Brandon Minor
Minor on Fan Day 2008
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| Position: | Running back | ||
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| Date of birth: | July 24, 1988 | ||
| Place of birth: | Richmond, Virginia | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Weight: | 214 lb (97 kg) | ||
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| High school: | Varina High School | ||
| College: | Michigan | ||
| Undrafted: | 2010 | ||
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Brandon Ricardo Minor (born July 24, 1988) is a former American football running back. He was signed by the Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2010, but after being released during the final cuts, he has been on the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts practice squads in 2010. He played college football at Michigan.
At Michigan, he finished second on the team in rushing as a freshman and a sophomore and led the team in rushing as a junior and a senior. As a junior, he was an honorable mention All-Big Ten Conference selection by the coaches. He had previously been ranked as the number one high school football fullback in the nation, according to Rivals.com.
He spent his first two years at Michigan serving as one of the primary backups to Mike Hart. In his third year, he emerged from a field of five runners who were vying to replace Hart, including two true freshmen, as the leading rusher and scorer. He has shared starting responsibilities in his junior and senior seasons. He entered his senior season on the watch lists for the Doak Walker Award and the Maxwell Award. ESPN.com ranked him as the 22nd best player and third best running back in the Big Ten Conference before the season started.
Following two seasons spent on various inactive NFL rosters, he became a defendant in a drug possession case. He is scheduled to face his charges in court in January 2012.
Minor grew up as a Michigan Wolverines fan. His mother, Julie Gilliam, has pictures of him at age six wearing a Michigan uniform. At age nine, Minor wrote the university to inquire about becoming a Michigan football player. Every year he and his mother watched the Michigan - Ohio State game and rooted for Michigan.
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