Draft Scout Snapshot:DS Rating on 1/07/09: #1 Redshirt Sophomore RB 2008: Finalist for the Doak Walker Award (nation's top running back) and semi-finalist for the Maxwell Award (top player in the country)...Earned team Most Valuable Offensive Player Award honors...Only the second player in school history to rush for over 1,000-yards in back-to-back seasons, joining Herschel Walker (1980-82)...Despite suffering leg cramps in the season opener vs. Georgia Southern and a deep elbow bruise vs. Alabama, Moreno started all thirteen games, leading the team with 250 carries for 1,400 yards (5.6 avg) and sixteen touch-downs...His 250 rushing attempts rank sixth on the school single-season record list, as his 1,400 yards rank fifth and his sixteen scores rank tied for fourth on the Georgia single-season record charts...Led the conference with an average of 107.69 yards per game rushing...Caught 33 passes for 392 yards (11.9 avg) and a pair of touchdowns, adding 30 yards on two punt returns...Ranked second in the league with an average of 140.15 all-purpose yards per game...Produced 65 first down runs on 250 attempts (26.0%), as he converted 9 of 24 third-down rushing attempts (37.5%)...Had 51 carries for at least 10 yards, including 15 for 20 yards or longer...Had 44 positive runs inside the red zone, including 22 on goal-line plays...Tackled for a loss 22 times and stopped for no gain on 35 other carries...Had key rushes that set up 22 touchdown drives and five series that ended with field goals...18 of his 33 receptions (54.55%) produced first downs, including converting 8 of 11 third-down passes...Had seven receptions for 20 yards or longer, setting up nine touchdown drives with his catches...Pulled down 33 of 39 passes thrown to him (84.62%)...2007: Appeared in 13 games making six starts with 248 carries for 1,334 yards (5.3 average) and 14 TDs while also making 20 receptions for 253 yards (12.6 average)...Ended the season with the second-most yards per game (102.6) in the SEC and out of the nation’s Division I freshmen...Finished No. 2 on the school’s all-time list and No. 4 on the SEC’s alltime list for most yards rushing by a freshman (1,334 yards)...All-SEC First-Team selection by Associated Press, SEC Coaches and Rivals.com; named SEC All-Freshman and SEC Freshman Offensive Player of the Year by Sporting News...Became the first Bulldog since Herschel Walker in 1982 to rush for 100 or more yards in five-consecutive games...2006: Redshirted.
Post-Draft Outlook: A closer look at the Broncos' picks: Round 1/12 -- Knowshon Moreno, RB, 5-10, 217, Georgia...Denver was smitten with Moreno's versatility. He obviously is a good runner, but the Broncos also like the fact that he can catch the ball out of the backfield and pick up the blitz. Denver signed Correll Buckhalter, J.J. Arrington and LaMont Jordan this offseason and have Peyton Hillis, Ryan Torain and Selvin Young still on the roster, but Moreno will play right away. - by The Sports Xchange
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Draft Scout *Knowshon Moreno News
08/31/10 - RB Knowshon Moreno was back at practice Tuesday for the first time since he tore his right hamstring in training camp on Aug. 1. Moreno said he's "80-some percent" healed.
It's unlikely he will play in Thursday's game at Minnesota but could be ready for the regular-season opener Sept. 12.
08/30/10 - RB Knowshon Moreno is expected to practice this week for the first time since tearing his hamstring on Aug. 1, when he was carted off the field during the team's first training camp practice. His availability for the preseason finale and the regular-season opener are to be determined.
08/08/10 - RB Knowshon Moreno suffered a hamstring tear, the severity of which isn't publicly known. There is some hope he'll be back this month but the team will proceed cautiously with its No. 1 back in attempting to get him back healthy for the season-opener.
08/01/10 - RB Knowshon Moreno was carted off the field with a right leg injury Sunday. There was no immediate word on the severity of the injury.
08/01/10 - RB Knowshon Moreno was carted off the field with a leg injury in Denver's first full practice. The extent of the injury was not known immediately.
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