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Timothy Antonio Yeldon, Jr. (born October 2, 1993) is an American football running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Jaguars in the second round of the 2015 NFL draft. He played college football at Alabama. ==Early years== Yeldon attended Daphne High School in Daphne, Alabama, where he played football and ran track. Yeldon first played varsity football as a freshman in 2008, being called up to play slot receiver and contribute on special teams,〔 and recorded 227 rushing yards and one touchdown as well as 131 receiving yards and a score on the season. As a sophomore, Yeldon had 1,121 yards on 201 carries with 34 catches for 361 yards and one TD. He rushed for 148 yards on 24 carries and scored twice in a 41–19 upset of C. J. Mosley's Theodore Bobcats in the first round of the playoffs. In his junior season, Yeldon totaled 1,112 yards and 18 scores on the ground while also catching a career-best 34 passes for 504 yards and five touchdowns. Daphne finished the year with an unbeaten 15–0 record and the 2010 Alabama 6A State Championship, beating the defending champions Hoover Buccaneers, who were on a 21-game winning streak, in the final. Yeldon scored the winning touchdown off a 1-yard run with 11 minutes of play remaining. As a senior Yeldon rushed for 2,193 yards on 232 carries with 31 touchdowns and won the Alabama Mr. Football Award over Hueytown's Jameis Winston,〔(T.J. Yeldon edges Jameis Winston for Mr. Football )〕 becoming the first running back to win the award since Cadillac Williams in 2000.〔 Yeldon was also named a first-team All-State selection by the Alabama Sports Writers Association and second-team ''USA Today'' High School All-American. Daphne finished with a 10–2 record, finishing the season with a 3–13 loss to Prattville in the 6A playoffs. Yeldon was also on the school's track team, where he competed as a sprinter and jumper. At the prelims of the 2010 Lionell Newell Track Meet, he ran a career-best time of 11.35 seconds in the 100 meters, placing 12th overall in the finals.〔http://al.milesplit.com/meets/66058/results/115593〕 He also placed 6th in the long jump at the 2010 McGill-Toolen Invitational, with a personal-best mark of 6.08 meters.〔http://al.milesplit.com/meets/64973/results/114745〕 Regarded as a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Yeldon was listed as the No. 2 running back prospect in his class, behind only Johnathan Gray.〔(Rivals.com )〕 Understandably, he had scholarship offers from almost every football powerhouse, including Florida, Oregon, Penn State, and Tennessee. In June 2011, Yeldon verbally committed to Auburn. However, after the end of his senior season, he switched to Auburn's in-state rival Alabama, citing uncertainty over the Tigers' offensive coordinator position following Gus Malzahn's move to Arkansas State. Yeldon enrolled at Alabama in January 2012, right after the 2012 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「T. J. Yeldon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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