Darren McFadden to enter NFL draft
editor1 |Jan 14,2008
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FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas (Ticker) -- Darren McFadden will not
hang around for the Bobby Petrino era at Arkansas.
McFadden announced Monday that he will forgo his senior season
at Arkansas to enter the 2008 NFL draft.
An All-American running back and the runner-up for the Heisman
Trophy each of the last two years, McFadden rushed for 1,830
yards and 16 touchdowns this past season.
Monday's announcement does not come as a surprise, as McFadden
widely is considered the college game's top running back. A
two-time Doak Walker Award winner, McFadden has been projected
as a top-five pick in the upcoming draft, which will be held
April 26-27.
The electric McFadden was one of the few bright spots in a
topsy-turvy campaign for Arkansas (8-5), which struggled in
Southeastern Conference play before upsetting top-ranked
Louisiana State in the regular-season finale.
Houston Nutt resigned as the Razorbacks' coach three days after
the triple-overtime victory over LSU and was replaced by
Petrino, who unceremoniously left the NFL's Atlanta Falcons on
December 11 to take the Arkansas job the same day.
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