Biography
Hometown is Seattle, Wash. … Played at Franklin High School, where he won all-state honors in football and was named All-Metro Player of the Year … Also earned all-metro honors in baseball … Senior year in high school was 1992-93 … Sat out 1993 football season before enrolling at Garden City JC for ’94 season … Physical education major at Washington. Selected by San Diego Padres (as an outfielder) in the 1993 free agent baseball draft. Record holder for top rushing game in NFL history, 278 yards vs. Denver in 2000, Dillon targets Bengals’ career rushing mark in 2002 … Enters season with 6209 yards, 238 short of James Brooks’ record 6447 … Rushed for 1315 yards in 2001, second only to his own club-record 1435 the season before … Has played in the last three Pro Bowls … Has by far the best average in Bengals annals for rushing yards per game (79.6), and it appears he’ll take less than six full seasons to break a career rushing mark that Brooks took eight seasons to compile … Posted career highs in touchdowns (13) and receptions (34) in 2001. http://www.thedillonator.com/about.asp
