Patrick Laird would make Marshawn Lynch proud.
The Golden Bears’ 6’0”, 205 bruiser has made a name for himself in his senior season, rushing for over 900 yards on the ground on a 4.3 per clip. He was also used heavily in the passing game, as the former wide receiver hauled in 50 balls for another 291 yards, but wasn’t much of a game breaker in that regard, picking up just over four yards per reception.
Laird’s story is one of the good ones in college football - the former walk-on had mostly ivy league offers coming off of a 3,000 yard, 32 touchdown season his senior year at Mission Prep in San Luis Obispo.