LouGrant
04-21-2003, 11:18 PM
<h3><a href="http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/133291"><font color="000000"> <B>RB- Olandis Gary</B> </a> </h3>
<img src="http://www.billszone.com/images/players/nfl/OGary1.JPG" align="right" border="2">The Buffalo Bills have reached contract terms with free-agent running back Olandis (oh-LAN'-dis) Gary, who spent the last four seasons with Denver.
Gary's best season came as a rookie, when he rushed for one-thousand-159 yards and seven touchdowns in 1999. He was the Broncos' number-three running back last season, gaining 147 yards on 37 carries.<ul>
<li> Draft #4 (120th overall), 1999 from Georgia
<li> Chosen All-Rookie by Pro Football Weekly, Football News, College & Pro Football Newsweekly and Football Digest
<li> Started each of the final 12 games at halfback and rushed for a rookie franchise-record 1,159 yards and seven touchdowns
<li> Posted Back to Back 180+yard games-185 rushing yards at Detroit (12/25/99) and 183 the week before vs. Seattle (12/19/99)
<li> Set an NFL record for most carries after the first six games of a career, with 151 (avg. of 25.2/gm.). breaking the old record of 149 set by Dickerson in 1983, and Edgerson James, also in 1999
<li> 2000-Placed on injured reserve because of a torn right ACL suffered in the season opener at St. Louis
<li> 2001- Played in 11 games, starting 1 before breaking leg.
<li> Rushed for 228 yds. on 57 carries (4.0), with a long of 29 and one touchdown
<li> 2002--played in 13 games and made two starts, rushing for 147 yds. on 37 carries (4.0) with a long of 26 and one touchdown
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<B>COLLEGE: </B>Gary played two years at Georgia (1997-98) after transferring from Marshall (1994-95). He was named second-team All-Southeastern Conference as a senior at Georgia in 1998 . Gary started nine games at tailback and led the Bulldogs with 698 yards and 10 touchdowns on 143 carries (4.9 avg.) and caught 10 passes for 117 yards (11.7 avg.). As a junior Gary was the second leading rusher for the Bulldogs behind Robert Edwards, tallying 381 yards and seven touchdowns on 75 carries (5.8). He sat out 1996 after his transfer from Marshall, where he rushed for 776 yards on 103 carries (7.5) playing in 18 games over two seasons. Gary earned his bachelor’s degree from Georgia in consumer economics, and played in two bowl games for the Bulldogs, the Peach and Outback.
<img src="http://www.billszone.com/images/players/nfl/OGary1.JPG" align="right" border="2">The Buffalo Bills have reached contract terms with free-agent running back Olandis (oh-LAN'-dis) Gary, who spent the last four seasons with Denver.
Gary's best season came as a rookie, when he rushed for one-thousand-159 yards and seven touchdowns in 1999. He was the Broncos' number-three running back last season, gaining 147 yards on 37 carries.<ul>
<li> Draft #4 (120th overall), 1999 from Georgia
<li> Chosen All-Rookie by Pro Football Weekly, Football News, College & Pro Football Newsweekly and Football Digest
<li> Started each of the final 12 games at halfback and rushed for a rookie franchise-record 1,159 yards and seven touchdowns
<li> Posted Back to Back 180+yard games-185 rushing yards at Detroit (12/25/99) and 183 the week before vs. Seattle (12/19/99)
<li> Set an NFL record for most carries after the first six games of a career, with 151 (avg. of 25.2/gm.). breaking the old record of 149 set by Dickerson in 1983, and Edgerson James, also in 1999
<li> 2000-Placed on injured reserve because of a torn right ACL suffered in the season opener at St. Louis
<li> 2001- Played in 11 games, starting 1 before breaking leg.
<li> Rushed for 228 yds. on 57 carries (4.0), with a long of 29 and one touchdown
<li> 2002--played in 13 games and made two starts, rushing for 147 yds. on 37 carries (4.0) with a long of 26 and one touchdown
</ul>
<B>COLLEGE: </B>Gary played two years at Georgia (1997-98) after transferring from Marshall (1994-95). He was named second-team All-Southeastern Conference as a senior at Georgia in 1998 . Gary started nine games at tailback and led the Bulldogs with 698 yards and 10 touchdowns on 143 carries (4.9 avg.) and caught 10 passes for 117 yards (11.7 avg.). As a junior Gary was the second leading rusher for the Bulldogs behind Robert Edwards, tallying 381 yards and seven touchdowns on 75 carries (5.8). He sat out 1996 after his transfer from Marshall, where he rushed for 776 yards on 103 carries (7.5) playing in 18 games over two seasons. Gary earned his bachelor’s degree from Georgia in consumer economics, and played in two bowl games for the Bulldogs, the Peach and Outback.