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Toby Gerhart

Running Back

Inducted 2024

Date of Birth

3/28/1987

Birthplace

Norco, CA

School

Stanford University (2006-2009)

Bio

A 2009 unanimous First Team All-American and winner of the Doak Walker Award as the nation's best running back, Toby Gerhart was the Heisman Trophy runner-up, finishing 28 points behind Mark Ingram, the closest race in Heisman history. During his prolific senior campaign, Gerhart led the nation in points (178), touchdowns (29), rushing attempts (343), rushing yards (1,871) and rushing touchdowns (28). His numerous accolades in 2009 also included CBS Sports Offensive Player of the Year, the Touchdown Club of Columbus's Archie Griffin Award winner as the nation's most valuable player and the Jim Brown Award winner as nation's top running back. The Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year and a two-time All-Pac-10 performer, Gerhart earned First Team honors as a senior and Second Team accolades as a junior. He holds the Pac-12 single-season record for points scored (178), touchdowns scored (29), and rushing touchdowns (28). Excelling in the classroom, he was a First Team Academic All-Pac-10 selection in 2009 and a Second Team Academic pick in 2008. He received the Tom Hansen Conference Medal as Stanford's most outstanding male student-athlete in 2009 and the Al Masters Award in 2010. Gerhart is Stanford's all-time leader in career (44) and single-season (28 in 2009) rushing touchdowns as well as single-season scoring (172 points in 2009). He holds multiple spots in the Stanford record books, and he finished his career with 671 rushes for 3,522 yards and 44 touchdowns as well as 39 receptions for 395 yards. Playing in 38 career games, he averaged 92.7 yards per game. He broke the Stanford single-season rushing record as a junior, finishing with 1,136 yards on 210 carries. He smashed his own record the next year with 1,871 yards on 343 carries, becoming just the second running back in school history to rush for 1,000 or more yards in consecutive seasons.