FRISCO, Texas -- Marion Barber III, the previous Dallas Cowboys operating again who's fourth in franchise historical past with 47 dashing touchdowns, has died, the staff mentioned Wednesday. He was 38.Barber performed a closing season with Chicago in 2011 after spending his first six years with the Cowboys. He had points with psychological well being …
FRISCO, Texas — Marion Barber III, the previous Dallas Cowboys operating again who’s fourth in franchise historical past with 47 dashing touchdowns, has died, the staff mentioned Wednesday. He was 38.
Barber performed a closing season with Chicago in 2011 after spending his first six years with the Cowboys. He had points with psychological well being after his profession.
Police within the Dallas suburb of Frisco mentioned Wednesday they made a welfare test at an residence “believed to be leased” by Barber and had been investigating an unattended dying there.
The Cowboys, who’ve their headquarters in Frisco, mentioned they had been “heartbroken by the tragic dying of Marion Barber III.”
“Marion was an old-school, hard-nosed soccer participant who ran with the desire to win each down,” the staff mentioned. “He had a ardour for the sport and love for his coaches and teammates.”
Barber’s father, Marion Barber Jr., performed seven seasons with the New York Jets within the Nineteen Eighties.
The youthful Barber was third on Dallas’ profession record for dashing touchdowns earlier than getting handed in 2021 by two-time NFL dashing champion Ezekiel Elliott. Barber completed with 53 general and by no means had fewer than 4 in any of his seven seasons, regardless that he by no means had a 1,000-yard dashing season.
The previous Minnesota participant, a fourth-round draft choose by Dallas in 2005, had 24 touchdowns in 2006-07 regardless of beginning only one sport these two seasons. Barber’s profession excessive was 14 TDs in 2006, when he rushed for simply 654 yards.
Barber had a career-high 975 yards dashing and 10 TDs in 2007, when he made his solely Professional Bowl. His position and manufacturing declined from there, and he had careers lows in carries, yards and touchdowns in his closing 12 months in Dallas in 2010.
Three years after his profession ended, Barber was detained and brought to a hospital for a psychological well being analysis. Police in Mansfield, one other Dallas suburb, mentioned it wasn’t clear what led to the calls that prompted their response.
Barber and his father each performed for the Golden Gophers, and the youthful Barber is second on the varsity’s profession record with 35 dashing touchdowns.
Barber and Laurence Maroney, a first-round choose by New England in 2006, had been the primary pair of NCAA backs to supply two 1,000-yard seasons in consecutive years on the identical staff. They did it in 2003-04.
Barber’s youthful brothers, Dom Barber and Thomas Barber, additionally performed for the Gophers. Dom Barber spent 4 years as a defensive again with the Houston Texans.
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