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October 24, 2015   ·   Sean Tomlinson   ·   Jump to comments

There’s something strange about the NFL’s rushing leaderboard right now. Go ahead and look at the top five current rushers, and you’ll notice an outlier who’s traveled down a meandering career path. 
As you scroll, note which college football campus each running back called home.
First there’s Matt Forte of the Chicago Bears. He leads the league with 507 rushing yards, and is in his eighth season after being a second-round pick out of Tulane. Nothing odd there: A dynamic running back went to a Division I school, posted 2,127 rushing yards during his final collegiate season and was then selected 44th overall.
Behind Forte is the Falcons’ Devonta Freeman. He’s incredibly scored 10 touchdowns already this season after shining at Florida State for three years. Freeman is followed by the 49ers' Carlos Hyde, who was a second-round pick because of his 3,198 rushing yards at Ohio State.
But after that the standard line in each ...

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