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Leaping hurdles, people comes naturally for Rams' Todd Gurley
| September 20, 2017 05:00AM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 26,190 Status: HOF Inductee |
Leaping hurdles, people comes naturally for Rams' Todd Gurley
Alden Gonzalez
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Todd Gurley announced his return through the air.
The Los Angeles Rams' star running back caught a short pass on the outside in the third quarter, turned the corner, sprinted directly toward Washington Redskins cornerback Bashaud Breeland and cleanly leaped over him while on his way to the end zone. For those down on Gurley after a disastrous 2016 season, his leap during Sunday's 27-20 loss was a striking reminder that the 2015 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year can still capture the imagination.
It took Andrew Harding back to a different time.
"I was amazed at first," Harding said. "Then I thought, 'He's still got it.'"
Harding was Gurley's track and field coach at Tarboro High School in Tarboro, North Carolina. Gurley went out for the track team as a sophomore. The program had plenty of fast kids to run sprints, but they didn't have anybody to compete in the hurdles, so they used Gurley. And the more Gurley did it, the more he liked it. He set school records in the 110- and 300-meter hurdles and won a state championship as a junior.
Harding told him he could someday win an Olympic gold medal.
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Alden Gonzalez
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Todd Gurley announced his return through the air.
The Los Angeles Rams' star running back caught a short pass on the outside in the third quarter, turned the corner, sprinted directly toward Washington Redskins cornerback Bashaud Breeland and cleanly leaped over him while on his way to the end zone. For those down on Gurley after a disastrous 2016 season, his leap during Sunday's 27-20 loss was a striking reminder that the 2015 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year can still capture the imagination.
It took Andrew Harding back to a different time.
"I was amazed at first," Harding said. "Then I thought, 'He's still got it.'"
Harding was Gurley's track and field coach at Tarboro High School in Tarboro, North Carolina. Gurley went out for the track team as a sophomore. The program had plenty of fast kids to run sprints, but they didn't have anybody to compete in the hurdles, so they used Gurley. And the more Gurley did it, the more he liked it. He set school records in the 110- and 300-meter hurdles and won a state championship as a junior.
Harding told him he could someday win an Olympic gold medal.
Read Complete Article
[www.espn.com]
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