DOnta Foreman Biography, Profile, Age, Height, Weight & Body Stats

May 2024 · 4 minute read

D’Onta Foreman is a professional NFL player who currently plays as a Houston Texans running back. Foreman has been playing football since high school. As high school students, D’Onta and his twin brother, Armanti, were both named co-most valuable players in District 24-4A.

After high school, D’Onta signed to play college football in Texas, after a successful 2016 season he chose to forgo his senior season to pursue a career in the NFL. During his college career, he won the Doak Walker award for being the best running back in the nation, he also won the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose award for an outstanding 2016 season.

D’Onta Foreman Profile, Age

Foreman was born in Texas City of Texas on April 24, 1996. He was born a twin and thus, not the only child of his parents. Her father’s name is Derrick Foreman, Shawn Smith, their mother. His twin brother Armanti Foreman, also plays football. He played college football in Texas as a wide receiver.

D’Onta started playing football from his days at Texas City High School. He played with his high school team as both a running back and a defenseman. During his high school career, he rushed for 4,382 yards with sixty-one touchdowns – including 2,102 yards and thirty-one touchdowns as a senior. He earned American consensus honors and the Doak Walker Award for the nation’s top running back.

the Houston Chronicle named him one of the 100 best players in the Houston area, he was ranked the 67th best running back in the nation, and 247Sports also ranked him the 125th best player in the state of Texas. Scout also ranked him the 68th best running back in the nation while ESPN ranked 74th. Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine named him the 6th best recruited athlete.

Out of high school, D’Onta Foreman signed himself up to play college football at the University of Texas at Austin. As a rookie, he appeared in 7 games with fifteen rushes for 73 yards. In his sophomore year, he appeared in 10 games, missing just two through injury, but would still finish that season with 95 rushes for 681 yards and 5 touchdowns.

D’Onta Foreman would start his junior seasonLonghorns started running back and surpassed 1,000 rushing yards to become Texas again after Jamaal Charles (2007), to set such a record. He finished that season with a total of 2,028 rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns. The foreman would later announce at the end of the season that he would forfeit his senior season entry for the 2017 NFL Draft.

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Professional career

The Houston Texans selected him 89th overall in the 3rd round of the 2017 NFL Draft and he is the 7th back to be drafted in the 2017 NFL Draft. In June 2017, the Texans signed Foreman to a contract for 4 years worth $3.25 million, including $759,484 in signing bonus.

His first NFL game was against the Jacksonville Jaguars, where he recorded a run for 4 yards. He expanded his defensive role the following week in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals with twelve rushes for forty yards.

Despite a torn Achilles and being placed on injured reserve for the remainder of the season, D’Onta Foreman finished his rookie season with a total of 327 rushing yards, 2 rushing touchdowns, 6 receptions and 83 receiving yards.

Height, weight and body statistics

The running Houston Texans stand at a height of 6 feet or 1.83m, with an athletic body that weighs 107kg (235 lbs). His arm length is 31 3/8 inches, while his hand height is 10 1/8 inches.

Other Facts About D’Onta Foreman

D’Onta’s twin brother, Armanti Foreman, signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Minnesota Vikings in 2018.

Foreman became a member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll in 2014 while still a student in Texas.

He was arrested in 2017 for illegally carrying a weapon and possessing marijuana, he was taken into custody but later released on bail.

Texans Who Run is the founder of the D’Onta Foreman Family Foundation. The foundation is Foreman’s way of giving back to the community after coping with the death of his son (infant death) in 2016.

He is the proud father of a daughter named Nike. Her adorable daughter born in late 2017 was named after the Greek goddess of victory and not with the multi-billion dollar shoe company Nike.

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