DeShaun Foster Bio
DeShaun Foster is one of the most accomplished UCLA running backs in school history. He completed his career second on the all-time touchdowns scored list (44), third on the school’s all-time rushing list (3,194 yds) and fifth on the all-time Bruin scoring list (266 pts). Foster was ranked 18th on the Pac-10 career rushing list. His 722 career rushing attempts were the most in school history. His 13 100-yard career rushing games ranked fifth on UCLA’s all-time list. He was named a first-team All-Pac-10 selection following the 2001 and 2000 seasons.
As a senior in 2001, he led the Pac-10 in rushing with a 138.6 yards per game average, in scoring with a mark of 9.75 points per game and in all-purpose yardage at 154.75 yards per game. He rushed for 1,109 yards, the 10th highest total in school history, after becoming the first Bruin to reach the 1,000-yard mark in as few as seven games. On Oct. 13, playing against a University of Washington defense which had not allowed a rushing touchdown all year, Foster exploded for a school-record 301 yards and four touchdowns on 31 carries. His final scoring run of the contest came on a 92-yard run, the second-longest in school history. He became just the third Pac-10 player, at the time, to have rushed for over 300-yards in a game.
In 2000, he ran for 1,037 yards and scored 13 touchdowns. In the season-opener against Alabama, he tied a school record with 42 carries and finished with 187 rushing yards and three touchdowns. In 1999, he was limited to 375 rushing yards after suffering a severe ankle sprain early in the season. He also played five defensive snaps in the Bruin secondary that season.
In 1998, Foster burst onto the college scene with a school freshman record 673 yards rushing and scored 12 touchdowns. He was the first true freshman to lead a UCLA team in rushing since Skip Hicks in 1993. He scored all four touchdowns (three rushing and one receiving) in UCLA’s 34-17 win over USC to tie the school record and set a new mark for Bruin true freshmen.
As a Tustin High School senior, Foster rushed for 3,398 yards and scored 59 touchdowns. He set single-season (55) and career (90) CIF Southern Section marks for rushing touchdowns.
Foster was selected by the Carolina in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played with the Panthers from 2003-2007. He made two memorable scoring runs for Carolina in the 2004 NFC Championship Game against the Philadelphia Eagles and in Super Bowl XXXVIII versus the New England Patriots. Foster played the 2008 season for the San Francisco 49ers.