#34 Kenneth Darby
| Position | HB |
| DOB | 12/26/82 |
| Height | 5-10 |
| Weight | 219 |
| College | Alabama |
| NFL Exp. | 3 |
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TRANSACTIONS: Signed to the active roster
by St. Louis from the Atlanta practice squad (10/14/08)…signed to the practice
squad by Atlanta (8/31/08)…signed to the active roster from the practice squad
by Tampa Bay (12/11/07)…signed to the practice squad by Tampa Bay
(10/17/07)…signed to the active roster from the practice squad by Tampa Bay
(10/3/07)…signed to the practice squad by Tampa Bay (9/4/07)…selected in the seventh round (246th overall) of the 2007
NFL Draft by Tampa Bay (4/29/07).
PRO: Has played in 11 career games, including 10 with
the Rams in 2008…spent time on practice squads with Atlanta and Tampa Bay and
played in one game for Tampa Bay as a rookie in 2007.
2008 SEASON: Played in 10 games and was inactive for one
contest with St. Louis…rushed 32 times for 140 yards…added 19 catches for 183
yards (9.6-yard average)…also returned seven kickoffs for 173 yards…began 2008
as a member of the Atlanta Falcons practice squad...Week 11 at San
Francisco (11/16): Registered 109 scrimmage yards on 83 receiving yards
and 26 rushing yards…recorded 100 scrimmage yards for the first time in his
career.
2007 SEASON: Played in one game, was inactive for two
contests and did not play in one game with Tampa Bay...inactive for postseason
contest vs. New York Giants (1/6/08)…began the season on the practice squad
before being added to the active roster...vs. Carolina (12/30):
Made his NFL debut…caught two passes for 16 yards and added two rushes for nine
yards...also posted two kickoff returns for 11 yards.
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Tallied 3,324 rushing yards
in his career at Alabama...third player in Alabama history to rush for more than
3,000 yards in a career, joining Shaun Alexander (3,565 yards, 1996-99) and
Bobby Humphrey (3,420, 1985-88)…702 career carries rank second in Alabama
history behind Alexander’s 727…All-Southeastern Conference first-team selection
in 2005 after rushing for 1,242 yards, the sixth-best total in Crimson Tide
history…earned second-team All-SEC honors from the Associated Press as a
sophomore in 2004...won “Ozzie Newsome Most Improved Freshman” Award in
2003...redshirted as a true freshman in 2002…majored in communications.
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Rushed for 4,674 yards
during his prep career at S.R. Butler High in Huntsville, Ala…earned SuperPrep
All-America honors…amassed 1,591 yards and 20 touchdowns as a senior, when he also had
2,367 all-purpose yards and scored 24 times...also recorded 77 tackles at
outside linebacker during his senior season.
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