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Thomas still running away from opponents

By Mike Loveday
ESPNRISE.com

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Speed kills. Football coaches say it all the time and that speed is one thing that cannot be taught, but for Travis Thomas of Bowie (Md.), speed was his way of surviving football early in his career. "To tell you the truth, I was kind of afraid [to play football]. I used to be small, short and kind of skinny so I was afraid of the bigger guys. I was just trying to run away from everybody," Thomas said. "I was always faster than everybody else and eventually I figured out that if I could run ...

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