Correll Buckhalter Correll Buckhalter ( ; born October 6 , 1978 ) is a former American football running back who played for seven seasons in the National Football League ( NFL ) . After playing college football for Nebraska , he was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft . He played for the Eagles from 2001 to 2008 , with three seasons lost due to injury . He played for the Denver Broncos for two seasons ( 2009 and 2010 ) . Early years . Buckhalter attended Collins High School ( Collins , Mississippi ) and was a letterman in football . In football , he rushed for 3 , 024 yards over the last two years of his high school years . He was selected for the all - state team , and during his junior year when he rushed for 1 , 302 yards . During his senior year , he rushed for 1 , 722 yards and 12 touchdowns . Buckhalter graduated from Collins in 1997 . College career . At the University of Nebraska , Buckhalter played in 46 games and finished ranked eighth in school history for rushing yards ( 2 , 522 ) . He had 11 100 + yard games in college while starting only nine times and scored 27 touchdowns at Nebraska . He majored in sociology . Professional career . Philadelphia Eagles . Buckhalter ' s NFL career has been marred by injuries . He missed the 2002 season due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and both the 2004 and 2005 seasons due to a torn patellar tendon in his right knee . In his rookie season of 2001 , Buckhalter showed flashes of the potential the Eagles saw when he was drafted . Sharing the load with Duce Staley , he rushed for 586 yards with 4 . 5 yards per carry average , breaking Keith Byars team record for rushing yards by a rookie . He scored two touchdowns that season . Unfortunately , that season he was also suspended for a game after he and two teammates were stopped by police and arrested for possession of marijuana . Buckhalter was not charged in the case . Buckhalter would not return to the field again until the 2003 season . Teaming with Staley and second year Brian Westbrook , he led the team in rushing attempts and rushing touchdowns ( eight ) gaining 542 yards in the process . Again however , he was suspended by Coach Andy Reid after missing a team meeting . While still recovering , Buckhalter and Bryan Scott made cameo appearances in the comedy movie , " White Men Can ' t Rap " . The 2006 season marked his first action since the 2003 NFC Championship Game . He played in all 16 games , but started only once . His season totals included 345 rushing yards on 83 carries , 24 receptions , 256 receiving yards and three touchdowns . After the season , Buckhalter was re - signed by the Eagles for two years . In 2007 , he saw action at running back as well as at kick returner . He had 313 yards rushing and a 21 . 6 yards per return average . Denver Broncos . On February 27 , 2009 , Buckhalter signed a four - year , $ 10 million contract with the Denver Broncos . The deal included $ 1 . 8 million guaranteed . In 2009 , his ninth season in the NFL , Buckhalter achieved career highs in rushing yardage ( 642 ) , yards per carry ( 5 . 4 ) , and receptions ( 31 ) . In 2010 , Buckhalter played in 15 games as a reserve . He rushed for 147 yards and also caught 28 passes for 240 yards . He scored 4 total touchdowns . On July 28 , 2011 , he was released by Denver . Personal . Buckhalter is a cousin of Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Brandon McDonald . Buckhalter has had to deal with adversity over his career . His mother died when he was young and his brother Chris , who played on the Eagles practice squad in 1996 , is serving a 20 - year sentence for manslaughter . In March 2009 prosecutors in a Philadelphia drug dealing case named Buckhalter as a celebrity client of the alleged dealer , Styles N . Beckles . Buckhalter has not been charged with any crime and strongly denied any link to Beckles . Buckhalter owns a Quarter Horse stallion named ' Absolutely No Doubt , ' who was the national high point Performance Halter Stallion of the American Quarter Horse Association in 2008 .