Ahmad Bradshaw (2017) - Marshall Athletics Hall of Fame

Ahmad Bradshaw

Induction:
2017
Class:
2006

Bradshaw was a top-five running back for the Herd in just three seasons wearing the Kelly Green and White. He finished his career fourth in all-purpose yards per game (124.8), sixth in rushing touchdowns (31), eighth in total touchdowns (36) and 10th in scoring (216 points). His 1,523 rushing yards in 2006 was the school’s fifth-best single-season total, while his 21 touchdowns were the sixth-highest and his 126 points stood eighth.

Bradshaw posted 11 games of rushing for 100 or more yards at Marshall, with his best effort coming on Nov. 18, 2006, when he put up a Joan C. Edwards Stadium-record five touchdowns and 261 yards against UTEP. He led the Herd in all-purpose yards all three seasons and caught 86 passes for 696 yards, scoring five more times through the air. He was named second team All-Conference USA as a sophomore, then first-team as a junior.

After Marshall, Bradshaw was taken in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL Draft by the New York Giants, who went on to beat New England in Super Bowl XLII. He had a career-best nine touchdowns in 2011, including the game-winner for the Giants in Super Bowl XLVI, as New York beat the Patriots again to earn his second Super Bowl ring. Bradshaw signed with the Indianapolis Colts in 2012, where he finished his career. In the NFL, Bradshaw finished with 1,083 carries for 4,928 yards (4.6 per carry), for 36 touchdowns in nine seasons. He also caught 187 passes for 1,493 yards and 10 more touchdowns. In all, he had 8,193 yards of all-purpose yardage in the regular season, then 1,850 yards in the postseason, as well as 36 tackles on special teams (average of four per season played).

Bradshaw was inducted into the Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame in 2017.