Running back: Facts

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former Virginia Tech running back Lee Suggs set the NCAA Division I-A record for consecutive American college football games with a rushing touchdown (27) in the 2002 San Francisco Bowl?
former Philadelphia Eagles running back Perry Harrington was expected to compete for the starting fullback job in 1981 when he broke his leg in the fourth game of the season?
former Michigan running back Chuck Heater coached national championship football teams at Notre Dame and Florida?
despite being an All-American running back with the University of Evansville, Sean Bennett played fullback at Northwestern?
in 2004, running back Mike Hart broke Ricky Powers' Michigan Wolverines freshman rushing record and matched Jon Vaughn, the only other Michigan back with consecutive 200-yard games?
in 2008, college football running back Vai Taua and quarterback Colin Kaepernick became the first pair of Nevada players to both rush for more than 1,000 yards (910 m) in the same season?
with the University of Washington Huskies, former New Orleans Saints running back Toussaint Tyler beat the Michigan Wolverines in the Rose Bowl as a freshman but lost to them as a senior?
recruiting analysts thought Da'Rel Scott was too small for a college running back, but in 2008 he ran for more than 1,000 yards and led his conference in rushing for most of the season?
in 1923, University of Nebraska running back Dave Noble scored the first touchdown in Memorial Stadium?
an investment group led by Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton converted America's oldest limestone roundhouse to an entertainment center?
after scouting him at South Carolina, current Philadelphia Eagles running backs coach Ted Williams advised the Eagles to take Duce Staley with a third-round draft pick in the 1997 NFL Draft?
Grambling State running back Walter Dean was nicknamed "American Express" in reference to the credit card company?
Dallas Cowboy running back Tony Boles once stole Emmit Smith's Nissan Pathfinder for two days when assigned rookie initiation car washing duties?
college football running back Butch Woolfolk was named MVP of both the Rose Bowl and the Bluebonnet Bowl in the same year?
All-American Bump Elliott and his brother Pete Elliott played halfback and quarterback for the Michigan football team that beat the USC Trojans 49-0 in the Rose Bowl 60 years ago on 1 Jan. 1948?
Charles Leigh played six seasons as a running back in the National Football League despite never playing college football?
Davin Meggett, the Maryland Terrapins' second-leading running back, is the son of Super Bowl champion and two-time Pro Bowl selection, David Meggett?
Jamie Morris of the Washington Redskins, originally considered too short to be a running back, holds the NFL record for the most rushing attempts in a game with 45?
James B. Craig, an All-American football halfback and quarterback, was the brother of Ralph Craig, a sprinter and gold medalist at the 1912 Summer Olympics?
Evan Royster was the Penn State Nittany Lions starting running back for the team that let head coach Joe Paterno tie the record for all-time NCAA Division I victories?
2009 Michigan Wolverines senior running back Brandon Minor rushed for 209 yards in his first high school football game and 24 yards in his first college football carry?

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