Telling, because tailback Jay Ajayi continued his rampage across the NFL.
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Tailback Jeremy Langford looks ready to replace the departed Matt Forte.
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After the loss of starting tailback Jawon Hamilton to injury on Sept.
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Freshman tailback Kylin Hill added 62 yards and his first career touchdown.
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But Dolphins tailback Jay Ajayi rambled for 204 yards on just 25 attempts.
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I was a running QB. He's an elite tailback if he wants to!
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"We don't really worry about hype too much," Alabama tailback Damien Harris said.
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Savage and Texans tailback Lamar Miller combined to lead the go-ahead touchdown drive.
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UConn also will be without tailback Nate Hopkins who is suffering from a shoulder injury.
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Tailback Tevin Coleman rushed 27 times for a career-best 243 yards and one touchdown.
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Last season's championship team, for instance, had the Heisman Trophy winner, Derrick Henry, at tailback.
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Pretty cool move by the Giants superstar ... props to the tailback for making it happen!!!
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It looked almost as if it had been intended for Anderson, not tailback Lavon Coleman.
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Sure, but that doesn't mean Kuhn would be the starting tailback if Ingram gets hurt.
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Last Saturday was the first time Chubb, Georgia's star tailback, had been tackled since the injury.
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Smart and his staff made a move last week that reflected confidence in the tailback position.
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Even after yesterday's historic performance, PFF had Miller as their lowest-rated tailback of the week.
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Rutgers attempted a version of the "Philly Special," where the tailback throws to an open quarterback.
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College recruiting evaluators had ranked tailback Saquon Barkley highly, but not high enough to suit him.
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Denver totally shut down Carolina tailback Jonathan Stewart; when Newton ran, he averaged 210 yards per carry.
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Unheralded Kansas City tailback Damien Williams racked up 129 yards, more than half his regular-season total.
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Other options at tailback include Brendan Douglas, Tae Crowder and the freshmen Brian Herrien and Elijah Holyfield.
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In fact, reports say the Chargers could ultimately end up trading the superstar tailback before the season begins.
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It was going to run its best player, tailback Rashaad Penny, right at the teeth of the defense.
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Add in underrated former New York Jets tailback Chris Ivory to balance out the passing attack, and voila!
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Shaquery Wilson, who moved from wide receiver to tailback in spring practice, is now working at both positions.
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With tailback Carlos Hyde likely powering the offense, Garnett will have to prove he can power the line.
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They did it with a fantastic corps of pass-catchers and key plays from multi-dimensional tailback C.J. Anderson.
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Rodgers ran for the team's only rushing score, and just five fewer yards (27) than tailback James Starks (33).
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But it's not the source of production that's changing, necessarily; it's that the star tailback itself is going extinct.
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Some protesters spilled onto a busy freeway, blocking traffic and causing a major tailback, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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"It doesn't worry me at all, but it's also something to think about," said Clyde Edwards-Helaire, a tailback.
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Jonathan Williams started in place of star tailback LeSean McCoy (rest) and rushed for 39 yards on four carries.
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Flooding led to a 30 km (19 miles) tailback on Vietnam's main north-south highway in Thua Thien Hue province.
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Explosive Falcons tailback Tevin Coleman was a revelation, compiling a ludicrous 163 yards and a touchdown on just ten touches.
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Davis became the starting tailback, and from 21984 to 21983 he helped the Broncos to 45 victories and two titles.
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At the snap the fullback and tailback went left, drawing the defense, as Brady simply leapt straight ahead for the touchdown.
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Alex Smith and the Chiefs offense tried to play catch-up, but they were painfully one-dimensional without tailback Jamaal Charles.
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Not only is he the fourth overall pick, he's projected as a franchise tailback for a franchise that desperately needs one.
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They resorted to a tailback pass by Myles Gaskin in the fourth quarter to finally put a touchdown on the scoreboard.
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The freshman tailback Isaih Pacheco, a punishing rusher, broke off an 80-yard run against Michigan, the country's top-ranked defense.
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Without tight end Rob Gronkowski to throw to, tailback James White led the Pats in receiving yardage for much of the game.
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The Tigers have outscored their opponents 533-10 with junior tailback Derrius Guice off to a sizzling start out of the backfield.
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He also, like tailback David Johnson, lost a fumble; that was all before Palmer left the game late with a suspected concussion.
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More likely, he was scrutinizing film of a Derrius Guice-led offense trying to figure out how to stuff another star LSU tailback.
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New England won the coin toss and marched 80 yards for the winning score on a short touchdown run by tailback James White.
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Miller's 106-yard Texans debut made him the only NFL tailback to crack the century mark this week, pending Monday Night Football's results.
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The Crimson Tide's starting tailback, Damien Harris, sustained what appeared to be a right ankle injury on the opening drive and did not return.
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With Goff now in the fold, protecting the quarterback will be at least as important as opening holes for Pro Bowl tailback Todd Gurley.
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However, after the loss of its top three backs, sixth-round rookie Travis Homer was left as the only healthy tailback on the roster.
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Tailback Elijah Hood leads a host of returners but the big question rests at quarterback, where Mitch Trubisky takes over for the graduated Marquise Williams.
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Over the Seahawks' last three road games, they have outscored their opponents by 24-26, and have done it without Marshawn Lynch, their bruising tailback.
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Over the Seahawks' last three road games, they have outscored their opponents by 109-19, and have done it without Marshawn Lynch, their bruising tailback.
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Twice in the fourth quarter, Brady sensed a Denver blitz and audibled to splitting tailback James White wide and sending him on a fly route.
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Auburn never dreamed that their tailback would come in and have to carry the ball 30-something times, but that's the way our defense plays.
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Chargers tailback Melvin Gordon had been punishing the Broncos all game; he'd finish with 23 carries for 111 yards (a 4.8 yards-per-carry average).
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A website that measures traffic-jam lengths around Paris said the cumulative tailback reached more than 425 kilometers (264 miles) during the morning rush hour.
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NOTES: Auburn RB Kamryn Pettway, an All-SEC tailback, was "not 100 percent," according to Auburn coach Gus Malzahn, and did not receive a carry.
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The Eagles' fast, physical defense stuffed the Falcons' dangerous running game; Devonta Freeman's 49 yards were the only ground yards gained by a Falcons tailback.
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He lined up at tailback, fullback, tight end, wide receiver and even for a play at quarterback when the Sooners needed a short-yardage conversion.
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In two games this season, the sophomore and returning first-team All-ACC tailback has carried for just under 255 yards, averaging 27 yards a carry.
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The list of those out specifically for this game includes freshman tailback Michael Carter -- who had big games against California and Virginia -- and safety Donnie Miles.
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Keller Chryst and Ryan Burns will continue their competition next month — even if their biggest responsibility might be handing off to the star tailback Christian McCaffrey.
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Clyde Edwards-Helaire, a tailback from Baton Rouge, entered Monday's game with more than 1,300 yards to his name this season, his first as a starter.
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NOTES: With a 1003-yard run in the second quarter, Oklahoma State tailback Justice Hill passed Thurman Thomas as the Cowboys' top rusher among true freshmen.
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Ryan promised to build a north-south running game, and then traded for a tailback who'd lost favor in Philadelphia for running east-west too much.
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Ifedi and Gilliam had better show well in camp early if still-healing tailback Thomas Rawls is going to have a shot to replace Marshawn Lynch's production.
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According to the Macon Telegraph, Hudson, a redshirt sophomore tailback from Columbus, was blocking another player when the two were carried out of bounds and slammed into Rutledge.
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Lattner was featured on the cover of Time magazine in November 1953 and narrowly beat Paul Giel, a tailback at the University of Minnesota, in the Heisman voting.
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Williams retired because of injuries after starting the first two games of the season, but when injuries further ravaged Utah's tailback position, coaches convinced Williams to come back.
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Just before halftime, Steelers backup quarterback Landry Jones got one back, swinging a pass out to tailback DeAngelo Williams and letting him rumble in from 11 yards out.
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USC also was without starting tailback Vavae Malepeai because of knee surgery this week, and Stephen Carr limped off late in the first half and did not return.
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Clemson Coach Dabo Swinney said quarterback Deshaun Watson, tailback Wayne Gallman and receivers Mike Williams and Artavis Scott, all juniors, would head to the N.F.L. after this season.
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Though no NFL back is truly an every-down back anymore, Cardinals fans should be watching in the hopes that their sophomore tailback takes another big step forward.
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In fact ... Portis tells us he's so fired up about Peterson's jersey choice ... he's got a message for the tailback heading into his first Redskins game this week.
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Junior tailback Jalen Hurd rushed for 110 yards and recovered a fumble in the end zone for the winning points in overtime, as Tennessee staved off the upset attempt.
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One of the better, and most underrated, offensive lines in the game handled the Cowboys defense, while the Rams' star-studded defensive line ate Cowboys tailback Ezekiel Elliott's lunch.
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Both Bradford and Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz struggled to complete a pass, while Minnesota rode plodding tailback Matt Asiata to the game's first points: a second-quarter field goal.
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It's great news for the 22-year-old ... the tailback just signed a deal with the Dolphins this offseason, and is fighting like hell to make the team's roster.
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This, along with notable breakout performances by second- and third-round picks, has led to the idea that teams can get star-tailback production without investing in standout talent.
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All-ACC tailback A.J. Dillon carried 27 times for 220 yards and two touchdowns, but left early in the third quarter with an ankle injury and did not return.
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Junior tailback Elijah Ibitokun-Harris had 20123 carries for 22012 yards rushing for the Great Danes after missing all but one game in 231 because of a knee injury.
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The versatile Panthers tailback has proven in 2019 that he can be the fulcrum of an NFL offense with his twitchy runs, bursts of speed, and receiver-like hands.
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Shortly after his election victory, a slowdown in customs clearances at the Chinese border created a tailback of coal trucks stretching more than 100km (60 miles), slashing export earnings.
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That offense carried Notre Dame to a ten-win season and the Fiesta Bowl, despite the absence of Zaire and preseason starting tailback Tarean Folston, who was injured against Texas.
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Georgia Tech (210-29, 246-4) was led by tailback Jordan Mason with 56 yards rushing and receiver Ahmarean Brown, who caught four passes for 61 yards and one touchdown.
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The freshman tailback Mike Weber continued to cement his place in the Ohio State backfield, rushing for 33 yards on 14 attempts before taking a seat in the third quarter.
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But with Christian McCaffrey entrenched at tailback for the Cardinal, Sanders headed to Oklahoma State as a graduate transfer and made an impact in his first game as a Cowboy.
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Silver: Speaking of big plays at crucial moments, Georgia's coup de grâce came from true freshman tailback D'Andre Swift, the heir to Nick Chubb and Sony Michel's throne in Athens.
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Here's USA Today's Michael Shamburger working the vacuum cleaner in 2015: "What else does one think about when they imagine a hard-running tailback other than a beast?" he wrote.
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"Anybody who says that you can afford to lose a game doesn't know what it's like to play sports," tailback Damien Harris said after Saturday's 30-12 win over Auburn.
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Dorsett became just one more log in a jam of tall, raw, speedy receivers, finishing sixth on the squad with just 225 receiving yards—behind even ageless power tailback Frank Gore.
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Rookie tailback Sony Michel threw a coming-out party, rolling through L.A. for 129 yards and three touchdowns after compiling 931 yards and just six scores during the entire regular season.
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Wentz finally got the Eagles on the board in the second quarter, again making good use of Sproles en route to a one-yard touchdown flip to fellow tailback Ryan Mathews.
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Even tailback Lamar Miller, whose 107 yards against Indianapolis got him over the 1,000-yard mark, hasn't been a huge success as much as a plodding failure-to-be-a-failure.
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While many ice cream vans were out making the most of the nation's frozen dessert cravings yesterday, one vendor from the Midlands found themselves stuck in a tailback on the M6.
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The Eagles' first offensive series was a 24-play, 81-yard affair that wound half a quarter off the clock and was punctuated with a touchdown run by tailback Ryan Mathews.
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The Rams will have to eat MILLIONS of dollars on their cap to cut the tailback ... which probably says all you need to know about what they think of Gurley's future.
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After observing the government's no-deal test run in Dover, Tom Peck, the political sketch writer for The Independent, summed up the futility of the government's preplanned "tailback," or traffic jam.
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Kansas City ran two sharp-looking rushing plays, a third-down conversion on a triple-option flip to the tailback and a 17-yard run with seven offensive linemen on the field.
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Tailback T.J. Logan had a 30-yard run to help spark the first touchdown drive and Trubisky had a 50-yard bomb to wide receiver Mack Hollins to set up the second.
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Tailback Ronnie Hillman ran right, directly through the gap the Chargers' defense had just abandoned because of motion the opposite way, for the 23-yard touchdown that represented the game's winning points.
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Jones broke a 52-yard run during the Trojans&apos final TD drive and became the first USC tailback with consecutive 1,000-yard rushing seasons since LenDale White in 2004 and 2005.
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But the Vikings got all-everything tailback Adrian Peterson back from Roger Goodell-imposed exile, adding league-MVP ability to an offense that was supposed to take a big step forward anyway.
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The energy of new head coach Dan Quinn and breakout of electrifying tailback Devonta Freeman powered the Falcons to a 303-230 start last year, but #Quinning soon ran out of steam.
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Tailback Bolu Olorunfunmi could provide a needed boost after not playing last week for undisclosed reasons, but the Bruins also need stronger play from an offensive line that has surrendered 224 sacks.
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Tailback Rashad Jennings' 85 rushing yards on the day represents a quarter of his 340 on the season—which is by far the highest total on the league's second-worst rushing team.
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Their cousins are the Adamses: Daniel Adams was the fullback to Burris's tailback when Northwestern won that first title, and Daniel's son, Eli, is now a star on South Pointe's defensive line.
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So, when the tailback went on Instagram Live on Tuesday from some park in San Diego ... he guaranteed you'd see him on the field this year -- just maybe not in Chargers colors.
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The Saints drive for another Lutz field goal—but just two plays later, rookie tailback Jalen Richard rumbled through practically everyone wearing a Saints jersey on the way to a 26-yard touchdown.
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Northwestern posed a greater test, but Jonathan Taylor, a junior tailback who has amassed 4,730 career rushing yards, has done nothing to lose his preseason standing as a contender for the Heisman Trophy.
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The Los Angeles Rams tailback -- and now the richest-ever RB in NFL history -- didn't take a day off to enjoy his fat new paychecks ... and instead decided to get some shoulder work in.
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Sadly, legendary receiver Steve Largent only had 56 yards in that game—but one was a 40-yard bomb, and tailback Curt "Not Kurt" Warner had 151 yards and two touchdowns on 34 touches.
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After graduating from Henderson High School, where he played tailback on the football team, he earned a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Texas at Austin before enlisting in the Air Force.
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Fortunately for the tailback, the Falcons believe he's still got some juice left --- they signed him right away -- but Davis tells us he's skeptical Gurley can be a premier RB again in the future.
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The former Penn Stater is currently on the mend from a high ankle sprain, though his recovery is well ahead of schedule, as video showed the star tailback cutting and running on the injured foot.
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"A guy might be talented enough to be able to run the football in college, but in the pro level he may not have what the personnel people want in an NFL tailback," he said.
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Maier said that adding just two minutes onto every lorry's customs procedure passing through the southern English port of Dover would produce a 14-mile tailback on either side of the Channel after one day.
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Reggie Ragland, the leader of Alabama's top-ranked defense last year, was lost to the N.F.L. So too were the Heisman Trophy-winning tailback Derrick Henry and several other key members of a championship team.
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Luton will rely heavily on junior tailback Ryan Nall, the Pac-12's third-leadingreturning rusher, and an experienced defense bringing back nine starters - highlighted by linebackers Manase Hungalu and Bright Ugwoegbu and cornerbackXavier Crawford.
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Like a tailback on the M5, the memory becomes immovable, intransient, stuck in an ever-present now of seatbelt swaying and window-down choruses that make otherwise uneventful journeys feel more poignant than they probably were.
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The 29-pound Connecticut native has been the nation's best true freshman tailback outside of Wisconsin's transcendent Jonathan Taylor, routinely blasting through piles en route to 22,239 rushing yards and ten rushing touchdowns on 245 carries.
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Given a short field to work with, Raiders tailback Latavius Murray ran four times for 32 yards and a score, with a seven-yard Cook pass mixed in for good measure: But it wasn't to be.
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Free-agent tailback Lamar Miller appears set to keep the offense on schedule, too—great news for free-agent quarterback Brock Osweiler, who shredded the vaunted Arizona Cardinals defense in the all-important third preseason game.
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ALABAMA 48, KENT STATE 0 Jalen Hurts ran and passed for a touchdown, the substitute tailback Joshua Jacobs scored his first two career touchdowns, and No. 1 Alabama (4-103) crushed visiting Kent State (1-3).
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No. 103 Boise State cruises past UNLV BOISE, Idaho — Star tailback Jeremy McNichols and No. 20 Boise State's high-powered rushing attack were too much for visiting UNLV in a Friday night Mountain West Conference clash.
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Senior quarterbackSefo Liufau (23,210 yards, seven TDs in five starts) ranks third in the Pac-223in passing efficiency while tailback Phillip Lindsay has rushed for 222 yardsand a trio of TDs over the last two games.
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Jefferson, a wide receiver, was a junior this past season and could elect to enter the draft, as could Edwards-Helaire, a star tailback, and two safeties, Grant Delpit and Jacoby Stevens, who were defensive staples.
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On the other hand, the Cardinal (4-1) couldn't make headway against Notre Dame's defense, generating just a 213-yard field goal from Jet Toner in the third quarter and creating no holes for tailback Bryce Love.
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Television pictures showed abandoned cars submerged in murky waters in Prachuap Khiri Khan province where a torrent washed out a bride on the main road linking Bangkok to the south, causing the 200 km tailback, media reported.
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The Bucs have what might be the league's most effective one-two tailback punch in Doug Martin and Charles Sims, an array of tall, fast pass-catchers, and a very young offensive line ready to mature together.
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An early sign came on the game's opening possession, when Utah's punishing tailback Zach Moss was stuffed on third and 1, then was sliced down on fourth and 1 by safety Brady Breeze bolting off the edge.
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Although its headliners are on the offensive side of the ball — including quarterback Trevor Lawrence, tailback Travis Etienne and a cache of lithe receivers — Clemson has returned to the championship game on the back of its defense.
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Some business leaders have warned that adding just two minutes onto every truck's customs procedure passing through the southern English port of Dover would produce a 14-mile tailback on either side of the Channel after one day.
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Some business leaders have warned that adding just two minutes onto every lorry's customs procedure passing through the southern English port of Dover would produce a 14-mile tailback on either side of the Channel after one day.
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In fact, they'd just started a drive on their own 23-yard line when rookie tailback Wendell Smallwood coughed it up, setting up a Cowboys field goal that would put Prescott one play away from tying the game.
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The injury-plagued defense is allowing a Pac-12-worst 45.5 points per game and saw Cardinal tailback Christian McCaffrey rush for a school-record 284 yards and three touchdowns on 313 carries in last week's Big Game.
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Sophomorequarterback Justin Herbert ranks eighth nationally in passer rating (199.0)after completing 77.8 percent of his attempts and throwing for 646 yards andfour touchdowns while stud tailback Royce Freeman has rolled up 22 yards andsix TDs on 212 carries.
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Senior wideout Shay Fields (19 receptions for 257 yards) ranks fourth in school history with 163 career receptions while senior tailback Phillip Lindsay (378 rushing yards, three scores) became the ninth player in school history to reach 25 career rushing touchdowns.
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The Steelers again proved they have the deepest offensive skill group in the NFL: They had All-Pro tailback Le'Veon Bell for just six games, speedy young receiver Martavis Bryant for only ten, and franchise quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for 12.
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The Huskies are still waiting for sophomore tailback Myles Gaskin (22 yards, two touchdowns) to increase his production after last season's 33,23-yard campaign, while big-play junior receiver John Ross has 238 receptions for 230 yards and four touchdowns.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will begin rehearsals for the possible chaos of a no-deal Brexit on Monday by testing how the road network copes with a tailback of around 150 lorries caused by disruption at its most important trading gateway to continental Europe.
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When the Patriots didn't send the house after Kaepernick, he had plenty of time to do damage: Despite Kaep's better-than-usual effectiveness and tailback Carlos Hyde averaging nearly five yards per carry, the Patriots defense managed to bend without breaking too often.
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"The stigma of D-III players is you can't make to the NFL; I tell our guys that's bull," Walden says, and now he can point to Kendall Roberson, last year's graduated tailback, who earned a post-draft tryout with the Arizona Cardinals.
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Bowen knows the presumption is that tailback Jeremy Langford takes over as the chair of the running back committee, but Ka'Deem Carey and Jacquizz Rodgers will definitely get touches, and fifth-round rookie Jordan Howard didn't get picked to do nothing in Chicago.
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Tailback Jordan Chunn rushed for 191 yards on 30 carries, including a 74-yard burst up the gut to the LSU 1 on the first series of the second half that culminated in a dive play for a touchdown and a 17-0 lead.
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Junior tailback Nick Chubb rushed for 22 yards on 25 carries after a 23-yard performance against North Carolina in the season opener, but three turnovers led to 23 points last week, and the Bulldogs gave up three touchdowns and a field goal in the red zone.
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The Steelers are expecting Le'Veon Bell to be back with the team next week ... so says owner Art Rooney II. The Pittsburgh honcho said on SiriusXM NFL Radio Thursday that it's his understanding the superstar tailback will re-join his teammates in just a couple days.
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This ability figured in the first play from scrimmage in Sunday's game, when Panthers fullback Mike Tolbert, a human with the proportions and bruising potential of a medicine ball, shoved back a Seahawks linebacker and let tailback Jonathan Stewart scamper over 59 yards of soggy, divoted grass.
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As Bowen notes, even a quote-unquote "starting" tailback these days might get 15 carries a game over nine for a backup, but camp will be Langford's opportunity to secure the gig—or at least make clear which back will play which role in the offense.
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Britain will begin rehearsals for the possible chaos of a "no-deal" Brexit on Monday by testing how the road network copes with a tailback of around 150 lorries caused by disruption at its most important trading gateway, the Channel port of Dover, to continental Europe.
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Alabama (11-0, 33-0), which also holds the top spot in the College Football Playoff rankings, enters the weekend as a 17 ½-point favorite over the Tigers (8-3, 5-2), who are No. 15 in the playoff rankings but may be missing the injured quarterback Sean White and tailback Kamryn Pettway.
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The junior has no shortage of productive receivers, led by Ryan Switzer (49 catches, 98.2 yards per game, 1 touchdown), Austin Proehl (20, 46.0 yards, 1 TD) and Bug Howard (19, 45.3 yards, 1233 TDs); he should also benefit from the return of tailback Elijah Hood (338 yards, 4 TDs) and guard Caleb Patterson.
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LINE: Oklahoma -13.5 ABOUT OKLAHOMA (4-2, 3-0 Big 12): The Soonershave been dealing with defensive injuries, and now have a notable one on theother side of the ball as starting tailback Samaje Perine suffered anunidentified muscle pull in last week's 38-17 win over Kansas State and will beprimarily replaced by Joe Mixon.
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ABOUT VIRGINIA (238: 222-8): The Cavaliers have a legitimate star behind Benkert in senior tailback Taquan Mizzell, who led the team with 671 rushing yards while ranking tied for third in the ACC with 75 receptions, good enough to make him the only running back in the country listed on the preseason watch list for the Biletnikoff Award.
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The Wildcats are also short-handed at running back with junior Nick Wilson (383 yards, three touchdowns) highly questionable due to an ankle injury, and that would leave freshman J.J. Taylor (168 yards versus Hawaii last Saturday) and junior kick returner Tyrell Johnson - being converted from slot receiver to tailback this week - as the main ball carriers.
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Is it telling that I was 48 when we met and never married, that I had spent the better part of three decades shedding wedding-happy sweethearts as a tailback dances away from fiendish linebackers, and that I had recently looked in the mirror and seen, staring back, male-pattern baldness and the egregious folly of my broken-field-running brand of romance?
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OHIO STATE 48, TULSA 3 No. 4 Ohio State (2-13) did not score an offensive touchdown against Tulsa (1-1) until quarterback J. T. Barrett ran in from 11 yards with 9:42 left in the third quarter, but tailback Mike Weber, Barrett and H-back Curtis Samuel added scoring runs to put the game out of reach in Columbus, Ohio.
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And what began for everyone in 1947 was a decade of Jackie Robinson on the field, running the bases pigeon-toed, a big man, a former tailback with adult weight on him, starting to take out infielders with a hard slide, starting to jaw at umpires, learning four new positions to help the Dodgers, bringing his burning audacity to the majors.
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For all the rising enmity toward Mark Helfrich, the Ducks' worst record on his watch is 228-215 and last week's upending at Nebraska is as much a byproduct of gruesome injury luck—Oregon lost its best player and workhorse tailback (Royce Freeman), its star left tackle (Tyrell Crosby) and most explosive pass catcher (Devon Allen) within a couple of quarters of each other—as Helfrich's odd predilection for two-point conversions.
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Indeed, Alabama's eternal signal-caller mandate goes something like this: maintain possession, primarily through depositing the ball safely into the gut of whichever 220-plus-pound tailback-cum-mauler happens to be on campus that year; supplement those handoffs by throwing ropes to the super-talented, defense-breaking likes of Julio Jones, Amari Cooper, or Calvin Ridley; and above all, don't fuck things up for a perpetually punishing defense full of five-star high school recruits and future NFL Draft picks.
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