Do yall think Toby Gerhart is not getting the hype he deserves because he is white? This guy does...
<div>does and he isn't afraid to tell you about it.</div><div>
</div>http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ms-gerhartstereotype042010<div>
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.45em; ">“One team I interviewed with asked me about being a white running back,” Gerhart says. “They asked if it made me feel entitled, or like I felt I was a poster child for white running backs. I said, ‘No, I’m just out there playing ball. I don’t think about that.’ I didn’t really know what to say.”</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.45em; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.45em; ">One longtime NFL scout insisted that Gerhart’s skin color will likely prevent the Pac-10’s offensive player of the year from being drafted in Thursday’s first round.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.45em; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.45em; ">“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. “You could make a case that he’s aSteven Jackson-type – doesn’t have blazing speed but he’s strong and powerful and versatile.”</p></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#111111" face="arial, sans-serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">
</span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; ">"Gerhart, who was flown in for pre-draft visits by theBaltimore Ravens,Philadelphia Eagles, Browns andSan Diego Chargers, says he’d consider playing fullback in the pros “if that’s what it takes to get on the field.” But he bristles at the notion that it might even be a consideration. “Prior to the combine, all I heard was, ‘He’s gonna run in the 4.7s,’” Gerhart says. “I read this blog that said, ‘Why was Toby the only running back who had to run under 4.6 to not be classified as a fullback?’ Fifteen other guys ran in the 4.6s at the combine, and nothing was said about them [playing fullback].”</span></div><div>
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<div>does and he isn't afraid to tell you about it.</div><div>
</div>http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ms-gerhartstereotype042010<div>
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.45em; ">“One team I interviewed with asked me about being a white running back,” Gerhart says. “They asked if it made me feel entitled, or like I felt I was a poster child for white running backs. I said, ‘No, I’m just out there playing ball. I don’t think about that.’ I didn’t really know what to say.”</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.45em; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.45em; ">One longtime NFL scout insisted that Gerhart’s skin color will likely prevent the Pac-10’s offensive player of the year from being drafted in Thursday’s first round.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.45em; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.45em; ">“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. “You could make a case that he’s aSteven Jackson-type – doesn’t have blazing speed but he’s strong and powerful and versatile.”</p></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#111111" face="arial, sans-serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">
</span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; ">"Gerhart, who was flown in for pre-draft visits by theBaltimore Ravens,Philadelphia Eagles, Browns andSan Diego Chargers, says he’d consider playing fullback in the pros “if that’s what it takes to get on the field.” But he bristles at the notion that it might even be a consideration. “Prior to the combine, all I heard was, ‘He’s gonna run in the 4.7s,’” Gerhart says. “I read this blog that said, ‘Why was Toby the only running back who had to run under 4.6 to not be classified as a fullback?’ Fifteen other guys ran in the 4.6s at the combine, and nothing was said about them [playing fullback].”</span></div><div>
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