How the Middle of Nowhere Made Danny Woodhead an NFL Somebody

June 13, 2015   ·   Mike Tanier   ·   Jump to comments

North Platte, Nebraska, is smack-dab in the middle of nowhere.
Denver is about four hours to the west. Omaha is roughly the same distance to the east. In between: ranches, prairie and Nebraska's Sand Hills, a vast dunescape left over from ancient glaciers. North Platte is remote, even by Nebraska standards. The big high schools from Omaha and Lincoln don't like to travel there for games. College recruiters rarely find their way there.
North Platte is an easy place to romanticize as the absolute middle of Middle America. Buffalo Bill Cody owned a ranch there. The historic Lincoln Highway cuts through the middle of town. World War II soldiers whistle-stopped in North Platte on their way to and from combat. North Platte sounds like part of the forgotten America of back roads and railway depots.
"The place where Danny Woodhead comes from is not for wusses," wrote ESPN.com's Elizabeth Merrill a few years ago. "The temperature hovers around 15 degrees below zero at dawn Wednes...

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