{"id":39046,"date":"2018-03-22T15:56:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T19:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=39046"},"modified":"2018-03-22T15:56:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T19:56:53","slug":"frank-gore-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/03\/22\/frank-gore-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Dolphins Sign Running Back Frank Gore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s all coming full circle for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/G\/GoreFr00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frank Gore<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran running back is signing with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/dolphins\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miami Dolphins<\/a>, <strong>Craig Mish<\/strong> of SiriusXM reported on Thursday. It&#8217;s a homecoming of sorts as the 34-year-old made a name for himself collegiately with the Miami Hurricanes. Gore spent the previous three seasons with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/colts\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Miami Dolphins have signed RB Frank Gore.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Craig Mish (@CraigMish) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigMish\/status\/976903582296526849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Frank Gore Signs One-Year Contract With Miami Dolphins<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2>Gore&#8217;s Career in San Francisco<\/h2>\n<p>Gore began his NFL career with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/49ers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a> in 2005. Gore was selected in the third round (65th overall) of the 2005\u00a0NFL Draft. The former Miami Hurricane <a href=\"http:\/\/sportsinjurypredictor.com\/player\/frank-gore\/1442\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was coming off two major ACL injuries<\/a>. Gore always gave <a href=\"http:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/2629584-scot-mccloughan-qa-the-philosophy-and-tools-of-a-successful-nfl-gm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credit to former 49ers general manager <strong>Scot McCloughan<\/strong><\/a> for giving him a chance at an NFL career.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of McCloughan&#8217;s gamble, the 49ers found a new franchise running back. Gore struggled with injuries in his first NFL campaign. Despite two banged-up shoulders, Gore rushed for 608 yards on 127 carries (4.8 yards per carry). In 2006, Gore had his best statistical season, running for 1,695 yards and adding eight touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2009 season, Gore reached another milestone. In Week Two against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/seahawks\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seattle Seahawks<\/a>, Gore ran for two 75-plus yard touchdowns in the same game. After taking the opening run of the second half to the house, <a href=\"http:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/259959-2009-nfl-review-week-2\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gore joined Barry Sanders<\/a> as the only other player in NFL history to have multiple runs of 75-plus yards in the same game. Gore accomplished this feat with runs of 79 and 80 yards, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Gore&#8217;s only major injury in the NFL sidelined him from Weeks 13 through 17 of 2010. The All-Pro runner <a href=\"http:\/\/sportsinjurypredictor.com\/player\/frank-gore\/1442\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">broke his hip<\/a> and missed the 49ers final five games. Gore still managed 1,200 plus yards from scrimmage for the season, though. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/player\/frankgore\/2506404\/careerstats\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gore totaled 1,305 all-purpose yards that year.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Gore&#8217;s Career in Indianapolis<\/h2>\n<p>On March 10, 2015, Gore left San Francisco, signing a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/12454762\/frank-gore-sign-deal-indianapolis-colts\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">three-year deal with the Indianapolis Colts worth $12 million<\/a>. Gore&#8217;s career seems to have been a success. The 34-year-old back ran for 900-plus yards or more every season he was with the Colts. As a result of his hard work, Gore broke a record in 2017. Gore has <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/2017\/03\/02\/frank-gore-and-the-pro-football-hall-of-fame\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accomplished a lot<\/a> in his NFL career. But in Week 17 against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/texans\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Houston Texans<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ninersnation.com\/2017\/12\/31\/16836288\/frank-gore-passes-14000-career-rushing-yards\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gore became the only player in NFL history<\/a> to reach 1,200-plus scrimmage yards for 12 straight seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Gore currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/leaders\/rush_yds_career.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ranks fifth in NFL history<\/a>, with 14,026 total rush yards.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"VIFObUE6S_tsFeWFQHP1Lg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/893172716\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'VIFObUE6S_tsFeWFQHP1Lg',sig:'ShknjHY4ff6GvKPcgUYM1nIIduZiLGwptle5JNQw6RE=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'893172716',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running back Frank Gore began his NFL career with the San Francisco 49ers in 2005. Gore was selected with the NFL draft&#8217;s 65th-overall pick in 2005. The former Miami Hurricane was coming off two major ACL injuries. Gore always gave credit to Scot McCloughan for giving him a chance at an NFL career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2400,"featured_media":39993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,12,4,31],"tags":[3502,61,711,56,89,40,52],"class_list":["post-39046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-colts","category-dolphins","category-49ers","tag-2018-nfl-free-agency","tag-football","tag-frank-gore","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-nfl","tag-san-francisco-49ers"],"modified_by":"John Bava","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2400"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}