1. Steve Slaton was born on January 4,1986 and is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League.
73 Facts About Steve Slaton
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Steve Slaton played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers, earning unanimous All-American honors in 2006.
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Steve Slaton was chosen by the Houston Texans in the third round of the 2008 NFL draft.
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Steve Slaton was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2025.
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Steve Slaton was one of six children of Carl Slaton and Juanita Tiggett-Slaton.
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Steve Slaton attended Immaculate Conception Elementary School, from kindergarten until eighth grade.
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Steve Slaton was named captain as a senior, was the most valuable player of the Philadelphia Catholic League, and was a four-year all-conference selection.
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Steve Slaton was a first team all-state as a junior and senior.
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Steve Slaton rushed for more than 6,000 career yards and 73 touchdowns, setting five school records.
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Steve Slaton was invited to, but did not participate in, the annual Big 33 Football Classic.
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Steve Slaton participated in various sprint events, and at one point recorded the sixth-best long jump across all high schools in the United States in 2004.
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Steve Slaton received offers to go to college from North Carolina, Maryland and Rutgers, but chose West Virginia, but mainly as a defensive back.
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Steve Slaton had originally chosen Maryland for his college, but they ended up passing a scholarship on him, instead going with Morgan Green.
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Steve Slaton enrolled at West Virginia University, where he played for coach Rich Rodriguez's West Virginia Mountaineer football team from 2005 to 2007.
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Steve Slaton began his true freshman year as the fourth string running back.
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Steve Slaton saw his first action in the second game of the season, versus Wofford.
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Steve Slaton had one of the most memorable games in WVU football history in the next game versus Louisville.
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Steve Slaton finished the game with 188 yards on 31 carries and five rushing touchdowns.
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Steve Slaton was named the Walter Camp, USA Today, and Rivals.
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Steve Slaton added 71 yards on 17 carries in a nationally televised Big East game with Connecticut, but Steve Slaton left the game early after an injury to his wrist.
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Steve Slaton had another 100-yard performance, against Cincinnati, gaining 129 yards on 25 carries and scoring four touchdowns.
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Steve Slaton scored three more touchdowns in the next game, against Pitt.
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Steve Slaton was named the Sugar Bowl MVP, gaining a new Sugar Bowl record of 204 yards on 26 carries and scoring three touchdowns.
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Steve Slaton's game was highlighted by a pair of 52-yard touchdown runs.
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Steve Slaton recorded his second straight 200-yard performance by putting up 203 yards on 33 carries and two touchdowns against instate rival Marshall in the first game of his sophomore season.
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Steve Slaton performed in front of a national audience while gaining 149 yards in the first quarter alone against Maryland, finishing the game with 195 yards on 21 carries and adding another two touchdowns.
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Steve Slaton helped the highly ranked Mountaineers to their fourth win of the season by gaining 80 yards on 24 carries against East Carolina.
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Steve Slaton had two costly fumbles on consecutive snaps to start the third quarter.
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Steve Slaton sat out the rest of the third because he was unable to grip the ball after taking a helmet to his elbow.
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Steve Slaton gained 112 yards on 23 carries and scored two touchdowns, including one in overtime.
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Steve Slaton finished the season with 1,744 yards on 248 carries with 16 touchdowns, despite a wrist injury all season.
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Steve Slaton's yardage was a West Virginia rushing record for a season, breaking Avon Cobourne's record of 1,710 yards, and was 22nd in West Virginia's record book for most total offense in a season.
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Steve Slaton's 360 receiving yards are the second most in a season by a running back in school history as well, behind legendary fullback Jim Braxton's 565 yards, while his 27 receptions were tied for third most by a back in a season.
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Steve Slaton's 2,104 yards from scrimmage is a West Virginia season record as well.
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Steve Slaton finished the game with 26 carries for 137 yards and three touchdowns, including Steve Slaton's longest run which was a 22-yard touchdown.
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Steve Slaton earned the Wrangler Player of the Game honors presented by ESPN.
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Steve Slaton's touchdown put him in the record books as the school's all-time leading scorer on the ground, passing Ira Rodgers and Avon Cobourne with 43 rushing touchdowns.
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At that point, Steve Slaton had been held under 100 yards rushing for four of the previous five games.
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Steve Slaton's rushing touchdown set a school record for most career points scored by non-kickers with 318 points in his career and his 151 all-purpose yards placed him second on the career school list with 4,690 yards.
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Steve Slaton had a sub-par performance, rushing for 54 yards and 2 touchdowns on ten carries and grabbing two receptions for 11 yards.
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Steve Slaton was named to second-team all-Big East and was awarded the team's Coaches Contribution Award by former head coach Rich Rodriguez.
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Steve Slaton finished the regular season with 1,053 yards on 210 carries for a tying season-high 17 touchdowns.
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Steve Slaton had 25 receptions for 348 yards and a touchdown.
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Steve Slaton was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2025.
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On January 13,2008, Steve Slaton announced he would forgo his senior season at West Virginia and enter the 2008 NFL draft.
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Steve Slaton worked out as a wide receiver in drills at the Combine.
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Steve Slaton reported meeting with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tennessee Titans at the NFL Combine.
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Steve Slaton ran a 2.51 20-yard dash and a 1.47 10-yard shuttle.
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Steve Slaton impressed many scouts with his receiving abilities, highlighted with a one-handed grab behind him on a "go route".
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Steve Slaton was drafted by the Houston Texans of the National Football League in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft.
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On September 21,2008, Steve Slaton scored his first touchdown in the NFL with a 6-yard run against the Titans.
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Steve Slaton finished the game with 18 carries for 116 yards, including a 50-yard run, and 4 receptions for eight yards.
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Steve Slaton totaled 104 yards in the first half alone, making him the second Texan ever to rush for 100 yards in the first half of a game, while his 50-yard run was the second-longest in franchise history.
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Steve Slaton finished the game with 116 total yards in his second career start.
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Steve Slaton's performance won him the NFL Rookie of the Week Award from NFLPlayers.
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However, Steve Slaton rebounded in the following loss to the Colts, in which he posted career-high numbers - finishing the game with 14 carries for 156 yards and a touchdown.
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Steve Slaton's yardage broke the franchise single-game rookie record, two yards shy of breaking Domanick Williams' all-time franchise record, while his 71-yard touchdown run was the longest rush in Texans' history.
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Steve Slaton led all rushers in the league with his performance.
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Steve Slaton led the Texans' offensive assault with 21 carries for 130 yards with two touchdowns and was second on the team with two receptions for 52 yards - including a 46-yard screen reception.
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Steve Slaton finished his first career Monday Night Football performance with 182 total yards of offense.
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Steve Slaton went over 1,000 yards rushing on the season with his 120-yard, 26-carry performance against the Green Bay Packers in the 13th game of the season.
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Steve Slaton had 40 yards off of 3 receptions, totaling 160 yards of total offense.
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Steve Slaton rushed for 92 yards and a score to seal Houston's win.
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Steve Slaton ended his rookie season with 1,282 rushing yards, the most among rookie running backs and sixth in the NFL, behind only Adrian Peterson of the Vikings, Michael Turner of the Atlanta Falcons, DeAngelo Williams of the Carolina Panthers, Clinton Portis of the Washington Redskins, and Thomas Jones of the New York Jets.
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Steve Slaton began his sophomore season in the NFL as the starter for the Texans after the success of his rookie season.
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However, Steve Slaton lost the short-yardage and goal-line situational carries to backup Chris Brown after the preseason by choice of Gary Kubiak.
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However, in the third game Steve Slaton rebounded with 76 yards rushing on 12 carries and 37 yards receiving on 2 catches.
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Steve Slaton was temporarily benched during the game, but rebounded with a 32-yard touchdown run - his first score of the season, finishing with 65 yards rushing and 24 yards receiving and another touchdown via a reception.
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On September 27,2011, Steve Slaton was waived by the Texans.
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On September 1,2012, Steve Slaton was released by the Dolphins.
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Steve Slaton signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League on April 24,2014.
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Steve Slaton played in 12 games, starting 6, in 2014, recording 510 rushing yards, 1 rushing touchdown, 46 receptions, 388 receiving yards, 4 receiving touchdowns and 71 kick return yards.
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Steve Slaton has two sons, and is married to his high school sweetheart, Kimberly Sierra.