"Notre Dame will have a harder time getting the next great tailback, " Zimbalist says.
An accident on the eastbound carriageway during the Monday morning rush hour caused a four-mile tailback.
Tailback Eddie Lacy and defensive lineman Jesse Williams are projected as early-round picks but couldn't extend that streak.
Southern Miss quarterback Reggie Collier joined the Birmingham Stallions, and Southern Methodist University tailback Craig James went to the Washington Federals.
They typically lined up under center with a tailback in the backfield.
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Walker wasn't merely a tailback he was a 6-foot-1, 225-pound nuclear-powered tank who, in three collegiate seasons, rushed for 5, 259 yards and 49 touchdowns.
Tight end Aaron Hernandez lined up at tailback in New England's divisional-round victory over Denver and carried the ball five times for 61 yards.
"Not really into the game, feeling like it's over, feeling sorry for himself, " said tailback Tomlinson, the locker room's elder statesman, in explaining Holmes's body language.
Traffic cameras show the tailback between junctions 28 and 29.
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Gary Anderson, an Arkansas tailback with 4.3-second speed in the 40-yard dash, became a Tampa Bay Bandit, and UCLA's Irv Eatman, the best senior offensive lineman in the country, agreed to play for the Philadelphia Stars.
If it wasn't FSU tailback Chris Thompson zipping down the sideline to tire out the Clemson D en route to 103 yards and two scores, it was sophomore back James Wilder Jr. (not, as Rip might guess, a return from retirement by James Wilder Sr.) pounding them into submission late with two TDs of his own.
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