Profiling Colts Running Back Joseph Addai

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="378" caption="Joseph Addai, flying (Public Source)"]Joseph Addai[/caption] Joseph Addai Born:  3rd of May, 1983 Hometown:  Houston, TX College:  Louisiana State University Draft:  1st round, 30th overall - 2006 (Indianapolis Colts) Height:  5 feet 11 inches Weight:  214 lbs. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ College

		Rushing				Receiving
Year	Started	Att	Yards	YPA	TD	Rec	Yards	YPR	TD
2001	0	8	28	3.50	0	0	0	0.00	0
2002	1	80	438	5.48	4	6	81	13.50	0
2003	6	114	520	4.56	2	14	86	6.14	1
2004	0	101	680	6.73	3	26	294	11.31	4
2005	12	187	911	4.87	9	20	180	9.00	0
Career	19	490	2,577	5.26	18	66	641	9.71	5

Professional

		Rushing						Receiving
Year	Games	Att	Yards	YPA	TD	FD	Fum	Rec	Yards	YPR	TD	FD	Fum
2006	16	226	1081	4.78	7	66	2	40	325	8.13	1	20	0
2007	15	261	1072	4.11	12	65	0	41	364	8.88	3	15	0
2008	12	155	544	3.51	5	34	1	25	206	8.24	2	9	0
2009	15	219	828	3.78	10	44	1	51	336	6.59	3	17	0
Career	58	861	3,525	4.09	34	209	4	157	1,231	7.84	9	61	0

Pre-Draft Measurables* 40-yard Dash: 4.40 seconds 3 Cone Drill: 7.10 seconds 20-Yard Shuttle: 4.48 seconds Bench Press:  18 reps Vertical Jump: 38.5 inches Broad Jump: 125.0 inches * - NFL Scouting Combine ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Breakdown Joseph Addai played collegiately at Louisiana State University as a 1 year starter who saw significant time as a primary backup in his four years at LSU.  While only being the signature back in his senior year at LSU, Addai showed solid growth and development rushing, receiving, and blocking -- in order to gain high marks as an all purpose back. Addai started his college career as a fullback before moving to halfback as a junior.  Despite redshirting as a true freshman, no reason was offered to explain why he was granted a medical redshirt -- and Addai showed no signs of durability concerns during his college career. As a primary back in the NFL, Addai has seen his value take a number of hits.  He was not only  unable to sustain the "high" level of production from his rookie season, he also from a string of injuries in his third year -- which prompted the Colts to draft another First Round running back serve as the team's primary backup behind Addai. Although he has failed to achieve "wow-status" as a running threat, Addai has shown potential as an all purpose back -- acting not only as a backfield blocker for Peyton Manning, but also as a legitimate dump-off target for Manning.  In recent years, due to a continually poor run-blocking performance by the offensive line, Addai and Manning have developed a pseudo-rushing attack that operates like an extended delayed hand-off -- but is really just a dump-off pass to Addai in the backfield. While Addai initially received high marks from scouts in nearly every aspect of his game, he has lost much of the flair from his rookie and sophomore seasons with the Colts -- seemingly because he is now too patient to wait for a hole to form, often taking hits for a loss.  While Addai has still retained some general elusiveness, he lacks the dominant slippery nature of some of the NFL's marquee running backs.  Addai has developed enough as a receiver that he can line up in the slot on some plays, and is one of Manning's most reliable options, even when he lines up behind Manning. Video