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<H2>Sons of Westwood: Bruin Legends</h2>
<h4>KARIM ABDUL-JABBAR</h4>

'''CAREER HIGHLIGHTS'''
* Lettered as tailback in 1992,94,95. Wore number [[33]] jersey.
* Served as [[Team Captains|team captain]] in 1994 & 1995.
* Led team in [[Single-Season_Scoring_Leaders|scoring]] in 1995.
* Set school record for [[Single-Season Rushing Leaders|single-season rushing yards]] (1,571) in 1995 (now second to Johnathan Franklin. His 1,227 yards in 1994 also ranks 8th on all-time list. 
* He is the first Bruin to rush for over 1,200 yards in back-to-back seasons.
* Rushed for 200 yards in three consecutive games.
* His 261 rushing yards vs [[Stanford]] ranks No. 5 for single-game records.
* Had eight 100-yards games in 1995. (Four with at least 180 yards).
* He ranks 5th on the team for career rushing yards (3,182).
* Ranks 6th in the single-season all-purpose yards list ().
* Was a 3rd round selection in the 1996 [[NFL Draft Selections|NFL Draft]] (Miami) and rushed for over 1,000 yards as a rookie.

'''ACCOLADES'''
* Earned first-team [[All-Conference Selections|All-Pac 10]] &  [[All-Americans|All-American]] honors in 1995.
* [[Team MVPs|Team Offensive co-MVP]] in 1995 & Offensive MVP in 1994.

'''EXTERNAL LINKS'''
*[[wikipedia:Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar|Wiki page]]

'''MISCELLANEOUS'''
* Played as Sharmon Shah his freshman year.

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