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Reg-gie, Reg-gie: Bush is front and center as NFL Training Camps kick off this week. (AP Images)
So, what’d you do with your time off?
Those words – or others to the same effect – will be heard lots this week when NFL training camps open. Some guys golfed a little, fished a lot, high rolled in Vegas (but not with any NBA refs), kicked back on a beach: the usual stuff pro jocks do in the offseason. The stories told by most will be cool but not extraordinary. Then Reggie Bush will walk in and say he got a guy who pulls down $27 million a year to tie his shoes.
Oh, and he had dinner with the secretary of state, did the freak on the floor with some of L.A.’s most popular ladies and racked up endorsement deals like they were yards after a catch. For a 22-year-old running back who’s a blur on the field, Bush sure is hard to miss these days.
Chances are you’ve spotted him on the street (his No. 25 has been the NFL’s hottest-selling jersey since April 1, 2006), and you’ve definitely caught him on TV. He’s currently involved in nine ad campaigns, seeing more face time than any NFL player other than Peyton Manning.
Not a bad parlay for a guy who averaged only 3.6 yards per carry and a mere 565 rushing yards in his rookie season. Hardly numbers that warrant the star treatment. In Bush’s case, though, those stats only mattered to the fantasy football fool who reached for him in the first round.
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