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Cal's Shane Vereen Headed to NFL Draft

Cal tailback Shane Vereen is headed to the NFL. Vereen announced through the university Saturday night that he will enter the NFL Draft in April. Vereen graduated from Cal in December with a degree in media studies. He said he has been discussing his decision with his family for more nearly a month since the season...

Oregon Finds New Way to Win, Holds Off Cal to Stay Unbeaten

BERKELEY, Calif. -- Well, that was new. The Oregon Ducks haven't tapped into much luck, patience or even defense to get through the season to this point. Not until Saturday against Cal. The top-ranked team in the country needed all of it to hang on for a 15-13 win over the Bears at Memorial Stadium and hold their place in...

Is Cal the One to Beat Oregon?

The list of candidates is narrowing. Only Cal, Arizona and Oregon State stand between top-ranked Oregon and a ticket to the national championship game. But in true Chip Kelly-style, we refuse to look any further than the next game. Adamantly refuse. So here's the salient question: Could Cal be the the one? The one to...

Cal Needs Second-Half Rally

Maybe the Cal football team picked a good time to go all inconsistent. The San Francisco Giants are one win from the World Series, and that's creating something of a diversion. And on the other end of the spectrum, the Raiders and the 49ers are so bad that any team with three wins has to be considered a success story,...

California Throttles UCLA, 35-7

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- Shane Vereen rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns, Marvin Jones scored on a 48-yard reverse and California's defense limited UCLA to 144 yards of offense in the Golden Bears' 35-7 victory Saturday. Kevin Riley ran for a score and threw a short TD pass to Keenan Allen for the Bears (3-2, 1-1...

Shane Vereen News From the Web

05/31/12 Sebastian Vollmer, Ras-I Dowling among Patriots to... Source: The Point After The Patriots open their second organized team activity practice to the media this morning at Gillette Stadium, so we'll get another chance to learn a little more about the team as it prepares for the season.
05/31/12 Harbaugh, 'Hard Knocks' and the Hard to Believe Source: The Fifth Down - The New York Times "Oh, one other thing. There's the perception out there, and it's an erroneous perception, that we were flirting with Peyton Manning. I keep hearing that over and over and over again. It's silly and it's untrue. It's phony. Even the perception that we were pursuing him. We were evaluating him. I've said it all along, Alex Smith has been our quarterback."
05/30/12 Patriots run option play Source: Boston Herald - Boston MA P atriots coach Bill Belichick recently has preferred to have balance in his offensive backfield, and that will be the case again as they prepare for the upcoming season.
05/22/12 Identifying Potential Breakout Players for the New... Source: WBZ NewsRadio 1030 - Boston MA After missing much of 2011 as a redshirt rookie, Shane Vereen likely won't be asked to take on a lion's share of the load, but even in minimal opportunities, he could break out.
05/16/12 New England Patriots: 6 Reasons Tom Brady Could... Source: Bleacher Report BenJarvus Green-Ellis was a good running back for the Patriots, but in his last two years in New England he only caught a combined 21 passes.

Background on Shane Vereen

Shane Patrick-Henry Vereen (born March 2, 1989) is an American football running back for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL).

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