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Lions - Rd 5 (136)- Jerome Felton, FB, Furman

With the 144th selection in the 2008 NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions select Jerome Felton, fullback from Furman.

In 575 rushing attempts in his college career(2,652 yards, 4.6 avg), Felton was stopped only 15 times and lost 22 yards and scored 63 touchdowns. He is Furman’s career scoring leader with 414 points and has been referred to as “The Bus, only much quicker.”

He is a two-time all-academic with a 3.25 grade point average and produced first downs on nearly 42% of his career carries, 76 of 92 third-down carries, and 17 of 20 fourth-down carries. He is a short-yardage monster and will see time with the Lions in their new power running scheme.

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