Santonio Beard Update

[TideHead]

Broncos’ Beard values his chance

 

[TommyMac]

Let's hope he'll continue to listen to his uncle. If he's focused and in shape, there's no reason he can't have an NFL career.

The thing that bothers me is his mind-set that he wasn't going to be tested, therefore he could get away with it. He's gotta shake that mentality.

 

[Tide Siblacer]

What happened to Galloway? I thought he played for the Broncos?

 

[Crimson Surfer]

DENVER — Santonio Beard takes a handoff and looks for a hole behind linemen who have little chance of making the team. He finishes the drill, then stands on the sideline and watches the four other running backs ahead of him on Denver's depth chart.

Running back Santonio Beard, shown here during a 2002 victory over Ole Miss, left Alabama after his junior season but scared off potential NFL teams by failing a drug test before the draft.

It's not what Beard had in mind when he left Alabama after his junior year, but he's not complaining. A year after making a decision that jeopardized his career, sending him into a deep depression, Beard will take any chance he can get.

"It's a blessing," said Beard, one of the biggest stars in Tennessee schoolboy history and later at Alabama. "I thank the Broncos for giving me the opportunity and now I'm just going to make the best of it. "

Santonio starts over: Former Tide player gets a second chance

 

[Crimson Surfer]

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Just before the 2003 NFL draft, Beard opted to leave Alabama, seeing a weak class of running backs and fearing new coach Mike Price would want to feature more of the passing game.

Less than a month before the NFL combine, Beard made a choice that would change his career course and alter his outlook on life. He smoked marijuana while working out with a friend in Atlanta.


Broncos’ Beard values his chance




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[ROLLER]

Galloway is over in NFL Europe, but I'm not sure what which team. He didn't have the year he had expected.

That's good news about Beard. I just hope when he does have success that he doesn't go back to his old ways.

Good luck, Santonio.

 

[jdpas29]

i wish him the best of luck in the nfl. it was good to see him run in Crimson.

 

[UA Alum 21]

You're right Galloway(still with Denver)is in the UK along with Gerald Dixon playing with the Scottish Claymores...check out www.claymores.com
They are doing well individually despite the terrible losing season. Galloway even has a diary online.