Ben Tate
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"Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Tate" is an American football running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Houston Texans in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Auburn Tigers football/Auburn.

Tate has also played for the Cleveland Browns and Minnesota Vikings.

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There was no doubt in my mind that I could definitely play at this level. That's something I can do, just keep working hard and trying to better myself and learn from Kenny Irons.

There are things I need to work on like pass blocking. They know I can run.

Some of the linebackers tell me what they're going to do. Steve Gandy told me he was going to put the 'boom' on me -- knock me out. I just laugh. I don't know if we're tackling or not, but hopefully we are. I get to show what I can do a little bit.

It's helped me a great deal. I get to study plays beforehand. I'll be leaps and bounds ahead of everybody in my class as far learning the offense.

I just needed to get hit. Once I got hit, I was OK.