Byron Hanspard
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | January 23, 1976 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 198 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | DeSoto (TX) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Texas Tech | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1997 / Round: 2 / Pick: 41 | ||||||||||||
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| Rushing attempts: | 198 |
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| Rushing yards: | 718 |
| Receptions: | 16 |
| Receiving yards: | 146 |
| Touchdowns: | 2 |
| Kick return yards: | 987 |
Byron Courtnay Hanspard, Sr. (born January 23, 1976) is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for two seasons during the 1990s. He played college football for Texas Tech University, earned All-American honors and won the Doak Walker Award as the nation's top college running back. A second-round pick in the 1997 NFL Draft, he played professionally for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons.
Hanspard was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended DeSoto High School in DeSoto, Texas, and played high school football for the DeSoto Eagles.
Hanspard attended Texas Tech University, where he played for the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team from 1994 to 1996. As freshman in 1994, he recorded 761 yards rushing on 173 carries. In the following season, he had 1,374 yards on 248 carries. In 1996, he accumulated 2,084 yards rushing (and a total of 2,276 all-purpose yards). He was one of two running backs to rush for 2,000 yards that year, the other being Troy Davis. However, Hanspard edged out Davis for the Walker Award in part because he played on a winning team. He was recognized as a unanimous first-team All-American, and finished sixth in the voting for the 1996 Heisman Trophy. He was only the third Red Raider to be named a unanimous All-American, after Mark Bounds in 1991 and Zach Thomas in 1995. He has since been joined by Michael Crabtree in 2007-08 and Jace Amaro in 2013.
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