while piling on 354 yards receiving. He won the Doak Walker Award as the nation`s best running back, and was a finalist for the Heisman, but came in fourth. He completed his college career with 5,263 rushing yards, ranking sixth in NCAA Division I history.[8] The school retired his jersey number (5) during halftime of a November 2005 game against UNLV.[9] In December of that year, Tomlinson fulfilled a promise to his mother by earning his degree in communications from TCU.2001 NFL Draft The San Diego Chargers selected Tomlinson in the first round of the 2001 NFL Draft, as the fifth overall pick. It should be noted that the Chargers possessed the Draft’s first selection, but traded the pick to the Atlanta Falcons, who drafted Michael Vick. In this way, many consider that Vick and Tomlinson were “traded” for each other, although the transaction was actually the result of traded draft picks and his exact contract negotiations. The San Diego Chargers gave the rights to select Vick at the 1st pick to the Falcons in exchange for the fifth overall pick in the first round (Tomlinson), the 67th overall pick in the third-round (Tay Cody), their second-round pick in 2002 which turned into Reche Caldwell as the 48th overall pick that year and wide receiver Tim Dwight.[11] Pre-draft measureables Weight 40 yd 20 ss 3-cone Vert BP Wonderlic 221 lb (100 kg)* 4.38s*[12] 4.21s* 6.84s* 40.5 in (102.9 cm)* 18* 13*San Diego Chargers Tomlinson being tackled by Jeremiah Trotter at the 2006 Pro Bowl. Tomlinson being tackled by Jeremiah Trotter at the 2006 Pro Bowl. Tomlinson immediately became the starting running back with the Chargers and has started all but one game since. The one game he did not start was due to a choice by the coach to sit Tomlinson out during the last regular season game before the playoffs - not due to any kind of injury. He has achieved immediate success in the NFL, rushing for over 1,200 yards and making over 50 receptions in each of his seven seasons. He has also proven to be effective as a passer, having completed eight career passes, seven of them for touchdowns and a career passer rating of 154.4.[14] In 2003, he became the fir

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Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 2001 NFL Draft.

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