Roger Craig ( American football ) Roger Timothy Craig ( born July 10 , 1960 ) is a former NFL running back who won three Super Bowl s ( 1984 , 1988 , 1989 ) while playing with the San Francisco 49ers with Joe Montana and Jerry Rice . College career . Craig played three seasons for the University of Nebraska , where he rushed for 2 , 446 yards and 26 touchdowns , with an average of 6 yards per carry . He was an integral early running back to Dr . Tom Osborne ' s I - Formation Option offense . Pro football career . Drafted in the second round of the 1983 NFL draft from University of Nebraska , where he once held the record for longest run from scrimmage ( 94 yards , set during a 1981 game against Florida State University ) . In his rookie year , he scored a combined 12 touchdowns rushing and receiving , as the 49ers reached the NFC Championship game that year . Craig became well known in his rookie year for his distinctive high - knee running technique . On January 20 , 1985 , in Super Bowl XIX , Craig rushed for 58 yards , caught seven passes for 77 yards , and became the first player ever to score three touchdowns in a Super Bowl during the 49ers ' 38 – 16 victory over the Miami Dolphins . The following season Roger Craig became the first player in NFL history to run and receive for at least 1 , 000 yards in the same season . He ran for 1 , 050 yards on 214 carries and led the NFL with 92 catches for 1 , 016 yards . He scored a team high 15 touchdowns . In 1988 , Craig was named NFL Offensive Player of the Year by the Associated Press . He ran for a career high 1 , 502 yards and caught an additional 76 passes for 534 yards . A memorable game occurred in week 7 against the Los Angeles Rams . He scored three rushing touchdowns and ran a career high 191 yards . He went on to assist the 49ers to Super Bowl XXIII by amassing 262 combined rushing and receiving yards and two touchdowns in their two playoff games . In the 49ers ' 20 - 16 win over Cincinnati in that Super Bowl , he rushed for 71 yards and caught eight passes for 101 yards . In the 1989 season , the 49ers advanced to the Super Bowl for the second year in a row , aided by Craig ' s 1 , 527 combined rushing / receiving yards and seven touchdowns in the season , along with his 240 combined rushing / receiving yards and two touchdowns in their two playoff games . In San Francisco ' s 55 - 10 win over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXIV , Craig rushed for 69 yards , caught five passes for 34 yards , and scored a touchdown . The San Francisco 49ers were 14 – 2 in the following regular season on their quest to become the first team to win three consecutive Super Bowls . In the NFC Championship Game ( his last as a 49er ) , Craig fumble d late in the fourth quarter while his team was trying to hold on to a 13 – 12 lead over the New York Giants . The Giants recovered the ball and scored on a last - second field goal , winning the game 15 – 13 . Craig played one season with the Los Angeles Raiders and two with the Minnesota Vikings before he retired after the 1993 season . Craig appeared in the NFL Playoffs every year of his career , and made the Pro Bowl four times ( 1985 , 1987 – 1989 ) . Honors . He was the first running back to gain more than 1 , 000 yards rushing and 1 , 000 yards receiving in the same season ( 1985 ) . Since then , only one other running back has achieved the same feat ( Marshall Faulk in 1999 ) . Craig also caught a then - record 92 passes in the 1985 campaign . In 1988 , Craig set a then - franchise record 1 , 502 yards rushing ( Garrison Hearst broke the record with 1 , 570 yards in 1998 . Frank Gore holds the current record with 1 , 695 yards in 2006 ) . The 1988 season was the second time Craig broke the 2 , 000 combined yardage mark in his career . Craig finished his eleven NFL seasons with 8 , 189 rushing yards , 566 receptions for 4 , 911 receiving yards , and three kickoff returns for 43 yards . Overall , he amassed 13 , 143 total yards and scored 73 touchdowns ( 56 rushing and 17 receiving ) . As of today , Roger Craig and Chuck Foreman are the only running backs to lead the NFL in receptions for a single season , and Craig is the only back to ever record over 100 receiving yards in a Super Bowl . His prowess as a receiver out of the backfield is a contrast to his college career , where he caught only 16 passes during his three seasons at Nebraska . In 1993 , Peter King ( in Inside the Helmet ) reported that Craig was the only running back to be elected to the Pro Bowl at both fullback and halfback ( a feat which has since been matched by Stephen Davis ) . On April 21 , 2008 Craig was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame ( BASHOF ) . For the first time since being eligible in 1999 , Craig was named one of 25 semifinalists considered for the Pro Football Hall of Fame ’ s Class of 2009 and one of the 15 modern - era finalists for the Class of 2010 . Personal life . Craig is married to Vernessia ( high school sweetheart ) and has five children Damesha , Rometra , Rogdrick , Alexander and Nia - Jai . They live in Portola Valley , CA . Craig spent several years studying Tae Kwon Do under Chris Jensen & Debbie Pederson at Golden State Tae Kwon Do in Foster City ( now in San Carlos ) . He currently works in marketing at Tibco Software in Palo Alto , California . Craig is an avid runner and has participated in numerous marathons . He was the Grand Marshal for the Toyota / Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway .