James Mungro - Running Back

5-9, 214 Syracuse 6 years in the NFL W-02(DET) DOB: 02/13/1978

Claimed off waivers from Detroit on September 2, 2002…originally signed as FA with Detroit on April 26, 2002…was waived on September 1, 2002.

2006:  Was placed on injured reserve 8/23 with knee injury suffered in preseason.  2005:  Appeared in 12 games as reserve RB and on return units…was inactive games 2-5 with knee injury…was 7-15 rushing, 3-28 receiving and 2-19.5 KOR…was 2-21 receiving vs. Arizona 1/1 and had rushes in five games.  POST-SEASON:  Saw action as reserve RB and on KOR unit vs. Pittsburgh 1/15.  2004: Was reserve RB in 15 games…saw action at FB in short-yardage situations…was inactive with wrist injury at New England 9/9…was 5-19 rushing, 7-36, 3 TDs receiving and 7-15.9 KOR…was 1-1, 1 TD receiving vs. Green Bay 9/26 for first career touchdown reception…was 1-1, 1 TD receiving vs. Oakland 10/10…was 3-15 rushing at Chicago 11/21…was 1-3, 1 TD receiving vs. San Diego 12/26…reception was QB-Peyton Manning's NFL record-tying 48th TD pass. POST-SEASON: Was reserve vs. Denver 1/9 and at New England 1/16…was 1-2, 1 TD receiving vs. Denver. 2003: Was reserve RB in seven outings…played 9/14 vs. Tennessee, 9/21 vs. Jacksonville, 9/28 at New Orleans, 10/6 at Tampa Bay, 10/12 vs. Carolina, 11/23 at Buffalo and 11/30 vs. New England before spending final four games on injured reserve with toe injury…was active but did not play 11/16 vs. NYJ and was inactive in four other outings…was 24-60, 2 TDs rushing, 1-(-4) receiving and 2-3.5 KOR…was 10-30 rushing at New Orleans, 6-20, 1 TD at Tampa Bay and 8-10, 1 TD vs. Carolina…3t rush at Tampa Bay helped club erase 35-14 deficit with four minutes remaining in eventual 38-35 OT win. 2002: Stepped into injury-depleted area of team and rushed 97-336, 8 TDs and was 13-81 receiving…started one of nine appearances…opened 11/10 at Philadelphia and all seasonal action came during final nine games…was inactive for five of first seven contests and was active but did not play 9/15 vs. Miami and 9/22 at Houston…topped club in rushing touchdowns, including multiple rushing scores at Philadelphia (28-114, 2 TDs, 6t, 10t) and at Cleveland 12/15 (14-75, 2 TDs, 29t, 3t)…effort at Philadelphia was one of three 100+ games by Colts rusher…also tallied scores at Denver 11/24, vs. Houston 12/1, at Tennessee 12/8 and vs. Jacksonville…four-game streak with rushing scores (Denver/Houston/Tennessee/Cleveland) ranked him as one of 10 Colts to achieve feat, while he is one of only four Colts rookies to do so (Lenny Moore, Curtis Dickey, Alan Ameche)…played in place of Edgerrin James at Denver in late stages as club earned OT win…29t burst at Cleveland came with club down 16-0, while second score provided winning points in 28-23 outcome…became sixth Colt rookie rusher with 100+ game in first career start at Philadelphia and 28 attempts tied for 5th-most by a Colts rookie…had 10+ attempts in three other games (16 at Tennessee; at Cleveland; 11 vs. Jacksonville)…was 6-33 vs. Tennessee 11/3 for top receptions game. POST-SEASON: Saw action as reserve 1/4 at NYJ…was 4-36 rushing/3-31 receiving.

Four-year letterman who totaled 529-2,869, 29 TDs rushing for career…had top year as senior with 248-1,170, 14 TDs rushing…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…was 115-797, 7 TDs as junior in 10 games…was 16-136, 2 TDs rushing at Temple…was 15-155 rushing at Boston College…seasonal 6.9 rushing avg. ranked third-best in school history…was 11-119, 2 TDs rushing vs. Brigham Young…started one of 12 games as sophomore…was 116-537, 5 TDs rushing…was named Music City Bowl MVP after rushing 12-162, 2 TDs against Kentucky, including career-long 86t burst…played in eight games as freshman…was 50-365, 3 TDs rushing…holds degree in selective education.

Full name is James Olevia Mungro II…born in East Stroudsburg, Pa….attended East Stroudsburg High School…was Parade and Street and Smith’s All-America grid performer…was Pennsylvania Player-of-the-Year as junior and all-state selection in final two seasons…rushed for 2,541 yards and 34 TDs as senior…set state record after rushing for 8,432 yards and totaling 9,513 all-purpose yards during career…set 48 team records during career and was three-time team MVP…Mungro and his wife, Jessie, reside with their son, James III, in Indianapolis.