From UNC to eight NFL stops: Shaun Draughn keeps the faith

Posted Jan 15, 2017
Released by seven different teams since entering the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 2011, Shaun Draughn even went back to North Carolina one summer and opened his own real estate investment company. But after stints with the Redskins, Chiefs, Ravens, Colts, Bears, Chargers, Browns and 49ers, Draughn is still an NFL running back. (Durham Herald-Sun)

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