Toby Gerhart is a 6-foot, 231-pound power back who ran for 1,871 yards and 27 touchdowns last season, getting edged out by Alabama’s Mark Ingram in the closest Heisman vote in history. He ran a 4.50-second 40-yard dash and registered a 38-inch vertical leap, both impressive numbers for a player his size.
He hopes to get drafted as a running back in the NFL, but he has one problem:
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He hopes to get drafted as a running back in the NFL, but he has one problem:
“He’ll be a great second-round pickup for somebody, but I guarantee you if he was the exact same guy – but he was black – he’d go in the first round for sure,” the scout said. “
I'm no expert in evaluating football players, but it would seem that being white isn't always to one's advantage after all.http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ms-gerhartstereotype042010