Word: fryar
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Winning the national championship is a quest for the three friends, Rozier, Gill and Fryar. "We could have won three in a row," Fryar says...
...Fryar says, "When Nebraska contacted me, I went and looked in the atlas. 'Lord,' I thought. 'It's in the middle of nowhere.' Actually, I wanted to be a Marine like my uncle. But my parents wouldn't let me. That first year, Turner and I both were so lonely, we tried to quit. Neither of our parents would allow us to come home. We were up there in the room, playing old records and crying, fighting the homesickness together." When Rozier arrived, they helped him resist the same urge to run away. "Nebraska...
Though each will receive votes for the Heisman Trophy, the award proclaiming college football's best player, Gill and Fryar consider Rozier's election this weekend a foregone and happy conclusion. When asked to describe Rozier, the runner, Fryar simply says, "Heisman." But Rozier personally expresses little interest in hardware. "All it is," he says, not wishing to be rude, "is a little statue of a runner. I guess if I win it, I'll give the hands to Irving and the head to Turner." The legs...
...nation's rushers with 2,148 yds., 7.8 per carry. In Rozier's third straight 200-yd. game this year, against Kansas, he set the school record of 285 yds. and then retired for the fourth quarter. Similarly, the passing and receiving figures of Gill and Fryar are stunted by the amount of time they spend as observers in the second half. "I look at the statistics and see Fryar's name under mine," says Iowa State's Tracy Henderson, the leading pass catcher in the Big Eight, "but I know who is the best receiver...
Beathard, the livestock judge of the Washington Redskins, has been consulted. "Fryar is what we call a burner, unbelievable speed," he says. In fact, the Redskins did not credit the clocking provided by the school. "He runs a 4.28 forty [yards]," says Beathard with a chuckle. "That's our time." Plus he enjoys collisions. "Not to take anything away from Rozier," Beathard says, "but Fryar should be considered more of a prize in the National Football League, a game breaker. Not quite a burner, Rozier is an excellent back who breaks tackles and does a lot of good things...