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Rafael Little

Player of American and Canadian football

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 19, 2025
Entity authorityQ7282191
Source-derived summary

Rafael Little (born September 23, 1986) is an American former football running back. He was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Kentucky.

Little was also a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

External links

Scout.com: Rafael Little Profile." Kentucky Wildcats Football, Basketball, and Recruiting Front Page.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Rafael Little” as player of American and Canadian football. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Rafael, Little and Player.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1986, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1986-09-23. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Rafael, Little and Player providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Rafael Little”, the useful work is to connect “player of American and Canadian football” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7282191. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1986 and 2008.

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This entry incorporates text from Rafael Little” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.