Warrick Dunn
Warrick Dunn
Warrick De'Mon Dunnis a former American football running back who played in the National Football Leaguefor twelve seasons. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 12th overall in the 1997 NFL Draft, after playing college football at Florida State. Dunn was named AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in 1997 and earned three Pro Bowl selections in his career. After his playing career, Dunn took a minority stake in the Falcons' ownership group led by Arthur Blank...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth5 January 1975
CityBaton Rouge, LA
care time
I've been through so much that I know when it's time to work, work. When you're away, take care of other things,
hard
It would have been hard for me to come back if I went down.
ball carry opportunity people pick
I've always told people that if I get an opportunity to carry the ball enough I'll pick up yards.
rank
You feel like you're underappreciated and undervalued all the time. Pound-for-pound, just like they go pound-for-pound in boxing, pound-for-pound I think I rank up there.
best carries effect eyes feeling lives
I can look in their eyes and see it. That's the best feeling I can have. ... I know I didn't effect their lives just today, but it carries on for years and years to come.
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Lorenzo and I had a great conversation. I told him that I didn't think that he got an opportunity to show the coaches and the world the type of running back and football player that I think he has a chance to develop into. I saw it a lot this season, and after the season I told him I thought he should stay in school.
course gain game negative plays yards
Of course there is, ... If we can go through a game and not have any negative plays and we can always gain 4 yards on each run, then I think we're doing something. We're not there yet.
call family ok people stay talked
My grandmother didn't want to come to Atlanta; she wanted to stay home, ... I said, 'If anything happens, call me.' Everything has been OK so far. I have family in New Orleans. I hadn't talked to them. Some of the people I know went to Mississippi. Some went to Texas.
box seven teams
We want to make teams put seven in the box and back those safeties up. It's coming.
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This year, he's been sitting in the pocket a little bit more and making some nice passes. But he has to also get consistent with his passes and he knows that, but he's always going to get criticized for something.
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The players love him, ... He's young, energetic. He gets in your face. He's a guy who can challenge you, but do it in the right way. Guys respect that. You have to take chances to play well and to win games. He thinks like us. So when you see that, you kind of respect that and you want to go out and play for him.
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We've got a good system in place. Guys know their roles, and we've got a capable backup. If Mike isn't 100 percent, then Matt will step right in.
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We've been like the pioneers for the younger, smaller guys that come into the league now. What we've done over the years is shown that we can play and sustain at a high level. To have both of us here at the Pro Bowl, that says a lot about guys who aren't 230, 240. It says that all you need to do is go out and play hard and be determined.
best care expect good guys high pay players
It's always good when some of their best players are not in the game, obviously, but I don't think for us that we look at it like that. They pay guys to come in and make plays. I don't care who it is. Those guys come in and expect to play at a high level.