Brent Fullwood
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| Position | Running back | ||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 209 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Saint Cloud | ||||||||
| College | Auburn | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1987: 1st round, 4th overall pick | ||||||||
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Brent Leanrd Fullwood is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL).[1] He was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the first round (fourth overall pick) of the 1987 NFL draft[2] after finishing sixth in 1986 Heisman Trophy voting.[3]
Fullwood played four NFL seasons, from 1987 to 1990. His best year as a pro came during the 1989 season, when he led the Packers in rushing with 821 yards and was selected to the 1990 Pro Bowl.[4] However Sports Illustrated listed Fullwood as one of the Packers biggest draft busts, noting a high rate of fumbles and a 1990 incident when he removed himself from a game against the Chicago Bears claiming illness, but was seen later that evening at a nightclub.[5] After this incident the Packers traded Fullwood on October 9, 1990 to the Cleveland Browns for a 7th Round draft choice, however he never played a game for the Browns who waived him 2 months later.[6] During the 1991 and 1992 offseasons he was briefly signed by the Miami Dolphins and then Los Angeles Raiders but was released by both before the playing season began.
Caareer statistics
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College statistics
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||
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| GP | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 1983 | Auburn | 11 | 14 | 86 | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1984 | Auburn | 12 | 117 | 628 | 5.4 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 |
| 1985 | Auburn | 11 | 92 | 684 | 7.4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 1986 | Auburn | 11 | 167 | 1,391 | 8.3 | 10 | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 |
| 45 | 390 | 2,789 | 7.2 | 24 | 9 | 77 | 8.6 | 0 | ||
NFL statistics
| Year | Team | GP | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||
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| Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | |||
| 1987 | GB | 11 | 84 | 274 | 3.3 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | GB | 14 | 101 | 483 | 4.8 | 33 | 7 | 20 | 128 | 6.4 | 30 | 1 |
| 1989 | GB | 15 | 204 | 821 | 4.0 | 38 | 5 | 19 | 214 | 11.3 | 67 | 0 |
| 1990 | GB | 5 | 44 | 124 | 2.8 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 45 | 433 | 1,702 | 3.9 | 38 | 18 | 44 | 370 | 8.4 | 67 | 1 | |
References
- ^ "Brent Fullwood Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "1987 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
- ^ staff. "Winners". heisman.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2025.
- ^ "Packers' Fullwood a Pro Bowl reserve". Sheboygan Press. January 20, 1990. p. 14.
- ^ Huber, Bill (April 12, 2025). "All-Busts Team: Greatest Packers' NFL Draft Busts of All-Time". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 13, 2025.
- ^ Keim, Bob (December 26, 1990). "Fullwood waived, Rowell back again - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved December 13, 2025.