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Roger Craig (born July 10, 1960 in Davenport, Iowa) is a former NFL running back who won three Super Bowls (1985, 1989, 1990) while playing with the San Francisco 49ers. He was the first running back to gain more than 1,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards receiving in the same season (1985). Since then, only one other running back has achieved the same feat (Marshall Faulk in 1999). Craig also caught a then-record 92 passes in the 1985 campaign. In 1988, Craig set a then-franchise record 1,502 yards rushing (Garrison Hearst broke the record with 1,570 yards in 1998). The 1988 season was the second time Craig broke the 2,000 combined yardage mark in his career.

Drafted in the second round of the 1983 NFL draft from University of Nebraska, where he once held the record for longest run from scrimmage (94 yards, set during a 1981 game against Florida State University).

On January 20, 1985, in Super Bowl XIX, Craig rushed for 58 yards, caught 7 passes for 77 yards, and became the first player evever to score three touchdowns in a Super Bowl during the 49es 38–16 victory over the Miami Dolphins.

In 1988, Craig was named NFL Offensive Player of the Year by the Associated Press. He went on to assist the 49ers to Super Bowl XXXIII by ammassing 262 combined rushing and receiving yards and 2 touchdowns in thier 2 playoff games. Then in the 49ers 20-16 win in the Super Bowl, he rushed for 74 yards and caught 8 passes for 101 yards.

In the 1989 season, the 49ers advanced to the Super Bowl for the second year in a row, aided by Craig's 1,527 combined rushing/receiving yards and 7 touchdowns in the season, along with his 240 combined rushing/receiving yards and 2 touchdowns in their 2 playoff games. In San Frasisco's 55-10 win over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXIV, Craig rushed for 69 yards, caught 4 passes for 34 yards, and scored a touchdown.

The San Francisco 49ers were 14–2 in the following regular season on their quest to become the first team to win three consecutive Super Bowls. In the NFC Championship Game (his last as a 49er), Craig fumbled late in the fourth quarter while his team was trying to hold on to a 13-12 lead over the New York Giants. The Giants recovered the ball and scored on a last second field goal, winning the game 15–13.

Craig would play one season with the Los Angeles Raiders and two with the Minnesota Vikings before he retired after the 1993 season. When he retired, Craig had appeared in the NFL Playoffs every year of his professional career, and had made the pro bowl 4 times(1985, 1987-1988).

Craig finished his 11 NFL seasons with 8,189 rushing yards, 566 receptions for 4,911 receiving yards, and 3 kickoff returns for 43 yards. Overall, he amassed 13,143 total yards and scored 73 touchdowns(56 rushing and 17 receiving.

As of today, Roger Craig remains the only running back to lead the NFL in receptions and the only one ever to record over 100 receiving yards and a Super Bowl.

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Athletes - Roger Craig

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