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College:
Washington
Rookie Year: 1997
Ht.,
Wt.: 6'1", 225
Contract Status: Active
NFL
Experience: 6 Years
Born: October
24, 1974
in Seattle,
WA
The
Person
Corey
Dillon was born on October
24, 1974
in Seattle,
Washington. Dillon played high
school football at Franklin
High
School,
where he won all-state honors in football and was named
All-Metro Player of the Year. He also earned
All-Metro honors in baseball. Because of Dillon’s
ability to play baseball, he was drafted by the San Diego
Padres (as an outfielder) in the 1993 free agent baseball
draft. Dillon
graduated from high school in 1993. He sat out the 1993
football season before enrolling at Garden City JC for the
1994 season.
Dillon then transferred to the
University
of Washington
where he majored in physical
education. Dillon has
one daughter, named Cameron.
The
Athlete
College
Highlights
Corey Dillon has
a unique story as a Division I football player. Despite starting in 8
out of 11 games at the University of
Washington, Dillon posted
multiple school records.
In his one year at Washington he rushed for
1,555 on 271 carries (5.7 avg.) and 22 touchdowns. Dillon had 2,185
all-purpose yards in 1996. His 1,555 rushing
yards broke the school's single-season mark set by Napolean
Kaufman and his 22 TDs broke the mark set the year before by
Rashaan Shehee.
He scored 5
TDs in 41-21 conquest of UCLA, earning Sports Illustrated
National Player of the Week honors as he rush
ed
for 145 yards and added 53 yards in
receptions. In
the Holiday Bowl vs. Colorado,
Dillon rushed for 140 yards and added 2 more touchdowns to his
regular-season total of 23. Dillon
played JC ball at Dixie College in St. George, Utah in 1995,
and was chosen JC Offensive Back of the Year by College Sports
magazine after rushing 279 times for 1899 yards and 20 TDs.
In 1994, Dillon rushed for 1165 yards and 16 TDs at
Garden City (Kan.) JC.
NFL
Highlights
Finishing his
6th season as a Bengal, Corey Dillon
has definitely made a name for himself in
Cincinnati. Since 1997, Dillon has
been consistently putting up the numbers year in and year
out. This
year was no different for
Dillon.
2002:
Dillon’s
performance in 2002 is somewhat comparable to his numbers in
2001. But when
all is said and done, he still was on a team with a 2-14
record. Some of
his many accomplishments this season include:
·
Started
and played in all 16 games in 2002
·
Finished
in 10th place in the entire NFL for running backs
with 1,310 yards
on 314 carries for 4.2
yards/carry
·
Longest run was
67 yards against Indianapolis in Week
5
·
Had 7 rushing
TD’s
·
Dillon had 43
receptions for 298 yards for an average of 6.9 yards
per
catch
2001:
Dillon
had in 2001 what some consider to be his best pro season. His
performance included:
· A rushing total of
1315 yards, the second-most in team history
behind
only his own mark of 1435 yards
in the 2000 season.
· A career high and team
leading 13 touchdowns (also team-leading
78
total points). Dillon’s previous
season TD high had been 10 in 1997. He
tied his previous season-best in rushing TDs (10) and added 3
receiving
scores — one more via pass
plays than he had accumulated in his
first
four seasons combined. He became
the first RB to lead the Bengals in TD
receptions for a season.
· A career-high 34 pass
receptions topping his previous high of 31 in
1999.
Dillon led Bengals RBs in
receptions and in receiving yards (228).
· A career high and
Bengals team record 340 rushing attempts (which
also
led the AFC in 2001).
· The highest percentage
of total team touchdowns (52.0%, 13 of 25)
of
any Bengals player in a season. The
previous high had been 45.9% by Carl
Pickens, who scored a team-record 17 of
Cincinnati’s
37 TDs in 1995.
· A 96-yard TD run Oct.
28 at Detroit,
the longest scrimmage play
in
Bengals history and tied for
fourth-longest rushing play in NFL history.
· A 184-yard rushing day
at Detroit,
most in Bengals history for a road
game.
2000:
Dillon
got a late start to a season in which he would set the NFL
single-game rushing record (278) and Bengals season rushing
mark (1435). He
began the offseason as a restricted free agent and did not
sign until Aug. 10, missing the first three weeks of training
camp. Dillon then
went on to start every game for the first time in his
career. He posted
the Bengals’ second-highest total in yards from scrimmage for
a season with 1593 (1435 rushing, 158 receiving); the record
yards from scrimmage in a season is 1773 by James Brooks in
1986. Dillon was
held to 82 total rushing yards in the season’s first three
games, but averaged 104.1 yards per game over the final 13
games. He also
set an NFL record with 278 yards on Oct. 22 vs.
Denver. Dillon then followed
his record-breaker vs. Denver
with a 137-yard rushing effort on Oct. 29 at
Cleveland,
and his 415 rushing yards over the two games was third-most in
NFL history in consecutive games.
1999:
Dillon’s 1200
rushing yards were second-most in Bengals history to that
point, and he was the first Bengals RB voted to Pro Bowl since
Harold Green (following the 1992 season). His 4.6 yards per
attempt was the highest average among the Top 10 rushers in
the AFC by nearly a half-yard. Dillon began the ’99
season in 10th place on the Bengals’ all-time rushing list,
but climbed to fourth place as his total reached 3459 yards by
season’s end. His
1490 yards from scrimmage (1200 rushing, 290 receiving) was
the Bengals’ most since 1989. Dillon reached the
3000-yard rushing mark faster than any previous
Bengal, passing the
milestone in Game 12 of his third season (Nov. 28 at
Pittsburgh); no previous
Bengal had reached
3000 before his fifth season. He had 210 scrimmage
yards Dec. 5 versus the 49ers, rushing 25 times for 133 yards
and adding a career-high 77 receiving yards on 5
catches.
1998:
Dillon
rushed for 1130 yards and had four 100-yard rushing games a
for second straight season. His first career TD
reception came on Oct. 25 at Oakland, where he
scored on a 17-yard toss from QB Neil O’Donnell. He led the team with a
career-high 6 pass receptions on Nov. 8 at
Jacksonville, and had a
career-long 41-yard reception from QB Paul Justin on Dec. 27
vs. Tampa
Bay. Dillon started in all
but one game – he was on the inactive list for Game 15, Dec.
20 at Pittsburgh, due to a lower
back bruise.
1997:
Corey
Dillon was drafted by the Bengals in second round (43rd
overall). He
entered the draft after his junior season at the
University
of Washington. Dillon did not become
a starter until Game 10 and had only 196 rushing yards at the
season’s halfway point, but rushed for 933 yards in the final
eight games. His
season total of 1129 yards broke a Bengals rookie record of
1066 set by Ickey Woods in 1988. The highlight game of
his rookie season came Dec. 4 vs.
Tennessee,
as he rushed for 246 yards on 39 carries; breaking the NFL
rookie record of 237 yards set by
Cleveland’s
Jim Brown against the L.A. Rams in 1957. (Dillon’s rookie mark
was broken in 2000 when Denver
rookie Mike Anderson rushed for 251 vs.
New
Orleans). Dillon was named 1997
AFC Rookie of the Year in peer voting conducted by the NFL
Players Association.
He led Bengals RBs in receiving yards (259), and his
1388 total yards from scrimmage was most since 1989 (James
Brooks, 1545).
Dillon scored 10 of Cincinnati’s NFL-leading 23 rushing
TDs. His longest
TD run was 71 yards on Nov. 2nd vs.
San
Diego. He also
had TD runs of 46 yards at Indianapolis,
39 yards vs. Jacksonville,
31 yards vs. Tennessee,
and 21 yards at Tennessee.
Corey Dillon’s
Record Book as a Cincinnati
Bengal:
· Most rushing yards,
game: 278 vs. Denver
on Oct.
22, 2000.
· Most rushing yards,
season: 1435 in 2000.
· Most carries, season:
340 in 2001.
· Most carries, career:
1727.
· Longest scrimmage
play: 96-yard run at Detroit
on Oct.
28, 2001
· Most rushing attempts
in a game: 39 vs. Tennessee
on Dec.
4, 1997.
· Most scrimmage yards
in a game: 278 vs. Denver
on Oct.
22, 2000.
· Most rushing yards in
a game by a rookie: 246 vs. Tennessee
on Dec.
4,
1997.
· Most yards from
scrimmage in a game by a rookie: 276 vs.
Tennessee
on
Dec.
4, 1997.
· Most 100-yard rushing
games, career: 27.
· Most 100-yard rushing
games in a season: Five, in 1999, 2000 &
2002.
Three other Bengals have posted
five 100-yard games in a season,
but
Dillon is the only player to do
it in multiple seasons.
· Most 200-yard rushing
games in a season: Two, in 2000. Dillon has
three
of the four 200-yard games in club
history.
· Most rushing TDs in a
game: Four vs. Tennessee
on Dec.
4, 1997.
· Most total TDs in a
game: Four vs. Tennessee
on Dec.
4, 1997,
sharing
the record with Larry Kinnebrew.
· Most points in a game:
24 vs. Tennessee
on Dec.
4, 1997,
sharing the
record with Larry
Kinnebrew.
THE
RECORD-BREAKER:
Dillon’s
278 rushing yards on Oct.
22, 2000
vs. Denver is
the NFL’s most-ever in a single game. The performance
surpassed Walter Payton’s mark of 275, which had stood for
nearly 23 years (since Nov.
20, 1977).
Dillon amassed
the record total on just 22 carries, averaging 12.6 yards per
carry. Payton had
40 carries in his 275-yard game, and Dillon’s number of
carries stands as the fewest by any player in the top 10
rushing games in NFL history. Dillon had seven runs
of more than 20 yards in the 31-21 Bengals victory against
Denver,
including five of more than 30 yards. He scored touchdowns in
the fourth quarter on runs of 65 and 41 yards. The 65-yarder
extended Cincinnati’s
lead to 24-14 with 4:58
to play, and the 41-yarder put the score at its final margin
of 31-21 with 1:49
to play. The 41-yarder was Dillon’s final carry of the day,
pushing him over Payton’s record yardage total. Remarkably in
the record effort, Dillon was held to 1 yard or less on 41% of
his carries (9 of 22). He rushed for 58 yards
on 4 carries in the first quarter, 19 yards on 5 carries in
the second, 93 yards on 7 carries in the third and 108 yards
on 6 carries in the fourth. Dillon has two of the
top eight rushing games in NFL history, as his 246-yard effort
as a rookie in 1997 vs. Tennessee
is in the No. 8 spot all-time.
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