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Davis has come long way in NFL
The Denver Broncos begin their quest to become
the first NFL team to win three straight Super Bowls tonight when they
take on the Miami Dolphins on ABCís Monday Night Football.
Eric Boyum
With quarterback John Elway now retired,
the Bronco's hopes of repeating as champs now ride on the powerful legs
of former Long Beach State runningback Terrell Davis.
Stardom has not always been familiar to
Davis. The path to being the MVP of Super Bowl XXXII began at Lincoln
High School, in San Diego (the same school where runningback Marcus Allen
played).
At Linclon, Davis played six different
positions, including nose guard.
But running the pigskin was the obvious
position that would lead former 49er football coach George Allen to recruit
Davis to play at LBSU.
Davis has improved in each of his four seasons in the NFL.
He runs the 40-yard dash in 4.5 seconds.
He is incredibly gutsy, having played
most of his career fighting through migraine headaches that blur his vision.
This former 49er running back played only
one season at LBSU due to the program being eliminated before the 1992
season.
Davis' 1991 rushing totals amounted to
only 285 total yards during the one season he played as a 49er.
This came on 55 rushing attempts, for
a 4.8 yards a rush average.
He scored only two touchdowns, and his
longest gallop came against UNLV for 30 yards.
In that final year of football at The
Beach, his team went 2-9 and lost its final game to rival Fullerton, 37-36.
Only 2,123 fans attended that game.
From LBSU to the Super Bowl, not once,
but twice. And he may just be getting started. |
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