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3 unusual facts about Marcus Dupree


Marcus Dupree

Before the 1992 season, Dupree led the Rams in rushing in the preseason, which included a 100-yard game in the final preseason game against the Los Angeles Raiders, but was one of the 14 players cut by coach Chuck Knox to trim the team down to the 47 player regular season roster, and retired shortly afterward.

An ESPN documentary on Dupree, titled The Best That Never Was and directed by Jonathan Hock, premiered on November 9, 2010, as part of the 30 for 30 series of 30 films celebrating ESPN's 30th anniversary.

In April that year, he asked his former USFL coach, Dick Coury, then the quarterbacks coach for the Rams, if he could work out for the team if he got into shape, and impressed Coury and head coach John Robinson enough to earn a contract.



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