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Coaches want so many things from a back. It's hard to find someone like Edgerrin James or Marshall Faulk, someone you can trust to block, catch and be physical. But I can do all those things.

Ricky Williams

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Ricky Williams
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: May 21
American Football Player
Baseball Player
Canadian Football Player
Football Player
San Diego
California
Hard
Coaches
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Block
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Physical
Trust
Someone
Back
Marshall
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James
Many
Catch

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