- Despite playing with a split tendon in his foot and missing the final four games of the '14 campaign with a core muscle injury, Andre Ellington was one of just six players in the NFL with at least 600 rushing yards and 350+ receiving yards on the season.
- With 652 rushing yards on just 118 attempts in 2013, Andre Ellington's 5.53 rushing average led all NFL players with a minimum of 100 rushing attempts. His 5.53 average was the highest total for a Cards RB (min. 100 attempts) in a season since John David Crow averaged 5.85 yards per attempt in 1960 (183 for 1,071).
- In Week 15 of the '13 season at Tennessee, Andre Ellington posted 71 rushing yards on 10 attempts (7.1 avg.) and 87 receiving yards on four receptions (21.8 avg.). In doing so, he became just the ninth player in NFL history (dating back to at least 1960) to average 7.0 yards per rush attempt (min. 10 attempts) and 20.0 yards per reception (min. 4 receptions) in a game - and the only rookie.
- Although he has played just 27 games in his career, Andre Ellington is the only active player in the NFL with both a rushing and receiving TD of 80+ yards in their career. He is one of just six players in NFL history with an 80+ yard TD run and 80+ yard receiving TD in their first two NFL seasons.
- With 1,023 yards from scrimmage as a rookie in 2013 and 1,055 yards in 2014, Andre Ellington joined Ottis Anderson (1979-80) as the only players in franchise history to record 1,000+ yards from scrimmage in each of their first two NFL seasons.
- In his first career NFL start as a rookie in '13, Andre Ellington broke off an 80-yard TD run against the Falcons in Week 8. Against the Broncos in Week 5 of the '14 season, Ellington caught a pass and went 81 yards for a TD. In doing so, he became the only active player in the NFL with both a rushing and receiving TD of 80+ yards in their career. He also became one of just six players in NFL history with an 80+ yard TD run and 80+ yard receiving TD in their first two NFL seasons.
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