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K-State running back Alex Barnes declares early for NFL Draft

The Kansas State football team will be without its top running back next season.

Alex Barnes announced plans to skip his senior year of college and declare for the NFL Draft on Friday after a tremendous junior campaign in which he rushed for a Big 12-best 1,355 yards and 12 touchdowns.

“I am officially declaring for the 2019 NFL Draft,” he said in a statement released on social media. “I’ll do my best to represent you (K-State fans), my family.”

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