What else could I do? ... I passed everybody [on the draft board] except for Deuce [McAllister], and we were neck-and-neck.

I can't answer that question. It's not for me to answer. I don't call the plays.

I'm sure Bill said, 'If we stop the run, we have a great chance to win the game because they don't have their All-Pro tight end,'.

During fall camp, Fran came to me and told me he wanted me to play fullback, ... I said, 'Sure, Fran, I'll do it.' Basil had a couple good games, and when they did move me back to tailback, there was no way I was going to be the starter because he'd been playing so well.

They made some great adjustments in the second half. We obviously didn't do a good enough job in finishing.

But nobody really recruited me: TCU, Baylor, North Texas, UTEP ... teams like that. I went on a visit to Kansas State but they didn't offer me. A&M was waiting on another running back and didn't offer me. I was overlooked.

I don't call the plays.

Every day I walked out the door on the way to practice, I'd look at that letter, ... That's what drove me my senior year.

I went to the Senior Bowl and told myself I'm going to answer the question about this competition thing once and for all.