Raiders rookie Elijah Hood: Marshawn Lynch is 'the man who I wanted to become'
Posted May 8, 2017
Is it ambitious to suggest the Oakland Raiders drafted the heir apparent to Marshawn Lynch in UNC's Elijah Hood? On one hand, Lynch has yet to take a snap after sitting out last season in retirement, and Hood, well, he is a seventh-round draft pick. “Marshawn Lynch,, that’s one of the running backs I tried to model my game after the most; I mean, Beast Mode,” Hood said.
(ESPN.com)
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