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Gurley and Michel: Bulldogs on the run

ATLANTA - Stand next to Sony Michel, and it seems difficult to fathom that this 5-foot-11, 215-pound rookie is one of the NFL's most bruising inside rushers, a budding New England Patriots star who gained most of his team-leading 931 yards this season on between-the-tackles runs.

"It's not always about size," fellow Patriots running back James White said in the run-up to Super Bowl LIII against the Los Angeles Rams. "It's about making your reads, hitting the hole hard, being able to make guys miss, and Sony is capable of doing all of those things."

Michel, 23, is one of two former University of Georgia backs who

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