2000
Earned NFL Most Valuable Player honors and Offensive Player of the Year honors in remarkable season that saw him set the NFL record for touchdowns in a season (26, surpassing Dallas' Emmitt Smith's 25 in 1995), become the only player in NFL history to score four touchdowns in game three times in one season, and join Jim Brown to become only the second player in league history to gain at least 2,000 yards in three consecutive seasons, all this despite missing two games with a knee injury ... rushed 253 times for 1,359 yards and career-high 18 touchdowns and caught 81 passes for 830 yards and a career-high eight touchdowns ... had one kickoff return for 18 yards ... had four 100-yard rushing games, two 200-yard rushing games and two 100-yard receiving games ... earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week three times and NFC Offensive Player of the Month twice ... first Ram running back to earn back-to-back Pro Bowl invitations since Jerome Bettis in 1993-94 ... Rams 4-0 when Faulk rushed for at least 100 yards, 7-1 when he totaled at least 150 yards, 2-0 when he rushed for at least 200 yards, and 2-0 when he totaled at least 200 yards ... second player in NFL history to score four touchdowns in consecutive games ... had first 100-yard receiving game in season-opener vs. Denver 9/4 with four receptions for 100-yards and one touchdown, a 72-yard reception in the third quarter ... part of 178-yard game as he rushed 14 times for 78 yards and one touchdown ... earned NFC Player of the Week honors after totaling 199 yards against San Francisco 9/17 ... rushed 25 times for 134 yards and tied then career-high with three touchdowns and had seven catches for 65 yards ... recorded six receptions for season-high 118 yards and two touchdowns vs. San Diego 10/1, including 48-yard scoring pass from QB Trent Green ... earned second NFC Offensive POW award after totaling career-best 286 yards against Atlanta 10/15 ... rushed 25 times for then career-high 208 yards and one touchdown and caught seven passes for 78 yards ... scored all Rams' touchdowns and set career high with four touchdowns scored at San Francisco 10/29 ... had 19-83-2 rushing and 6-61-2 receiving ... missed next two games vs. Carolina 11/5 and at N.Y. Giants 11/12 with knee injury ... had scope on knee 11/6, but made remarkable recovery to play exactly two weeks later on Monday night against Washington 11/20, rushing nine times for 33 yards and catching nine passes for 88 yards and one touchdown ... began remarkable stretch of 11 touchdowns scored in final three games of season by rushing 25 times for 135 yards and career-high four rushing touchdowns vs. Minnesota 12/10 ... joined Green Bay's Jim Taylor has only players in NFL history score four touchdowns in back-to back games when he scored four times at Tampa Bay 12/18 (three rushing, one receiving) ... rushed 22 times for 79 yards, caught four passes for 53 yards and had one kickoff return for 18 yards ... in one the finest performances of career, single-handedly willed Rams to win in hometown of New Orleans against Saints 12/24 to get Rams' in playoffs ... accounted for all three Rams' touchdowns in game ... .set career highs in carries (32) and rushing yards (220) and rushed for two scores and caught seven passes for 41 yards and one touchdown ... his one-yard touchdown run in fourth quarter with 3:27 to play in the game was his 26th of the season to break Smith's mark ... caught seven passes for 99 yards and one touchdown and rushed 14 times for 24 yards in wild card game at New Orleans 12/30.

1999
Earned his fourth Pro Bowl appearance ... first Ram RB selected for Pro Bowl since Bettis in 1994 ... set a new standard for total yards from scrimmage ... combined for 2,429 yards, breaking the mark of 2,357 yards set by former Detroit Lions' running back Barry Sanders in 1997 ... rushed 253 times for career-high 1,381 yards and seven touchdowns ... had career-best 87 receptions for career-best 1,048 yards and five touchdowns ... broke Sanders' mark on 326th attempt of season, 42 fewer than Sanders ... second player in NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards and have 1,000 receiving yards in a season (Roger Craig, S.F., 1985) ... also set career marks for 100-yard rushing games in a season (seven), receptions in a game (12), and receiving yards in a game (204) ... had four games of at least 200 total yards ... Rams were 7-0 when Faulk rushed for at least 100 yards, 8-1 when he totaled at least 150 yards, and 4-0 when he totaled at least 200 yards ... had season-best 181 rushing yards at Atlanta 10/17, when he totaled 213 yards, second-highest total of season ... posted season-high 258 total yards against Chicago 12/26, the second-highest total of career ... had career day receiving with 12 catches for 204 yards and one touchdown, the highest reception yards total by a running back since Kansas City's Curtis McClinton's 213 yards on Dec. 19, 1965 ... first Rams' player with at least 200 receiving yards since WR Isaac Bruce's 233 receiving yards at Atlanta Nov. 2, 1997 ... gained 257 yards in the playoffs (82 rushing, 175 passing), scoring two touchdowns (one rushing, one receiving) ... caught five passes for 80 yards and one touchdown vs. Minnesota 1/16 ... made five receptions for 90 yards in Super Bowl XXXIV.

1998
Had one of best seasons of career ... set Colts single-season record and led the NFL with 2,227 total yards from scrimmage, the sixth-highest total in league history, accounting for 43.5 percent of Colts yards ... was only player in NFL with at least 900 yards rushing and receiving ... was second in the AFC and sixth in the NFL in rushing with 1,319 yards on 324 attempts with six touchdowns ... led Colts and all NFL running backs in receptions with a team record 86 catches for 908 receiving yards ... had three 100-yard rushing games and a career-best three 100-yard receiving games ... rushed for career high 192 yards on 17 carries and one touchdown at Baltimore 11/29, including 68-yard touchdown run ... totaled Colts record 267 yards from scrimmage in game (7-75 receiving, 34-yard TD reception).

1997
Had third 1,000-yard rushing season, gaining 1,054 on 264 carries with seven touchdowns ... had career-best four 100-yard rushing games ... totaled 220 yards from scrimmage 12/7 at N.Y. Jets (23-133 rushing, 1 TD; 5-87 receiving) ... rushed for 102 yards on 23 carries in season finale at Minnesota 12/21 to top the 1,000-yard mark.

1996
Led Colts in rushing for the third consecutive season ... carried 198 times for 587 yards and seven touchdowns and tied then-career high of 56 receptions for 428 yards ... missed only three games of NFL career (9/15 at Dallas, 9/23 vs. Miami, 10/20 vs. New England) due to toe injury ... rushed for season-high 101 yards on 16 carries and two touchdowns vs. Philadelphia 12/5.

1995
Ranked fifth in AFC and 12th in NFL in rushing, and third in AFC and 11th in NFL with 1,553 total yards from scrimmage ... earned second consecutive Pro Bowl berth after rushing for 1,078 yards and tied career high with 11 rushing touchdowns (third in AFC, tied for fourth in NFL) ... caught 56 passes for 475 yards and scored three touchdowns ... had 19 carries for then-career high 177 yards and tied career high with three touchdowns and caught five passes for 45 yards vs. St. Louis 10/1 in earning Miller Lite Player of the Week honors.

1994
Named consensus NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and Pro Bowl starter after rushing 314 times for 1,282 yards with 11 touchdowns and catching 52 passes for 522 yards and one touchdown ... ranked third in the AFC and fifth in the NFL in rushing ... rushing yardage total was 10th highest NFL rookie total in league history ... 1,804 total yards ranked second in AFC and fourth in NFL ... posted four 100-yard rushing games and one 100-yard receiving game ... earned Pro Bowl MVP honors ... exploded onto the NFL scene in regular season opener, rushing 23 times for 143 yards and Colts' rookie record three touchdowns vs. Houston 9/4 ... was fifth highest NFL rookie debut since 1970 ... followed with 18-carry, 104-yard effort at Tampa Bay 9/11 in becoming only the seventh player in NFL history to open career with two consecutive 100+ yard rushing outings ... totaled 213 yards (22-86 rushing, 8-127-1 TD receiving) vs. Washington 10/23, highest rookie single game total in Colts' history ... set four Pro Bowl records in rushing 13 times for 180 yards (14.8 avg.) with one touchdown and catching two passes for 27 yards ... set records for rushing yards, highest avg. gain per attempt, yards from scrimmage and longest run from scrimmage (49 yards) ... longest run from scrimmage record broke mark set by former Rams' RB Lawrence McCutcheon.

College Highlights

Three-time consensus all-America at San Diego State ... career totals included school record 766 carries for 4,589 yards and 57 touchdowns ... rushed for at least 100 yards in 23 of 32 career outings ... had seven 200-yard games and two 300-yard games ... finished fourth in Heisman Trophy balloting as junior, second as sophomore, and ninth as freshman, the second-highest freshman ranking ever to Herschel Walker's third place finish in 1980 ... finished fifth in the nation in rushing as junior with 1,530 yards on 300 carries with 21 touchdowns ... became just fifth player in NCAA history and first since Cornell's Ed Marinaro in 1970-71 to record back-to-back rushing titles after rushing 265 times for 1,630 yards and 15 touchdowns ... caught 18 passes for 128 yards ... joined Walker as only players to surpass 3,000 yards rushing after sophomore season ... rushed 201 times for 1,429 yards and 21 touchdowns to become first freshman in NCAA history to lead nation in scoring (15.6 ppg) and rushing (158 ypg.) ... set career high and then-NCAA freshman record with 386 rushing yards and seven touchdowns on 37 carries vs. Pacific in second collegiate game ... set four NCAA freshman records and tied Emmitt Smith for earliest game for freshman to surpass 1,000 yards by doing so in seventh game ... public administration major.