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| Position: | Running back |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | February 5, 1971 Meridian, Mississippi |
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight: | 196 lb (89 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Neshoba Central |
| College: | North Alabama |
| Undrafted: | 1994 |
| Career history | |
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Tyrone Antonio Rush (born February 5, 1971) is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, having played in 5 games in the 1994 NFL season. He also played several seasons in the Italian Football League.
Rush played college football at the University of North Alabama, where he was an All American. He was also selected as the 1993 runner-up for the Harlon Hill Trophy as the NCAA Division II Player of the Year. Rush helped the Lions go 14-0 and win the Gulf South Conference and NCAA Division II National Championships. Rush was inducted to the North Alabama Hall of Fame in 2004. Rush holds several school records as of 2009, including: [1]
Rush also played football professionally in Italy for the Bergamo Lions from 1998-2004 where he was one of the top players in Europe, being named to the European Federation of American Football All Europe team on more than one occasion. Rush was Italian Football League season MVP in 1999, and set the league season rushing record. Rush helped the Lions win Eurobowl championships, and was named the Eurobowl game MVP in 2000.
He later participated on the show Extreme Dodgeball on the Game Show Network in each of its three seasons. He spent his first two seasons on the Barbell Mafia, and his last on the New York Bling, the champion of the final season. He led the league in kills in Season Three of the show. His nickname was "The Rush Factor".
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