1. Fitzgerald Toussaint played college football at Michigan and signed with the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League as an undrafted free agent in 2014.
36 Facts About Fitzgerald Toussaint
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Fitzgerald Toussaint played for the Pittsburgh Steelers for three seasons.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint graduated from Liberty High School, where as a senior in 2009, he rushed for 2,229 yards and 28 touchdowns and was named Ohio's co-offensive player of the year in Division III.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint committed to the University of Michigan after his senior year.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint won the 60 meters at the 2009 Kent State HS Open, recording a career-best time of 6.89 seconds.
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On September 23,2022, Fitzgerald Toussaint was inducted into the Liberty High School Hall of Fame.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint enrolled at the University of Michigan on a football scholarship in 2009.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint missed the first three games of the 2010 season with a knee injury.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint returned to the lineup the following week and went on to record his second 100-yard rushing game in the Battle for the Little Brown Jug against Minnesota in the fifth game of the season, totaling 108 yards on 11 carries for an average of 9.8 yards per carry.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint had career highs in both yards gained and carries.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint ranked second in the Big Ten Conference in yards per carry behind Wisconsin running back Montee Ball.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint earned All-Big Ten Conference honorable mention recognition from both the coaches and the media.
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On July 21,2012, Fitzgerald Toussaint was arrested in Ann Arbor after running a red light and charged with driving under the influence.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint remained suspended from the team for the opening game of the 2012 season, but returned to the lineup as Michigan's lead running back in the second week of the season against Air Force.
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On November 17,2012, during a first quarter run in the game against the Iowa Hawkeyes, Fitzgerald Toussaint sustained a broken leg, ending his season.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint finished his final season with the Wolverines with 185 carries for 648 rushing yards and 13 rushing touchdowns.
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On May 29,2014, Fitzgerald Toussaint was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint rushed for 20 yards on four attempts during the Ravens' first preseason game against the San Francisco 49ers.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint did not play again until the fourth preseason game against the New Orleans Saints, where he rushed for a game-high 103 yards on 17 carries and caught his only targeted pass for another nine yards.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint was re-signed to the Ravens practice squad on August 31,2014.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint was promoted to the Ravens roster on September 6,2014, after fellow running back Lorenzo Taliaferro was placed on injured reserve.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint finished his rookie season with six carries for 12 rushing yards and three receptions for 27 receiving yards in four games.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint entered training camp competing with Javorius Allen and Terrence Magee to be the Ravens' third running back.
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On September 7,2015, Fitzgerald Toussaint was signed to the Pittsburgh Steelers practice squad.
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On November 27,2015, Fitzgerald Toussaint was promoted to the active roster.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint earned the Steelers' second-string running back position from Jordan Todman as the regular season came to a close.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint caught the Steelers' eighth two-point conversion of the season against the Cleveland Browns in Week 17, setting the NFL record for most successful two-point conversion attempts by a team in a season.
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On January 8,2016, Fitzgerald Toussaint was announced as the starter for Steelers' Wild Card Round playoff game against the Cincinnati Bengals due to an injury to DeAngelo Williams.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint competed with Brandon Brown-Dukes, Daryl Richardson, Cameron Stingily, and Brandon Johnson for the third string backup running back position.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint was named the Pittsburgh Steelers third running back on their depth chart to begin the regular season.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint finished the season with 14 carries for 58 rushing yards and three receptions for 33 receiving yards while appearing in all 16 regular season games.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint signed a one-year deal to remain with the Steelers on January 31,2017.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint competed with Terrell Watson, Knile Davis, Brandon Brown-Dukes, and Trey Williams to be the third running back on the depth chart.
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On September 2,2017, Fitzgerald Toussaint was waived by the Steelers, and was then signed to the practice squad the next day.
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Fitzgerald Toussaint was promoted to the active roster on November 25,2017.
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On September 1,2018, Fitzgerald Toussaint was released by the Steelers.