1. Sony Michel was born on February 17,1995 and is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League for five seasons.
28 Facts About Sony Michel
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Sony Michel played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs and was selected by the New England Patriots in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft.
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Sony Michel attended American Heritage School in Plantation, Florida, where he was the starting running back for the American Heritage Patriots, beginning in his eighth-grade year there.
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Sony Michel committed to the University of Georgia on April 26,2013, to play college football.
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Sony Michel competed in track and field at American Heritage; as a sophomore in 2011, he earned first-place finishes in both the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash at the FHSAA 2A District Meet.
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Sony Michel missed five games due to a fractured shoulder blade.
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Sony Michel rushed for 410 yards on 64 carries with five rushing touchdowns.
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Sony Michel entered 2015 as a backup to Nick Chubb, but earned extensive playing time.
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In 2017, with true freshman Jake Fromm starting at quarterback for the Bulldogs, the team relied heavily on its senior running backs, Chubb and Sony Michel, to carry the load.
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Sony Michel added four receptions for 41 yards and a fourth touchdown.
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Chubb and Sony Michel's 326 combined rushing yards in the Rose Bowl gave them a combined 8,259 career rushing yards, surpassing Eric Dickerson and Craig James' NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision record of 8,192.
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Sony Michel was selected by the New England Patriots in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft with the 31st overall pick.
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Sony Michel was the third running back to be selected that year.
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Sony Michel suffered a knee injury in training camp causing him to miss the entire preseason and the season-opener against the Houston Texans.
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Sony Michel made his NFL debut in Week 2 against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Sony Michel became the first rookie to top 100 rushing yards in a game for the Patriots since Brandon Bolden in 2012.
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Sony Michel finished his rookie year with 931 rushing yards and six touchdowns along with seven receptions for 50 yards.
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Sony Michel broke the NFL record for most playoff rushing touchdowns for a rookie, scoring five between the divisional and conference championship games.
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Sony Michel was the leading rusher in the game and extended his rookie postseason rushing record to six touchdowns in three games; he scored six touchdowns in 13 regular-season games.
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Only Hall of Fame running back Terrell Davis has rushed for more touchdowns in a single postseason than Sony Michel; Davis scored eight touchdowns in four games in the 1997 postseason.
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Sony Michel is the first player since Davis with more than four rushing touchdowns in one postseason.
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Sony Michel was placed on injured reserve on October 5,2020, with a quadriceps injury.
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Sony Michel was activated off of injured reserve on November 21,2020.
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However, Sony Michel got more playing time after an injury to Harris.
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Sony Michel was traded to the Rams on August 25,2021, in exchange for a fifth and sixth round pick in the 2022 NFL draft.
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Sony Michel finished the 2021 season with 208 carries for 845 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns to go along with 21 receptions for 128 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown.
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Sony Michel won his second Super Bowl title when the Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI.
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Sony Michel's older brother, Marken Sony Michel, is a wide receiver for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League, and was the 2017 West Division Most Outstanding Rookie with them.