Tyrone Rush
Tyrone Antonio Rush (born February 5, 1971, in Meridian, Mississippi) is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, having played in 5 games in the 1994 NFL season. He also played several seasons in the Italian Football League.
College
Rush played college football at the University of North Alabama, where he was an All American He was also selected as the 1993 runner-up for the Harlon Hill Trophy as the NCAA Division II Player of the Year. Rush helped the Lions go 14-0 and win the Gulf South Conference and NCAA Division II National Championships. Rush was inducted to the North Alabama Hall of Fame in 2004. Rush holds several school records as of 2009, including:
- Most carries in a single season (237).
- Most career carries (791).
- Most yards gained in a game (248).
- Most yards gained in a regular season (1,155)
- Most yards gained in an entire season (1,466).
- Most yards gained in a career (4,421).
- Most 100-yard games in a regular season (7).
- Most 100-yard games in an entire season (8).
- Most consecutive 100-yard games (5).
- Most 100-yard games in a career (21).
- Most career all-purpose yards (6,020).
- Most rushing touchdowns in a season (19).
Italian Football League
Rush also played football professionally in Italy for the Bergamo Lions from 1998-2002 where he was one of the top players in Europe. Rush was Italian Football League MVP in 1999 and set the league season rushing record.
He later participated on the show Extreme Dodgeball on the Game Show Network in each of its three seasons from 2004–2005. He spent his first two seasons on the Barbell Mafia, and his last on the New York Bling, the champion of the final season. He led the league in kills in Season Three of the show. His nickname was "The Rush Factor".