height_ft weight_lbs birth_place article_title position highschool pastteamsnote birth_date height_in undraftedyear number college name
6 213 seattle , washington paul arnold -lrb- american football -rrb-
 running back burien -lrb- wa -rrb- kennedy yes 27 september 1980 1 2003 20 washington paul arnold
paul arnold -lrb- american football -rrb-

paul arnold -lrb- born september 27 , 1980 -rrb- is a former american football running back/wide receiver who played at the university of washington from 1999 through 2002 .
he is one of the most decorated high school football players ever from the state of washington .
as a sophomore at o'dea high school in seattle , washington , he was the 1996 class 2a player of the year after he rushed for 1,136 yards on 70 carries for 16.2 yards per carry and scored 26 tds .
as a junior in 1997 , at kennedy high school in burien , a suburb of seattle , he rushed for 800 yards and 11 tds in an injury plagued season .
in 1998 , as a senior , he rushed for 1,974 yards and 32 tds and had 2,555 all-purpose yards .
he was named to the all-state team and selected as the class 3a player of the year .
he was also named to the parade all-american team and to the usa today all-american team .
in track , as a junior , he won the state 3a title in the 200 meters with a time of 21.8 .
his top 100 meter time in high school was 10.6 .
at the nike football training camp in portland , he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.33 .
in a recruiting battle , arnold chose the university of washington over colorado , notre dame and other schools .
playing as a running back as a true freshman in 1999 , he appeared in all 11 regular season games and in the holiday bowl against kansas state university .
in the second game of his college career , he set a school record with a 100 yard kickoff return for a td against air force .
it earned him the pac-10 special teams player of the week .
in the apple cup game against rival washington state university , he had an 80 yard td run from scrimmage and finished the game with 126 yards on 14 carries .
he finished the year 19th in the nation with a kickoff return average of 24.9 yards per return .
in the 2000 season , he became the starting tailback .
on october 7 , 2000 , against oregon state university , in the huskies 33-30 win over the beavers , which was their only loss of the season , he rushed for 102 yards and had 65 receiving yards in earning the pac 10 offensive player of the week .
because of an injury , he missed the remainder of the 2000 season .
in 2001 , he converted to wide receiver and started his last two years opposite all-pac 10 wide receiver reggie williams .
following his college career , he signed a free agent contract with the indianapolis colts in 2003 , but he was released at the end of the preseason .
he signed a contract with the edmonton eskimos of the canadian football league , but later decided not to pursue a professional football career .
