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NFL DRAFT: RUNNING BACKS Checking their list, it doesn't look nice College rushers leave clubs, scouts uninspired Series: NFL Draft Series, another in a series
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Fifteen of the best running backs in the National Football League
draft this year rushed for no less than 1,000 yards as collegians
last season.
Could it be possible that none of them would be worthy of
selection in a 30-player first round?
Probably not, but don't bet the mortgage payment against this
being only the second time in the 61-year history of the draft 1963
was the first that a running back doesn't go in the first round.
"I think it's a year where you could put all ...
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Where's the love for running backs?
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; Even in this pass-crazy world, these guys deserve some R-E-S-P-E-C-T (just a little bit). Tom Brady is on pace to throw a zillion touchdown passes. Randy Moss looks unstoppable. Peyton Manning is a machine. Brett Favre has lifted the Packers to unexpected heights. Chad Johnson gets camera time
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Doing What They Do Best, Naturally; Innate Abilities Give County's Top Running Backs an Edge
The Washington Post
; The two runs were eerily similar, almost mirror images of one another. During each, Glenelg's Kevin Ganascioli ran to his left and was met by a wall of defenders. He backtracked across the field, avoiding pursuers left and right as he headed for daylight. Both runs ended with him sprinting down the
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 "The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA)")
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Skipper's crash course Fresno State puts trust, running backs in hands of former linebacker.(SPORTS)
The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA)
; Byline: David White The Fresno Bee Fresno State running backs have questions. Running backs coach Tim Skipper has the phone numbers of other running backs coaches who have answers: Carolina Panthers assistant Jim Skipper -- that would be his dad -- and Washington State assistant Kelly Skipper, his
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Zip back is silent superstar, Hendry near the top among MAC running backs
Charleston Daily Mail
; ... that," said Hendry during a telephone interview. "It's not a focus of mine at all. Whatever is being said or not being said is news to me." Which includes the fact that the MAC has become a quarterback- oriented league and nobody talks much about any running ...
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Running Backs Are on a Rampage
The Washington Post
; Players and coaches in the Virginia AAA Northern Region aren't sure why the past three weeks have produced 22 rushing performances of 150 or more yards, a feat that was accomplished 45 times in the entire 10-week 2003 regular season. But they've got their theories. Westfield's Tom Verbanic, whose
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