Toby Gerhart

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Toby Gerhart

| image = Toby Gerhart 2014 Jaguars training camp Cropped.jpg

| image_size =

| alt = Dark blue and red

| caption = Gerhart with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2014

| number = 32, 21

| position = Running back

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|3|28|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Norco, California, U.S.

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lbs = 235

| high_school = Norco

| college = Stanford (2006–2009)

| draftyear = 2010

| draftround = 2

| draftpick = 51

| pastteams =

Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|2010}}–{{NFL Year|2013}})
Jacksonville Jaguars ({{NFL Year|2014}}–{{NFL Year|2015}})

| status =

| highlights =

Doak Walker Award (2009)
Archie Griffin Award (2009)
Jim Brown Award (2009)
Unanimous All-American (2009)
Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year (2009)
First-team All-Pac-10 (2009)
Second-team All-Pac-10 (2008)

| statweek =

| statseason =

| statlabel1 = Rushing yards

| statvalue1 = 1,675

| statlabel2 = Rushing average

| statvalue2 = 4.2

| statlabel3 = Rushing touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 7

| statlabel4 = Receptions

| statvalue4 = 100

| statlabel5 = Receiving yards

| statvalue5 = 809

| statlabel6 = Receiving touchdowns

| statvalue6 = 3

| CollegeHOF = 2532

}}

Tobin Bo Gunnar Gerhart (born March 28, 1987) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal, earning unanimous All-American honors. He was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the second round of the 2010 NFL draft. With Stanford in 2009, Gerhart won the Doak Walker Award{{Citation |url=http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectrankings/TSX/2010_RB |title=2010 NFL Draft RB ranking |work=CBS Sports |access-date=February 8, 2010 }} and was the runner-up for the 2009 Heisman Trophy.{{Cite web |date=December 7, 2009 |title=McCoy among five finalists for Heisman |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=4723007 |access-date=December 7, 2009 |website=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press}} He received 1,276 points in the Heisman voting, coming in second to Mark Ingram II, who received 1,304 points; the 28-point margin is the closest vote in Heisman history.{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-heismantrophy&prov=ap&type=lgns |publisher=rivals.com |access-date=December 13, 2009 |title=Ingram delivers Alabama its first Heisman }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Gerhart had a breakout senior season in 2009, leading all running backs in the nation in rushing yards, touchdowns, and points scored, and setting several Pac-10 and school records. He held the Stanford record for most rushing yards in a season (1,871) until Christian McCaffrey broke it in 2015, and still holds Cardinal records for touchdowns in a season (28) and most touchdowns in a career (44).

Early life

Gerhart was born in Norco, California. He had a record-breaking career at running back for Norco High School. He set a California state record for rushing yards with 9,662 yards in his career. As of December 2009, Gerhart holds the third highest career total of running yards in national high school football history.{{cite web|title=Starting Point: Heisman finalists rated on high school credentials|publisher=maxpreps.com|access-date=January 18, 2010|first=Mitch|last=Stephens|date=December 11, 2009|url=http://www.maxpreps.com/news/ongBi-adEd6UswAcxJTdpg/starting-point--heisman-finalists-rated-on-high-school-credentials.htm}} He led Norco High School to the CIF Division 5 Southern Section football championship on December 9, 2005. Gerhart was named the Gatorade High School Player of the Year for the state of California and was named California's Mr. Football by Cal-Hi Sports. Gerhart also played baseball and graduated as a valedictorian of his high school class.{{cite web|url=http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8&c=1&nid=1744021 |title=Scout.com: Toby Gerhart profile |publisher=Scout.scout.com |access-date=January 7, 2013}}

College career

Gerhart's high school statistics garnered him interest from many top college football programs. He ultimately committed to Stanford University, where he played for the Stanford Cardinal football team from 2006 to 2009.

=2006 season=

In his freshman year, Gerhart backed up Anthony Kimble at the halfback position, starting one game. He rushed for 375 yards for the season, as Stanford struggled to a 1–11 record.

=2007 season=

In 2007, Gerhart played in only one game, against San Jose State, in which he rushed for 140 yards and one touchdown before suffering a season-ending knee injury.

File:StanfordCardinal-CalBears-2008-Gerhart-Run.jpg against California.]]

=2008 season=

In 2008, Gerhart had a breakout season under the direction of then-running backs coach Willie Taggart.{{cite web|last=Dell |first=Alan |url=http://www.bradenton.com/2012/12/15/4317551/willie-taggart-hasnt-wasted-a.html |title=Commentary | Willie Taggart hasn't wasted a second since taking over the head football job at USF | South Florida Bulls | Bradenton Herald |publisher=Bradenton.com |access-date=January 7, 2013}} He set the Stanford single-season rushing record with 1,136 yards, breaking Tommy Vardell's school record of 1,084 yards. Gerhart was the fifth player in Stanford history to run for 1,000 yards or more in a season, after Darrin Nelson, Brad Muster, Jon Volpe, and Vardell. He scored 15 rushing touchdowns, then the second highest single season total in Stanford history. His eight games with 100 or more rushing yards were a Stanford record. He tied a Stanford record with four rushing touchdowns against Washington State. Gerhart averaged 5.4 yards per carry and finished third in the Pac-10 in rushing.

=2009 season=

In 2009, Gerhart had 1,871 rushing yards and 28 rushing touchdowns.{{cite web|url=http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/stan/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/depth-chart|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604002723/http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/stan/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/depth-chart|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 4, 2011|title=Stanford Cardinal depth chart}} Gerhart led the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision in rushing yards (1,871), rushing touchdowns (28), total touchdowns (28), and points scored (172 points). His 3,522 career rushing yards are the third most in Stanford history, behind Darrin Nelson's 4,033 yards and Stepfan Taylor's 4,300 yards.

Gerhart rushed for over 100 yards in 11 of his 13 games in 2009. On September 26, 2009, he became only the sixth person in Stanford history to rush for 200 yards in a game, with 200 yards on 27 carries against Washington. On November 7, 2009, Gerhart recorded his second 200-yard game of the season, running for 223 yards against the 7th-ranked Oregon Ducks, breaking the Stanford single-game rushing record previously held by Jon Volpe. On November 28, Gerhart ran for 205 yards and three rushing touchdowns in a 45–38 win over Notre Dame. This was his third 200-yard game of the season. Gerhart again tied the school record for rushing touchdowns in a game by running for four touchdowns against Cal. Gerhart also threw one pass in 2009, completing it for an 18-yard touchdown against Notre Dame.

Gerhart helped lead Stanford to an 8–5 record and its first bowl berth in eight years. He finished the season first in Division 1A in rushing yards (1,871) and rushing touchdowns (28).{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/stats/player?season=2009&group=80|title=FBS (Division I-A) Player Rushing Statistics - 2009|work=ESPN.com|access-date=January 18, 2010}}

Gerhart was a unanimous 2009 First-team All-America selection. He was named the 2009 Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year. He was one of five finalists for the 2009 Heisman Trophy and finished in second place behind Mark Ingram II by 28 points, the slimmest margin in the trophy's 74-year history. Gerhart is the winner of the 2009 Doak Walker Award as the best running back in the nation and of the Jim Brown Trophy presented to the top running back in college football by the Touchdown Club of Columbus. Gerhart won the Touchdown Club of Columbus' Archie Griffin Award, which is awarded after the completion of the bowl games to college football's MVP for the season.

Gerhart was a starting outfielder for the baseball team. He passed up the opportunity to play professional baseball after the 2009 season to return for his senior year at Stanford.{{cite web|url=http://gostanford.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/stan-m-basebl-mtt.html|title=Baseball - Stanford University Official Athletic Site|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214173951/http://gostanford.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/stan-m-basebl-mtt.html|archive-date=December 14, 2006}}

Gerhart majored in Management Science and Engineering.{{cite web|url=http://www.gostanford.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120809aab.html |title=Toby Gerhart: From Dream to Reality |date=December 8, 2009 |last=Kiefer |first=David |access-date=January 21, 2010 |publisher=Stanford Athletics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318031232/http://www.gostanford.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120809aab.html |archive-date=March 18, 2012 }}

=College statistics=

rowspan="2"\| Season ! rowspan="2"\| Team ! colspan="5"\| Rushing ! colspan="5"\| Receiving
class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
2006 \|\| Stanford \| 106 \|\| 375 \|\| 3.5 \|\| 38 \|\| 0 \|\| 15 \|\| 124 \|\| 8.3 \|\| 16 \|\| 0
2007 \|\| Stanford \| 12 \|\| 140 \|\| 11.7\|\| 48 \|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 0 \|\| 0
2008 \|\| Stanford \| 210 \|\| 1,136 \|\| 5.4 \|\| 46 \|\| 15 \|\| 13 \|\| 114 \|\| 8.8 \|\| 21 \|\| 0
2009 \|\| Stanford \| 343 \|\| 1,871 \|\| 5.5 \|\| 61 \|\| 28 \|\| 11 \|\| 157 \|\| 14.3 \|\| 33 \|\| 0
colspan="2"\|[https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/toby-gerhart-1.html Total]	671	3,522	5.2	61	44	39	395	10.1	33	0

=Awards and honors=

File:Toby Gerhart's Doak Walker Award 1.JPG

2009 Unanimous first-team All-American (Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Football Foundation, Football Writers Association of America, Sporting News)
2009 Doak Walker Award
2009 Archie Griffin Award
2009 Jim Brown Trophy
2009 National Offensive Player of the Year (CBSSports.com)
2009 Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year
2009 First-team All-Pac-10
2009 First-team Pac-10 All-Academic Team
Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Week, four times (October 11, 2008; November 7, 2009; November 14, 2009; November 28, 2009)
2009 Tom Hansen Conference Medal{{cite web|url=http://www.pac-10.org/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/060910aaa.html|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=July 23, 2010|title=Pac-10 Named 2009-10 Tom Hansen Conference Medal Winners}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
2008 Second-team All-Pac-10
2008 Second-team Pac-10 All-Academic Team
2005 California Mr. Football, Cal-Hi Sports
2005 Gatorade California Player of the Year
2005 Glenn Davis Award

=Records=

Pac-12 records

Most rushing touchdowns in a season (28) in 2009
Most total touchdowns in a season (28) in 2009
Most points scored in a season (172) in 2009

Stanford career records

Most career touchdowns (44)
Most career rushing touchdowns (44)
Most career 100 yard rushing games (20)
Most career 200 yard rushing games (3) (tied)

Stanford single season records (2009)

Most rushing yards in a season (1,871)
Most rushing touchdowns in a season (28)
Most total touchdowns in a season (28)
Most points scored in a season (172)
Most yards from scrimmage in a season (2,028)
Most 100 yard rushing games in a season (11)
Most 200 yard rushing games in a season (3)
Most consecutive 100 yard rushing games (7)

Stanford single game records

Most rushing touchdowns in a game (4) (twice) (tied)

Professional career

=Pre-draft=

Gerhart was offered a lucrative contract to play baseball after the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft in June, but opted to play football during the 2009 college football season.{{cite web|url=http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2009/marapr/farm/sports/gerhart.html|title=No Easy Catch|access-date=January 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610234717/http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2009/marapr/farm/sports/gerhart.html|archive-date=June 10, 2011|url-status=dead}}

Due to his knee injury in 2007, he had a potential additional year of college football eligibility. He chose to forgo this additional year and entered the 2010 NFL Draft.{{cite web|url=http://cfn.scout.com/2/926915.html|title=2010 NFL Draft Early Entries & Projections|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406022937/http://cfn.scout.com/2/926915.html|archive-date=April 6, 2010}}

{{NFL predraft

| height ft = 6

| height in = 0

| weight = 231

| dash = 4.60

| ten split = 1.62

| twenty split = 2.70

| shuttle = 4.25

| cone drill = 6.94

| vertical = 38.0

| broad ft = 9

| broad in = 10

| bench = 22

| wonderlic = 30{{Cite web |url=https://www.nationalfootballpost.com/2008-2018-nfp-archive/fantasy-report/gerhart-posts-top-rb-wonderlic-score/ |title=Gerhart posts top RB Wonderlic score |website=nationalfootballpost.com |access-date=June 14, 2022}}

| arm span = 32

| hand span = 9 5/8

| note = All values from NFL Combine{{Cite web |url=https://www.nfl.com/prospects/toby-gerhart/32004745-5235-3982-3cd2-5855c0b8c4e6 |title=Toby Gerhart Draft and Combine Prospect Profile |website=NFL.com |access-date=June 14, 2022}}{{Cite web |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=65195&DraftYear=2010 |title=2010 Draft Scout Toby Gerhart, Stanford NFL Draft Scout College Football Profile |website=draftscout.com |access-date=June 14, 2022}}

}}

File:Toby gerhart vikings 2013.jpg

Gerhart had the highest Wonderlic score among running backs with 30.

==Minnesota Vikings==

Gerhart was selected in the second round of the 2010 NFL draft, the 51st overall selection by the Minnesota Vikings.{{Cite web |title=2010 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2010/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} A four-year contract was signed on July 30, and Gerhart's first career NFL rushing touchdown came in a win against the Washington Redskins on November 28, 2010. Gerhart started five games for the Vikings during the 2011 regular season and rushed for 531 yards.{{Cite web |title=Toby Gerhart 2011 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GerhTo00/gamelog/2011/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

=Jacksonville Jaguars=

On March 11, 2014, Gerhart signed a three-year, $10.5 million contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars. The deal included $4.5 million guaranteed.{{Cite web |date=March 11, 2014 |title=Toby Gerhart, Jacksonville Jaguars reach 3-year deal |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/toby-gerhart-jacksonville-jaguars-reach-3-year-deal-0ap2000000333222 |access-date=2021-07-14 |website=NFL.com |language=en-US}} On December 5, 2015, the Jacksonville Jaguars placed Gerhart on injured reserve.{{Cite web|title = Jaguars place RB Toby Gerhart on IR|url = http://www.jaguars.com/news/article-JaguarsNews/Jaguars-place-RB-Toby-Gerhart-on-IR/bde81a55-1a95-41f2-878e-0cd6255f32a6|website = www.jaguars.com|access-date = December 7, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151207074003/http://www.jaguars.com/news/article-JaguarsNews/Jaguars-place-RB-Toby-Gerhart-on-IR/bde81a55-1a95-41f2-878e-0cd6255f32a6|archive-date = December 7, 2015|url-status = dead|df = mdy-all}} He was released by the team on March 10, 2016.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Michael David |date=2016-03-10 |title=Jaguars cut Toby Gerhart |url=https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/03/10/jaguars-cut-toby-gerhart/ |access-date=2021-07-14 |website=ProFootballTalk |language=en-US}}

NFL career statistics

rowspan="2"\| Year ! rowspan="2"\| Team ! colspan="2"\| Games ! colspan="5"\| Rushing ! colspan="5"\| Receiving ! colspan="2"\| Fumbles
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
GP	GS	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Fum	Lost
2010	MIN \| 15 \|\| 1 \|\| 81 \|\| 322 \|\| 4.0 \|\| 21 \|\| 1 \|\| 21 \|\| 167 \|\| 8.0 \|\| 23 \|\| 0 \|\| 3 \|\| 3
2011	MIN \| 16 \|\| 5 \|\| 109 \|\| 531 \|\| 4.9 \|\| 67 \|\| 1 \|\| 23 \|\| 190 \|\| 8.3 \|\| 42 \|\| 3 \|\| 1 \|\| 0
2012	MIN \| 16 \|\| 0 \|\| 50 \|\| 169 \|\| 3.4 \|\| 22 \|\| 1 \|\| 20 \|\| 155 \|\| 7.8 \|\| 21 \|\| 0 \|\| 2 \|\| 2
2013	MIN \| 14 \|\| 0 \|\| 36 \|\| 283 \|\| 7.9 \|\| 41 \|\| 2 \|\| 13 \|\| 88 \|\| 6.8 \|\| 13 \|\| 0 \|\| 1 \|\| 1
2014	JAX \| 14 \|\| 7 \|\| 101 \|\| 326 \|\| 3.2 \|\| 23 \|\| 2 \|\| 20 \|\| 186 \|\| 9.3 \|\| 26 \|\| 0 \|\| 1 \|\| 1
2015	JAX \| 7 \|\| 1 \|\| 20 \|\| 44 \|\| 2.2 \|\| 6 \|\| 0 \|\| 3 \|\| 23 \|\| 7.7 \|\| 8 \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| 0
colspan="2"\|[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GerhTo00.htm Career]\|\| 82 \|\| 14 \|\| 397 \|\| 1,675 \|\| 4.2 \|\| 67 \|\| 7 \|\| 100 \|\| 809 \|\| 8.1 \|\| 42 \|\| 3 \|\| 8 \|\| 7

Personal life

Gerhart's father, Todd, was a running back at Cal State Fullerton, played in the USFL, and coached him in high school.{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/2009-11-18/sports/17181003_1_star-football-flashes |title=Stanford's star stays grounded |date=November 18, 2009 |access-date=March 20, 2010 |publisher=SFGate.com |first=Tom |last=FitzGerald }}

Toby is the oldest of six children, all of whom are former collegiate athletes. His brother Garth played at Arizona State University and was an offensive lineman with the Cleveland Browns, while his three sisters (who are triplets) played softball: Kelsey{{cite web|url=http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/gerhart_kelsey00.html |title=Player Bio: Kelsey Gerhart |access-date=April 22, 2010 |publisher=Stanford University |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110170237/http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/gerhart_kelsey00.html |archive-date=January 10, 2012 }} and Teagan{{cite web|url=http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/gerhart_teagan00.html |title=Player Bio: Teagan Gerhart |access-date=March 20, 2010 |publisher=Stanford University |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107160840/http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/gerhart_teagan00.html |archive-date=January 7, 2012 }} played at Stanford, and Whitley played at Cal Poly.{{cite web|url=http://www.gopoly.com/index.php?p=sports&id=29991&tab=roster&player=85151 |title=Player Bio: Whitley Gerhart |access-date=March 20, 2010 |publisher=California Polytechnic State University |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925125750/http://gopoly.com/index.php?p=sports&id=29991&tab=roster&player=85151 |archive-date=September 25, 2010 }} Gerhart's youngest brother Coltin played at Arizona State and New Mexico.{{cite web |url=http://myvalleynews.com/story/67700/ |title=High school football playoffs: Round One results :: The Valley News |publisher=Myvalleynews.com |date=November 16, 2012 |access-date=January 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202232241/http://myvalleynews.com/story/67700/ |archive-date=December 2, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://www.golobos.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2813 |title = Coltin Gerhart – University of New Mexico Lobos athletics}}

Gerhart returned to Stanford in 2018 for the MBA program, graduating in 2020. He currently works in sales for Asurion,{{cite web |title=Toby Gerhart |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobygerhartgsb/ |website=www.linkedin.com |access-date=20 May 2023 |language=en}} an insurance company based in Nashville, Tennessee.