Sam McGuffie
American athlete
Samuel Terrence McGuffie (born October 16, 1989) is an American bobsledder for the United States men's national team, a former professional football running back and wide receiver and a former rugby union player. In Canadian football, he most recently was a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Previously in the National Football League (NFL), he had spent time with the Oakland Raiders in training camp in 2013, and then was briefly a practice squad player for the Arizona Cardinals and later the New England Patriots. He played his freshman season of college football at Michigan before transferring to Rice to play his final three seasons in his native state of Texas.
Early life
McGuffie starred as a high school running back for Cy-Fair High School in Cypress, Texas, where he rushed for a total of 5,847 yards in 699 total carries and scored 83 touchdowns. Those numbers include a junior season in which he carried the ball 358 times for 3,121 yards and also scored 44 touchdowns. Sam was known to “hurdle his opponents” when they tried to tackle him. He was very elusive when he ran with the football.
McGuffie's stellar career at high school garnered a lot of attention from college football scouts. He was voted the tenth-best running back in the country by Scout.com.
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