High school career

Freeman attended Miami Central High School in West Little River, Florida. He helped lead Miami Central to the 2010 Class 6A state title and was named the MVP after gaining 308 yards on 36 carries, falling just 20 yards shy of a state championship game record. As a senior, he ran for Miami-Dade County leading 2,208 yards and 26 touchdowns, and also recorded 663 rushing yards and six touchdowns in the final two games of the state playoffs

Considered a 4-star recruit by Rivals, he was rated the best running back in the nation. He committed to Florida State on June 24, 2010.

College career

As a junior in 2013, Freeman was a first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) selection and helped the Seminoles win the 2014 BCS National Championship Game. He rushed for over 1,000 yards on the ground, the first Nole to do so since Warrick Dunn in 1996. Freeman finished the season with career highs in rushing yards (1,016), receiving yards (278) and touchdowns (15) despite splitting carries with James Wilder, Jr. and Karlos Williams in Florida State's backfield. He led the Seminoles in rushing in each of his three seasons in Tallahassee.

On January 11, 2014, he announced he would bypass his senior season and enter the 2014 NFL Draft.

Career Statistics

		Rushing					Receiving
Year	Team	Att	Yards	Avg	Long	TDs	Rec	Yards	TDs
2011	Florida State	120	579	4.8	41	8	15	111	0
2012	Florida State	111	660	5.9	47	8	10	86	0
2013	Florida State	173	1,016	5.9	60	14	22	278	1
Career		404	2,255	5.6	60	30	47	475	1

Professional career

2014 NFL Draft

He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the fourth round (103rd overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft.

Pre-draft measurables

Ht	Wt	40-yd dash	10-yd split	20-yd split	20-ss	3-cone	Vert	Broad	BP
5 ft 8 in	206 lb	4.58 s	1.59 s		4.26 s	7.11 s	31.5 in	9 ft 10 in

Atlanta Falcons

2014 Season

In his rookie season, Freeman shared touches with fellow backs Steven Jackson and Jacquizz Rogers and accumulated 248 rushing yards on 65 carries and 225 receiving yards on 30 receptions. He also recorded 1 receiving and 1 rushing touchdown in weeks 8 and 16 respectively. He chose to wear number 24 as a tribute to his late aunt, who was only 24 years old when she died of a heart attack.

2015 Season

After recording just 43 rushing yards over the first two games, Freeman received his first career NFL start at RB on September 27, 2015 against the Dallas Cowboys, rushing for 141 yards and 3 touchdowns on 30 carries. The next week he rushed for 3 touchdowns again against the Houston Texans. In the following game, he rushed for a career-high 153 yards to start a three-game streak of 100 yard performances from week 4-7. In week 11, Freeman piled up 43 yards off three carries before leaving in the first half with a concussion. By the end of the season, Freeman totaled 1,634 all-purpose yards and 14 all-purpose touchdowns with 1,056 rushing yards (7th most in the season) and 11 rushing touchdowns, while also having 578 receiving yards and 3 receiving touchdowns. Following the season Freeman was selected to the Pro Bowl, the first of his career, and was named a Second-team All-Pro. Freeman was named one of the captains for the 2016 Pro Bowl.

Career statistics

Season	Team	Games		Rushing					Receiving					Fumbles
		GP	GS	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	FUM	Lost
2014	Atlanta Falcons	16	0	65	248	3.8	31T	1	30	225	7.5	36	1	1	1
2015	Atlanta Falcons	15	13	265	1,056	4.0	39	11	73	578	7.9	44	3	3	2
	Total	31	13	330	1,304	4.0	39	12	103	803	7.8	44	4	4	3

Personal life

Freeman’s jersey number carries a special significance to him. He wears number 24 in honor of his late aunt Tamekia N. Brown, who tragically died at the age of 24 when Freeman was just 14 years old. He has her name tattooed on his left arm.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]