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RB Frank Gore, San Francisco 49ers

HT: 5-10, WT: 220, Born: 5-14-1983, College: Miami (Fl), Drafted: Round 3

2008 Projections

2007 Game Summaries

Week 1 - Gore ran hard against the Cardinals defense, but found little room in the interior line. Most of his carries were up the middle, including his six yard TD run. He finished the night with 55 yards on 18 carries with the touchdown. His longest run was 12 yards. He caught one pass for 21 yards, but dropped two others that were catchable.

Week 2 - Gore played excellently but with a heavy heart. He played inspired in honor of his mother who passed away this past week. During the game he gained 81 yards on the ground while scoring two touchdowns. After the game he left for Miami to attend his mother's funeral. He is scheduled to be back Wednesday.

Week 3 - Gore missed one day of practice to attend his mother's funeral. He found little room to run against the Pittsburgh defense. Gore had an eight yard gain early in the game. His other ten carries in the first half netted only 14 yards. After halftime, Gore had only three rushing attempts. He registered gains of eleven and five yards before San Francisco abandoned the running game. Gore's final carry netted only a yard.

Gore caught two short passes for 12 yards.

Week 4 - Gore fumbled the ball twice early in the game, though recovering one of his own fumbles deep in his own territory. After these mishaps, Gore held onto the ball tight and showed good power in breaking tackles, averaging just under five yards per carry against the Seahawks defense.

Week 5 - Gore ran the ball 16 times for 52 yards, and caught another three for 23 yards, on five targets. Though his numbers don't look impressive, Gore ran for tough yardage the entire game, and showed nice vision on a number of carries, often times only to get him a few yards on the gain. The Ravens defense did not respect the passing game, and were stacking the box from the onset. Gore's 19 touches don't do justice how much a part of the gameplan he was, as the 49ers offense failed to move the ball for most of the game. Had they been able to put some drives together, Gore would have had significantly more touches.

Week 7 - Gore posted some decent numbers as he gained 111 total yards of offense, 88 of which were on the ground. He ran hard and was finding holes, however the 49ers were forced to abandon the run early as they found themselves behind on the score board.

Week 8 - Gore never got anything going. The Saints were ahead so early that the 49ers were in pass mode for most of the day. He re-injured his ankle in the second quarter, but later made an appearance, so presumably he is okay.

Week 9 - Gore was inactive due to injury (ankle).

Week 10 - Gore followed his 33 yard first half, rushing performance up with 49 more yards on the ground in the second half. His longest run of the game went for 16 yards in the first quarter, but he also had longer rushes of 12 and 11 yards that came in the third quarter. Gore did get a carry from the Seattle two yard line on a fourth and one play, but he was stuffed for no gain.

Week 11 - Gore struggled in running the ball as the 49ers opened very few holes for him, and he had a long run on the day of seven yards. As the 49ers trailed this entire game, Gore was active in the passing attack, and rarely left the field for Michael Robinson or Maurice Hicks. Dilfer seemed to throw the ball to Gore in bunches, with multiple targets on the same drive.

Week 12 - Gore was the workhorse of the 49ers offense running the ball for 116 yards on 21 carries. Gore scored on an 11 yard run early in the second quarter, and again on a 35 yard scamper late in the fourth quarter. Gore was targeted several times out of the backfield by Dilfer, and ended the game with 11 receptions for 98 yards. He had a long run of 35 yards and earned his paycheck this week from the 49ers front office.

Week 13 - Frank Gore carried the ball 12 times for 58 yards. He also added five catches for 53 yards. Gore had a good yards per carry average but being behind all game didn't give him the chance to put up big numbers. Technically San Francisco only ran one play from the Carolina red zone. Dilfer was sacked back to the 20 yard line. Gore never really had a chance to score in the game.

Week 14 - Gore was successful running the ball. He found openings against the Vikings front four consistently, and was able to make defenders miss and get positive yards. However, the was hurt by the 49ers as a team, inability to stay on the field. He also hurt his own chances by losing two fumbles. Later in the game, when the Vikings were playing soft defense, Gore chipped in most of his receiving yards with short underneath passes. This helped his total yardage numbers immensely as he was able to finish with 117 total yards.

Week 15 - Gore did have a lot of running room in the first half as he had 11 carries for 36 yards. His longest run of the first half was only six yards. The second half got off to a much better start as he busted a 20 yard run up the middle on San Francisco's first play of the half. The 49ers gave the Bengals a heavy dose of Gore in the third quarter as he 12 carries for 76 yards, as the 49ers line began to wear down the Bengals defense. He sealed the game for the 49ers by gaining ten yards on a third and long with two minutes left in the game. Gore had his best game of the year rushing even though he never got close to scoring. He seemed to benefit the most from San Francisco's revived passing attack in this game.

Week 16 - Gore ran the ball 21 times for 89 yards, but made his biggest contribution in the passing game, where he caught a 23 yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter that proved to be the difference in the game. Gore did run hard, but just struggled finding much room in the Tampa Bay front seven.

Week 17 - Gore was the focus of the San Francisco offense effectively mixing runs both up the middle and to either sideline. The lack of any major passing threat for the 49ers did hurt Gore as the Browns were able to stack seven and eight men in the box to blitz on rushing plays. While he did see some action in the passing game, it was only as a last second target for Weinke.