James Mungro
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| James Mungro | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | February 13, 1978 |
| Place of birth |  East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania |
| Position(s) | Running back |
| College | Syracuse |
| NFL Draft | 2002 / Round Undrafted |
| Statistics | |
| Team(s) | |
| 2002-present | Indianapolis Colts |
James Olevia Mungro, II (born February 13, 1978 in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) is an American football running back who currently plays for the Indianapolis Colts. He attended Syracuse University.
[edit] Personal Biography
Mungro attended East Stroudsburg South High School. He was Parade and Street and Smith’s All-America grid performer. He was also Pennsylvania Player-of-the-Year as a junior and all-state selection in his final two seasons. He rushed for 2,541 yards and 34 TDs as senior. He set the Pennsylvania state record after rushing for 8,432 yards and totaling 9,513 all-purpose yards during his career. Overall, he set 48 team records during his high school career and was three-time team MVP. He now resides in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
[edit] College Career
Mungro was a four-year letterman who totaled 529-2,869, 29 Touchdowns (TD) rushing for the Syracuse University Orangemen. He had his best year as senior with 248-1,170, 14 TDs rushing. His yardage total ranked as third-best seasonal performance in school history. Named Insight.com Bowl Offensive Player-of-the-Game after rushing 19-112 in win over Kansas State. He was 115-797, 7 TDs as junior in 10 games. His seasonal 6.9 rushing avg. ranked him third-best in school history. Started one of 12 games as sophomore with 116-537, 5 TDs rushing. He was named Music City Bowl MVP after rushing 12-162, 2 TDs against the University of Kentucky, including career-long 86 TD burst. He played in eight games as freshman and was 50-365, 3 TDs rushing. he graduated with a major in physical education.
[edit] NFL Career
Undrafted, Mungro was signed by the Detroit Lions in 2002 but was cut at the beginning of training camp that year. The Indianapolis Colts signed him immediately and he became a backup to Edgerrin James. He rushed for 8 TDs filling in for James that year, who was oft-injured. He had 114 yards in his first start.
In 2003, Mungro was a reserve RB running back in seven outings for Colts before spending his final four games on injured reserve with a toe injury. His 3 TD rushes against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers helped the club erase 35-14 deficit with four minutes remaining in eventual 38-35 OT win.
In 2004, he had 2 of Peyton Manning's record-breaking 49 touchdown passes in a season, including the record-tying 48th touchdown pass against the San Diego Chargers.
On the Colts Official Website, Tony Dungy quoted “He did a lot for us, he was our third back and a very good runner. He was a guy who could go in and play tailback and win games for us. He was our fullback in short-yardage and goal-line situations and he was a very good special teams player." This was quoted after James Mungro tore his ACL.
Mungro will be a free agent at the end of the 2006 season.
