Curtis Enis
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Union City, Ohio, U.S.
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| Position | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | June 15, 1976 Union City, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Mississinawa Valley (Union City) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Penn State (1995–1997) | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1998: 1st round, 5th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
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Curtis D. Enis (born June 15, 1976) is an American former professional football running back who played for three seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions, earning consensus All-American honors in 1997. Enis was selected by the Chicago Bears in the first round of the 1998 NFL draft.
Enis was born in Union City, Ohio. He attended Mississinawa Valley High School in Union City, where he was named a Parade magazine high school All-American, and voted Ohio's Mr. Football Award by the Associated Press. He was a three-time all-state selection at linebacker, and Most Valuable Player of the 1994 Big 33 Football Classic. He spent one year at The Kiski School in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania.
College career
Enis attended Pennsylvania State University, where he majored in recreational management and played for coach Joe Paterno's Penn State Nittany Lions football team from 1995 to 1997. Following his junior season in 1997, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American.
His rushing stats at Penn State were:
- 1995–113 attempts, 683 yards, 4 Touchdowns
- 1996-224 Attempts, 1,210 yards, 13 Touchdowns
- 1997-228 attempts, 1,363 yards, 19 Touchdowns
Professional career
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| 6 ft 0+5⁄8 in (1.84 m) | 242 lb (110 kg) | 32+1⁄8 in (0.82 m) | 10 in (0.25 m) | |||||||||
| All values from NFL Combine[1] | ||||||||||||
Enis initially held out and missed 26 days of training camp and two preseason games[2] after being drafted by the Chicago Bears in the first round with the fifth overall pick.[3]
Enis made just one start before tearing a ligament in his left knee in November 1998.[4] His career in Chicago was largely defined by struggling to stay on the field as a result of injuries, and by poor production when he did play. By 2000, Enis had been supplanted by James Allen and was being utilized as a FB.[5] In three years, he played 36 games, accumulating 1,497 rushing yards and 4 touchdowns.
In 2001, at the age of 24, Enis signed a one-year deal with the Cleveland Browns,[6] but a degenerative condition in his left knee forced him into retirement.[7]
NFL statistics
| Year | Team | GP | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||
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| Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | |||
| 1998 | CHI | 9 | 133 | 497 | 3.7 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | CHI | 15 | 287 | 916 | 3.2 | 19 | 3 | 45 | 340 | 9.6 | 28 | 2 |
| 2000 | CHI | 12 | 36 | 84 | 2.3 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 68 | 8.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Career | 36 | 456 | 1,497 | 3.3 | 29 | 4 | 59 | 428 | 7.3 | 28 | 2 | |
