Surprise: Running not a Cat anymore

From: The Topeka Capital-Journal | Date: August 18, 2003| Author: Ric Anderson Capital-Journal | Copyright information

LAWRENCE --- Mitch Running's football career took him to a lot of places the Iowa native never expected to go.

A free-agent signee out of Kansas State, the Wildcat receiver traveled to Houston, Carolina and Indianapolis as a practice-squad player before spending two years in the CFL with Winnipeg and Toronto.

But Kansas? Running, now a graduate assistant on KU coach Mark Mangino's staff, admits Lawrence might be the last place where he thought he'd land.

"It was definitely...

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