2015 College FB and NFL House Calls

They had the player that won the Heisman Trophy, and they took home the trophy after winning the 4-team playoff that supposedly determines the national champion; so I guess it's only right that the Alabama Crimson Tide would also take the 2015 crown for the team with the most touchdowns scored by players with dreads.

I have to apologize again for doing so very little on the 2015 College Football season. I never did get around to doing my all-America teams, but I feel obligated to at least do the house calls. After all, the main reason for this blog being named House of Dread is to recognize and celebrate the touchdowns by players with dreads. Thanks mostly to the 28 TD scored by College Football's best player (with or without dreads) (the last of the 28 in photo above, a 1-yard dive that upped Alabama's lead over Clemson to 45-33 with 1:07 remaining in the championship game) - Heisman winner Derrick Henry - Alabama, for the 2nd time in the 5 years I've done a feature on house calls, was the Division 1 team that had more TD scored by players with dreads than any other.

2015 was an up and down kind of season for TD by players with dreads - up, as in the NFL; and down, as in College Football. The 190 regular season touchdowns by the NFL's players with dreads were an increase of 11 over the previous season and just 3 short of the record high 193 scored in 2013. As for the colleges (I keep track of only Division 1), Alabama's nation-leading total of 29 marks the first time a team has taken the crown with less than 30 TD.
The number of teams that had 10 or more TD by players with dreads also decreased, from 36 in 2014 to only 27 in 2015 (although the number with 20 or more went up from 6 to 7). Henry was responsible for almost all of the Tide's TD by players with dreads; but he got a tiny bit of help from his understudy, freshman RB Bo Scarbrough (#9 in photo below, assisting Henry in the traditional drenching of Coach Saban near the end of the 45-40 win over Clemson). Scarbrough's Week 12 TD vs. Charleston Southern plus the 28 by Henry accounted for Alabama's total of 29.

Even without Melvin Gordon, who left early for the NFL after scoring 32 TD as a junior, Wisconsin figured to have a good chance to successfully defend their 2014 crown. But that chance ended when junior RB Corey Clement was slowed by injury all season. With Clement able to contribute just 5 TD, the Badgers finished tied for 8th with 18 TD. Which team had the most players with dreads take at least one to the house? That would be Mississippi, the only team that defeated Alabama. 6 different Rebels with dreads, including DT Robert Nkemdiche (who scored 3 TD while moonlighting as a RB on offense), accounted for 23 TD and a tie for 3rd place. Next most was Texas, who had 5 different players with dreads score. Unless I missed somebody the only team to have more than half of their TD scored by players with dreads was the CAA's Towson Tigers. 17 of their 33 TD (51.5%) were by players with dreads.

Here now are all 27 teams with at least 10 TD scored by players with dreads in 2015.

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• ALABAMA - RB Derrick Henry 28, RB Bo Scarbrough 1

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• CINCINNATI - RB Mike Boone 9, RB Tion Green 8, WR Chris Moore 7

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• ARKANSAS - RB Alex Collins 20, WR Keon Hatcher 2, WR Damon Mitchell 1
• MISSISSIPPI - WR Quincy Adeboyejo 7, WR Damore'ea Stringfellow 5, RB Eugene Brazley 3, WR Markell Pack 3, DT/RB Robert Nkemdiche 3, S Trae Elston 2

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• RICHMOND - RB Jacobi Green 22

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• COASTAL CAROLINA - RB De'Angelo Henderson 19, WR John Israel 2
• FLORIDA STATE - RB Dalvin Cook 20, WR Ja'Vonn Harrison 1

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• BOWLING GREEN - RB Travis Greene 17, WR Robbie Rhodes 1
• MEMPHIS - RB Doroland Dorceus 11, RB Jarvis Cooper 5, S Reggis Ball 1, WR Daniel Hurd 1
• NOTRE DAME - WR Will Fuller 14, WR Chris Brown 4
• WISCONSIN - RB Dare Ogunbowale 8, RB Corey Clement 5, WR Robert Wheelwright 4, RB Caleb Kinlaw 1

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• SAM HOUSTON STATE - RB Donovan Williams 8, RB Jalen Overstreet 7, CB Darion Flowers 1, S Tyrel Stokes 1
• TOWSON - RB Darius Victor 15, CB Donnell Lewis 2

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• WILLIAM & MARY - RB Kendell Anderson 16

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• CENTRAL MICHIGAN - WR Corey Willis 5, WR Anthony Rice 4, RB Jahray Hayes 4, RB Martez Walker 2
• TENNESSEE - RB Alvin Kamara 11, WR Von Pearson 3, RB Joe Young 1
• UCLA - RB Paul Perkins 15

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• JMU - RB Khalid Abdullah 13, S Raven Greene 1

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• NORTHERN IOWA - RB Tyvis Smith 7, WR Daurice Fountain 5, WR Brandon Smith 1

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• GRAMBLING - WR Verlan Hunter 8, WR Ka'Jandre Domino 3, CB Ja'Terious Pouncey 1
• MASSACHUSETTS - RB Marquis Young 7, WR Marken Michel 4, RB Sekai Lindsay 1
• MISSISSIPPI STATE - WR De'Runnya Wilson 10, G Justin Malone 1, RB Ashton Shumpert 1

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• USC - RB Ronald Jones 9, WR Isaac Whitney 2

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• RUTGERS - WR Janarion Grant 5, RB Josh Hicks 5
• ST. FRANCIS (PA) - WR Terell Smith 8, WR Daniel Adams 2
• TEXAS - RB D'Onta Foreman 5, WR Armanti Foreman 2, CB Holton Hill 1, LB Malik Jefferson 1, WR Marcus Johnson 1
• VIRGINIA TECH - TE Bucky Hodges 7, RB Trey Edmunds 3

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1. Derrick Henry scores the first of Alabama's 65 touchdowns, breaking through the line and into the clear on 4th and 1 for a 37-yard run and a 7-0 lead over Wisconsin midway through 1st quarter at Arlington, TX on Sept. 5. Henry rushed for 147 yards and 3 TD on just 13 carries in the Crimson Tide's season-opening 35-17 win.

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2. 4 months later Derrick Henry also scored the first TD of the national championship game, scoring on this 50-yard run on 3rd and 1 midway through 1st quarter on Jan. 11. Derrick scored at least one TD in all 15 of Alabama's games, and 7 of his 28 TD came on runs on 30 or more yards. He made the dread stars list 11 times and finished the season with 2,219 yards. No wonder he won the Heisman.

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3. Not as big as Derrick Henry but not that much smaller at 6-2 and 228 pounds, Bo Scarbrough runs over 215-pound LB Zane Cruz at the goal line on 3rd and goal as he scores his 1st TD in an Alabama uniform (and only TD of the season) on a 1-yard run, upping the Tide's lead over Charleston Southern to 49-0 late in 2nd quarter in Week 12.
There's a rumor going around that Alabama has a freshman QB with dreads that might win the starting job. If that happens, and if Scarbrough also moves into the starting lineup, the Tide will have a great chance of being the team with the most TD scored by players with dreads again in 2016.

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4. Sophomore RB Eugene Brazley joins in on the fun, scoring Mississippi's 10th TD of the game on a 70-yard run midway through the 4th quarter in Week 1. It was the 5th TD of the day by a player with dreads - one each by 5 different players (!) - and was the 1st of his career for Brazley. He finished with a game high 88 yards rushing on 6 carries in the season-opening 76-3 slaughter of Tennessee-Martin.
One week later .....

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5. Junior WR Quincy Adeboyejo makes a 16-yard TD catch on 1st and 10 with 4:30 remaining in the 1st quarter (left photo) then gets wide open deep 3 minutes later and easily scores a 50-yard TD reception (right photo) as Ole Miss jumps out to a 28-0 lead over Fresno State. He added a 44-yard TD catch in the 2nd quarter and finished with 5 catches for 120 yards .....

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6. ..... After Adeboyejo was done doing his damage, senior S Trae Elston took his turn, taking an INT return to the house for the 2nd straight week. The 38-yard pick six upped the Ole Miss lead to 49-14 in the 3rd quarter, and they went on to win 73-21.
Through 2 games the Rebels had scored 21 TD, and 11 of them were by players with dreads. But then reality set in - that is, they started playing SEC teams; and the torrent of TD by players with dreads slowed to a trickle. There were just 12 more TD by players with dreads over the final 11 games for a total of 23, with Adeboyejo leading the way with 7.

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7. Earlier in the game 1st team all-AAC CB Deatrick Nichols scored on on pick six for South Florida, but this time he gets beat deep by Cincinnati senior WR Chris Moore for a 54-yard TD reception to cut the Bulls' lead to 51-20 during 3rd quarter at Tampa in Week 12. It was Moore's 7th and last TD of the season and the 26th TD catch of his career, making him UC's all-time leader in TD receptions (surpassing the previous record of 25 set by Mardy Gilyard). If all goes well for Moore, he'll be making his 2016 house calls in a Baltimore Ravens uniform.

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8. After breaking a tackle at the 2-yard line, sophomore RB Mike Boone dives into the end zone (left photo) for the first of Cincinnati's 24 TD by players with dreads. The 1-yard run upped the Bearcats' lead to 21-7 over Alabama A&M during 2nd quarter of the season opener, and they went on to win 52-10. Two weeks later Boone scores the 1st TD of the game just 2:13 after the opening kickoff on a 4-yard run (right photo) for a quick 7-0 lead over Miami (Ohio). He finished with 118 yards on only 4 carries as UC won their big rivalry game over Miami for the 10th straight time, 37-33. As he scored 9 TD for the 2nd straight season Boone averaged a whopping 7.2 yards per carry (749 yards on 104 carries).

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9. This photo doesn't do justice to Travis Greene's long dreads; but I wanted to include a photo of the Bowling Green senior RB scoring a TD against Purdue in Week 4, and this is the only decent one I could find. This 11-yard run capped a 14-play, 78-yard opening drive and was his 2nd TD of the season. But BG fans probably remember his 3rd TD a lot more than the 2nd. That came with the game tied at 28, when he ran for a 12-yard TD with 9 seconds to play in the game to give Bowling Green a 35-28 win.
Travis finished his career as Bowling Green's all-time leading rusher with 3,852 yards, and his 17 TD in 2015 upped his career total to 43.

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10. With Florida State trailing for the first time all season, 24-23 at home to Miami in the 4th quarter in Week 6, superstar sophomore RB Dalvin Cook scores his 3rd TD of the game on a 23-yard run to put the Seminoles back in front with 6:44 remaining, and FSU holds on to win 29-24. When Cook earlier capped FSU's opening drive with a 72-yard TD, it marked the 9th year in a row that there has been at least one TD by a player with dreads in the big Miami-FSU rivalry game. Dalvin scored all 3 of the Seminoles' TD in this game as they beat the Hurricanes for the 6th straight time. Cook finished the night with 222 yards rushing on 22 carries and caught 3 passes for 47 yards. For the season he rushed for 1,691 yards on 7.4 yards per carry. Another season like that in 2016 might get him a seat at the Heisman ceremony at the end of the season.

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11. On the 2nd play after a South Carolina State turnover during the 1st quarter in Week 2, Coastal Carolina senior WR John Israel scores his 1st TD of the season on a 32-yard reception on 2nd and 8 to give the Chanticleers an early 8-0 lead. Israel added a 33-yard TD later in the quarter and finished with 6 catches for 87 yards in the 41-14 road win. Unfortunately those were his only 2 TD of the season. Indeed Coastal, which had 30 TD by players with dreads in 2014, might have taken the crown in 2015 had not Israel missed 8 of their 12 games due to injuries. CCU has already sent two players with dreads to the NFL - Josh Norman and Denzel Rice - and Israel figured to have a decent shot to make it too. But first a turf toe injury, then a knee injury ruined his senior season and have his NFL hopes on hold for now.

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12. In my Week 14 report I mentioned that Grambling had three WRs with dreads; but after now seeing this photo (on left) of sophomore Chad Williams, I decided I'm not yet ready to welcome him to the house. It looks like he's on his way to having dreads, but he's not there yet. Even without Williams' 10 TD catches, Grambling was still one of the teams with at least 10 TD by players with dreads. Junior WR Verlan Hunter's 24-yard TD reception (photo on right, during the 2nd quarter of a 49-21 loss to Alcorn State in the SWAC championship game on Dec. 5) was his 8th TD catch of the season and the last of the Tigers' 12 TD by players with dreads.

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13. The North Dakota State cheerleaders have turned their backs on Daurice Fountain, but their see-no-evil approach can't prevent Northern Iowa from taking an early 7-0 lead in Week 6. The sophomore WR burns the great NDSU defense deep for a 67-yard TD reception on 3rd and 2 just 69 seconds after the opening kickoff at Fargo. North Dakota State scored a TD with 35 seconds left in the game to come back and beat UNI 31-28 and then ended the Panthers' season 2 months later, beating them again 23-13 on the same field in the FCS quarterfinals. Fountain was UNI's leading receiver in 2015, finishing with 41 catches for 604 yards and 5 TD.

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14. After rushing for 15 and 23 yards on the previous two plays, freshman RB Ronald Jones of USC is hit at the 1-yard line on a line plunge but keeps his legs above the ground and surges forward to score the 1-yard TD, cutting Washington's lead to 17-12 early in 4th quarter at Los Angeles in Week 6. Unfortunately for USC fans this was the only TD of the game for the Trojans in their 17-12 defeat. Jones led the team with 987 yards rushing, averaging 6.5 per carry, in his outstanding freshman season. He also was 2nd on the team with 9 TD, but USC would not have made the list of teams with 10 or more TD by players with dreads .....

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15. ..... without the 2 TD junior WR Isaac Whitney scored before he suffered a season-ending broken collarbone in practice after Week 6. Here the junior college transfer scores his 1st TD in a USC uniform on an easy 28-yard  reception, upping the Trojans lead to 45-9 over Idaho midway through 3rd quarter in Week 2. Whitney finished the season with 8 catches for 112 yards in 5 games and figures to play a much larger role in 2016. Unfortunately he will not be able to continue his partnership with Jones because, very sadly, Jones has cut off his dreads.

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16. Sophomore RB Jarvis Cooper scores his 3rd TD of the season, a 1-yard run to up the Memphis lead over Kansas to 48-20 late in 3rd quarter in Week 2. After combining for 8 TD for Memphis as freshmen, Cooper and fellow RB Doroland Dorceus improved to 16 TD as sophomores; but unfortunately their partnership will not continue for a 3rd straight season because Cooper (probably in search of more playing time) has transferred to Central Arkansas. Of course, it wouldn't have continued even if he had stayed at Memphis because Jarvis also has cut off his dreads.

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17. Talk about a baptism under fire ..... Playing in his 1st game, true freshman CB Kalon Beverly of UTEP gave up 3 touchdowns on the first 4 drives of the season, including this 38-yard reception by sick senior WR Keon Hatcher to increase Arkansas' lead to 28-10 with 5:17 to play until halftime on Sept. 5 at Fayetteville. Hatcher made the dread stars list in the season opener, finishing with 6 catches for 102 yards and 2 TD in the Razorbacks' 48-13 win. Unfortunately, and just like with John Israel and Coastal Carolina, Arkansas did not seriously contend for the team crown for the most TD by players with dreads because Hatcher missed the final 11 games of the season after breaking his foot in Week 2. He was off to a tremendous start before the injury. The good news is that the injury came early enough in the season that he was able to redshirt, so he'll be back for his senior season (again) in 2016.
Beverly, by the way, held up quite nicely after the disastrous beginning, even scoring a TD of his own on a pick six in Week 4. He'll be in jersey #1 for the Miners in 2016.

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18. After making the leaping catch on 3rd and 11, Mississippi State junior WR De'Runnya Wilson hangs onto the ball (barely) as Auburn CB Carlton Davis tries to strip it from him right at the goal line. Wilson then celebrates by telling the Auburn fans to be quiet after his 17-yard TD catch makes the score 14-0 midway through 2nd quarter in Week 4. The Bulldogs held on to win 17-9. This was Wilson's 2nd TD of the season. He finished with 10, one of only two WRs with dreads to have 10 or more TD catches .....

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19. ..... Considering that Wilson scored 10 TD, Mississippi State's team total of TD by players with dreads figured to be much higher than 12. But it wasn't, mainly because junior RB Ashton Shumpert scored only 1 TD all season (on 59 carries), this 17-yard run for a 13-0 lead over Northwestern State late in 1st quarter in Week 3. Shumpert has some of the best dreads of any RB in Division 1. It's too bad we don't see them in the end zone more often. He has just 6 career TD in his first 3 seasons.

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20. The first 3 of Texas' 10 TD by players with dreads came against Rice in Week 2 - one by each of the Foreman twin brothers and this defensive score by freshman LB Malik Jefferson. After the Rice RB, distracted by a defender about to clobber him as the QB pitched him the ball, failed to catch the ball, Jefferson scooped up the fumble and cruised 26 yards to the house to up the Longhorns' lead to 35-14 midway through 3rd quarter at Austin. After being drubbed by Notre Dame in their season opener, the Longhorns won their home opener over Rice 42-28.
You probably have noticed the number of players with dreads on the Texas roster has increased dramatically since Coach Strong came to town. It'll be a big disappointment if the Longhorns aren't on the house calls list again next season.

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21. Of Wisconsin's 18 TD by players with dreads, this one in Week 2 had to be the easiest. Nobody on the Miami (Ohio) defense bothered to cover freshman RB Caleb Kinlaw as he came out of the backfield on 3rd and 2, and he made the catch all alone at the 1-yard line and took it in for a 5-yard TD, the Badgers' 7th TD of the game (and 4th by players with dreads) in their 58-0 blowout win in their home opener. It was Kinlaw's only TD of the season, as he switched positions to CB for most of the season. And he won't be making any more house calls for the Badgers in the seasons ahead either, as he has transferred to junior college for his sophomore season. But the other 3 players with dreads who scored for Wisconsin in 2015 are all back, and if a lot of things go right, they could contend for the 2016 crown.

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22. It may have been senior night, but freshman RB Joe Young also had something to celebrate, as he scores his 1st TD in a Tennessee uniform on an 8-yard run on 2nd and goal to increase the Volunteers' lead to 53-14 over Vanderbilt midway through 4th quarter in Week 13. Sadly though, it looks like this will be the only TD Young ever scores, as an offseason neck injury has apparently ended his career: http://www.rockytopinsider.com/2016/05/24/report-vols-running-back-joe-youngs-career/

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23. After taking the handoff on a read option play, sophomore RB Alvin Kamara runs around right end on 3rd and 4 and takes it 11 yards to the house untouched, upping Tennessee's lead to 17-6 over Northwestern late in 2nd quarter of the Outback Bowl at Tampa on Jan. 1. It was the 15th TD by a UT player with dreads, and Kamara accounted for 11 of them - 7 rushing, 3 receiving, and 1 on a punt return. He rushed for 698 yards in his first season with the Vols after transferring from junior college, averaging 6.5 per carry.
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Not surprisingly the number of individual players with dreads to score at least 10 TD also dropped a bit from 2014, from 21 to only 13 in 2015. Blame that mostly on the wide receivers, as there were only 2 (compared with 6 in 2014) with 10+ TD catches.
With Derrick Henry (of course) at the top of the list, here are all 13 players with dreads to reach double figures in TD in 2015.

Alabama RB Derrick Henry 28

Richmond RB Jacobi Green 22

Arkansas RB Alex Collins 20
Florida State RB Dalvin Cook 20

Coastal Carolina RB De'Angelo Henderson 19

Bowling Green RB Travis Greene 17

William & Mary RB Kendell Anderson 16

UCLA RB Paul Perkins 15
Towson RB Darius Victor 15

Notre Dame WR Will Fuller 14

Memphis RB Doroland Dorceus 11
Tennessee RB Alvin Kamara 11

Mississippi State WR De'Runnya Wilson 10


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24. After trying to dive over the top but being denied, senior RB Jacobi Green slides to the left on the way down and finds enough room to plunge forward into the end zone on second effort to score Richmond's 1st TD of the season, a 1-yarder that cuts the Spiders' deficit to 10-7 late in 1st quarter of what ended up a 50-21 road loss to Maryland in the season opener. Little did I know it would be the first of many touchdowns for Green. After all, in the first 3 years of his career he had scored a total of only 12 TD .....



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25. ..... 3 months later Jacobi Green scores the last of his 22 TD, going past Illinois State sophomore CB Davontae Harris on his way into the end zone in the 4th quarter on Dec. 11. After ISU scored a TD with 3:23 remaining in the FCS quarterfinal game to close within 32-27, Green rushed for all 45 yards in 3 plays on the ensuing drive, including this 28-yarder with 2:19 to play that gave the Spiders some breathing room at 39-27. Jacobi rushed for 137 yards and 3 TD and added a 35-yard TD catch as the Spiders advanced to the semifinals. Unfortunately a week later Richmond was totally stymied by North Dakota State (join the club), gaining only 207 total yards (Green had 49 of them) in a crushing 33-7 defeat. It was the only time all season the Spiders were held under 20 points.

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26. When Tennessee-Martin opened the season at Mississippi, it took 5 different players with dreads to score 5 TD against them. But when the Skyhawks came to Arkansas on Halloween, it took only one to score 5 TD - sick junior RB Alex Collins. Collins scores his 2nd TD of the game on a 6-yard run (photo above) early in 2nd quarter and his 4th of the game (photo on right), diving over G Sebastian Tretola (who was on the ground after pancaking a safety standing in the way) on a 3-yard run that made the score 35-7 with 3:48 to go until halftime. Collins capped his 5-TD day with a 63-yard run late in the 3rd and finished with 173 yards rushing on 16 carries. I would love for Alex to have come back for his senior season; but understandably, after rushing for 1,577 yards and 20 TD as a junior, he entered the NFL draft, and hopefully he'll be making some house calls for the Seattle Seahawks in 2016.

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27. After nearly going down at the line of scrimmage on 4th and 1, junior RB Paul Perkins stays on his feet and finds a clear path up the middle to the end zone, easily scoring a 19-yard TD to give UCLA a 7-3 lead over USC late in 1st quarter of their big showdown in Week 13. Perkins accounted for 131 total yards and 2 TD in the game, but UCLA lost 40-21, allowing USC to finish 1st in the Pac-12 South. Perkins scored all 15 of UCLA's TD by players with dreads himself, and, just like Alex Collins, he's skipping his senior season to play in the NFL (hopefully with the N.Y. Giants, who drafted him).

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28. The record shows that William & Mary RB Kendell Anderson scored 16 TD during a junior season in which he earned 1st team all-CAA honors. But every W&M fan who was there in Week 8 will tell you he should have finished with 17. Heading for the end zone and his 2nd TD of the game late in the 2nd quarter against Hampton, Anderson incredibly lets go of the ball 3 yards short of the end zone, turning a 74-yard TD into a 71-yard run, a fumble, and a touchback. I guess he's been watching DeSean Jackson too much. Fortunately this blunder didn't spoil his day too much. W&M was already ahead 23-0 at the time and went on to win 40-7, and he finished with 191 yards rushing on 22 carries .....

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29. ..... It was much happier times for Kendell Anderson here 2 weeks earlier, as he scores a 1-yard TD run early in 2nd quarter to tie the Tribe's game at Villanova at 10. On his next carry 77 seconds later Anderson scored a 71-yard TD to put W&M to stay. He added a 3rd TD in the 4th quarter and finished with 149 yards rushing on 23 carries as the Tribe rolled to a very nice 38-16 road win. Kendell has a tough act to follow as a senior after rushing for 1,418 yards and scoring those 17, I mean 16 TD in 2015.

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30. One play after recovering a fumble by QB Deshaun Watson on 2nd and 2 to keep the drive alive, junior RB Zac Brooks takes a screen pass 35 yards to the house on 3rd and 4, increasing Clemson's lead to 47-27 at North Carolina State late in 3rd quarter in Week 9. The Tigers went on to win 56-41 to improve to 8-0.
Brooks' cutting off his dreads was not the reason Clemson failed to reach the 10-TD mark by players with dreads for the first time since 2009. He scored all 5 of his TD before he lost his dreads late in November. No, the main reason Clemson had only 8 TD by players with dreads in 2015 was that star WR Mike Williams suffered a neck injury in the season opener and was out the rest of the year. Thankfully Williams is healthy now, so Clemson should get back above 10 TD next season.

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31. Probably because he knew he would be getting a lot more carries and didn't want to risk getting his dreads grabbed several times every game, Indiana RB Devine Redding took the field for his sophomore season with dreads much shorter than they were as a freshman (although they still were plenty long enough). Carrying 226 times in 2015 (about 200 more than a year earlier), Redding rushed for 1,012 yards and 9 TD, including this 6-yard run in Week 13 for a 17-7 lead over Purdue during 2nd quarter. He finished with a career high 144 yards rushing in the Hoosiers' 54-36 road win over Purdue then surpassed that with a 227-yard game in IU's bowl game loss to Duke. Nobody else with dreads scored for Indiana in 2015, so the Hoosiers - along with 4 other teams - missed making the house calls list by one touchdown.

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2015 NFL HOUSE CALLS

Those of you familiar with the career of Devonta Freeman before he got to the NFL already knew he had been no stranger to the end zone. But even you, not to mention everybody else, had to be at least a bit surprised at how much success he had in 2015. After scoring just 2 TD during his 2014 rookie season with the Falcons and beginning 2015 as the #2 RB on their depth chart, he didn't figure to end the season with more TD than any other player with dreads in the league. But not only did he do that (by far), he tied for the league lead in touchdowns among all players. Moving into the starting lineup in Week 3 after starting RB Tevin Coleman went down with an injury, Devonta scored 3 TD against the Cowboys in Week 3, took 3 more to the house vs. the Texans the next week (the first of which in photo above on a 16-yard run in the 1st quarter), and finished the season with 14 TD. That's 3 more than the runners up, Steelers RB DeAngelo Williams and Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins. Devonta, DeAngelo, and DeAndre - I guess you could say 2015 was a De-lightful year for the NFL's players with dreads.

In all there were 190 TD scored by players with dreads during the regular season, which includes the 3 TD that Julio Jones scored (in Weeks 7, 15, and 16) while he had his hair in dreads. If you don't want to include those, your final total was 187. Here now is the whole list of the 52 players with dreads who made all those house calls.

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Devonta Freeman (ATL)

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DeAndre Hopkins (HOU)
DeAngelo Williams (PIT)

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Todd Gurley (STL)

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Larry Fitzgerald (ARIZ)
Sammy Watkins (BUF)

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Chris Ivory (NYJ)

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LeGarrette Blount (NE)
Martavis Bryant (PIT)

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Travis Benjamin (CLEV)
Dwayne Harris (NYG)

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Jamaal Charles (KC)
Isaiah Crowell (CLEV)
T.Y. Hilton (IND)
Eddie Lacy (GB)
Seth Roberts (OAK)
Markus Wheaton (PIT)

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Joique Bell (DET)
DeSean Jackson (WASH)
Matt Jones (WASH)
Khiry Robinson (NO)

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Andre Ellington (ARIZ)
Chris Johnson (ARIZ)
Julio Jones (ATL)
Marshawn Lynch (SEA)
Rashad Ross (WASH)

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Brandon Bolden (NE)
Jonathan Grimes (HOU)
Keshawn Martin (NE)
Dexter McCluster (TEN)
Cordarrelle Patterson (MIN)

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Jay Ajayi (MIA)
Omar Bolden (DEN)
Travaris Cadet (NO)
Kaelin Clay (BAL)
Chris Conley (KC)
Boobie Dixon (BUF)
Donteea Dye (TB)
Najee Goode (PHIL)
Dwight Lowery (IND)
Tre Mason (STL)
C.J. Mosley (BAL)
Brandon Pettigrew (DET)
Dontari Poe (KC)
Andre Roberts (WASH)
Denard Robinson (JAC)
Bradley Roby (DEN)
Danny Trevathan (DEN)
Desmond Trufant (ATL)
Jason Verrett (SD)
Roddy White (ATL)
Ramik Wilson (KC)

Although Devonta Freeman had the most TD, the team he played for did not take the team crown. I mentioned a couple of times during my news reports that I was pretty sure the Pittsburgh Steelers were the team with the most TD scored by players with dreads, and they were. Thanks mostly to the injury to star RB Le'Veon Bell that moved DeAngelo Williams into the starting lineup, the Steelers led the NFL with 23 TD by players with dreads, which was 4 more than the Falcons' NFC-leading 19. In 2014 NFC players with dreads finished with a 94-85 lead over the AFC in touchdowns; but thanks mainly to to injuries to Marshawn Lynch (3 TD) and Kelvin Benjamin (0 TD, missed the entire season) and the poor season by Eddie Lacy, the AFC's players with dreads kicked the NFC's ass in 2015 - to the tune of 105-85. The top scoring division was the AFC North with 36, with the AFC East edging the NFC West for 2nd place.
Here now are the 190 TD by players with dreads listed by team and division.

AFC EAST (30)               NFC EAST (19)
BUF 10                            DAL 0
MIA 1                              NYG 6
NE 11                              PHIL 1
NYJ 8                              WASH 12

AFC NORTH (36)           NFC NORTH (12)
BAL 2                              CHI 0
CIN 0                               DET 5
CLEV 11                          GB 5
PIT 23                              MINN 2

AFC SOUTH (22)           NFC SOUTH (25)
HOU 13                           ATL 19
IND 6                              CAR 0
JAC 1                              NO 5
TEN 2                             TB 1

AFC WEST (17)             NFC WEST (29)
DEN 3                             ARIZ 15
KC 8                               STL 11
OAK 5                            SF 0
SD 1                               SEA 3

PLAYOFF TD (5) - Martavis Bryant 1, Chris Conley 1, Larry Fitzgerald 1, Ted Ginn (CAR) 1, Eddie Lacy 1


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1. Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins scores the 1st TD of the season by a player with dreads, going up to make the catch just above the reach of rookie CB Marcus Peters on 2nd and goal late in 1st quarter in Week 1 at Houston. The 4-yard TD catch cut the Chiefs' lead to 14-6. Hopkins scored both of the Texans' touchdowns in the season opener and had 9 catches for 98 yards, but they still lost 27-20 .....

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2. ..... A few minutes later Browns WR Travis Benjamin scores the 2nd TD of the season by a player with dreads, beating CB Antonio Cromartie deep on 3rd and 19, catching the pass from QB Johnny Manziel in stride at the 20-yard line, and outrunning Cromartie to the end zone. The 54-yard reception gave the Browns a short-lived 7-0 lead over the Jets early in 2nd quarter. Benjamin finished with 3 catches for 89 yards, but the Jets came back to win easily 31-10.

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MORE FIRSTS

3. In between DeAndre Hopkins' 2 TD catches, RB Jamaal Charles scores his 1st TD of the season, diving into the front corner of the end zone to finish off a 7-yard reception that increased the Chiefs' lead to 27-6 in the 2nd quarter. Charles finished the game with 57 yards rushing and 46 yards receiving.
Even though Jamaal missed the final 11 games of the season after tearing his ACL in Week 5, he still led AFC West players with dreads with 5 TD.

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4. Playing his 1st game of the season in Week 6 after serving a 4-game suspension, WR Martavis Bryant gets his 1st TD of the season, going high to catch the pass from QB Landry Jones on 3rd and goal and somehow landing in the end zone: http://www.steelers.com/videos/videos/HIGHLIGHT-L-Jones-finds-Bryant-for-a-8-yard-TD/c14f9c4a-9f45-470c-bf0e-fef026221a1a
The 8-yard TD catch put the Steelers ahead to stay at 12-10 during 3rd quarter. Bryant iced the game with another highlight-reel TD on an 88-yard catch and run late in the 4th. He finished with 6 catches for 137 yards, and Steelers defeated the Cardinals 25-13.

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5. Bills WR Sammy Watkins scores the first of his AFC East-leading 9 TD by players with dreads, beating CB Bradley Fletcher on 1st and 10 and making the 24-yard reception in the back of the end zone to bring the Bills, who trailed 37-13 at the start of the 4th quarter, to within 37-32 with 4:16 to play in Week 2. Watkins finished with 6 catches for 60 yards, but the Patriots held on to win 40-32.

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6. After missing the Rams' first 2 games to be sure he was fully recovered from his knee injury and then not scoring in the first 3 games he played, rookie RB Todd Gurley finally gets his first 2 TD of the season in Week 7, trotting into the end zone (left photo) on a 1-yard run late in 3rd quarter for a 17-6 lead over the Browns and then adding a 16-yard score (right photo) midway through the 4th. Gurley rushed for over 100 yards for the 3rd straight game, finishing with 128 on 19 carries and 35 yards on 4 catches in the 24-6 home win. Todd didn't stop there, going on to score 8 more times in the Rams' final 9 games to finish as the top scorer among NFC West players with dreads with 10 TD - a title he might hold continuously throughout his career.

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7.  Rookie RB Jay Ajayi had to wait even longer than Todd Gurley to score his 1st NFL TD. After missing the Dolphins' first 7 games due to injury, he then went scoreless 6 more weeks before finally taking one to the house here on this 12-yard run on 1st and 10 at San Diego in Week 15, cutting the Chargers' lead to 23-7 late in 3rd quarter. After scoring 32 TD during his 2014 junior season for Boise State, this was his only TD in 2015.

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8. Rookies accounted for 19 of the 190 TD by players with dreads. WR Donteea Dye makes his contribution to the total in Week 7, beating S Kyshoen Jarrett and scoring a 7-yard TD on his 1st ever NFL reception, upping the Tampa Bay lead over Washington to 17-0 during 2nd quarter. Buccaneers would build the lead to 24-0 and then blow the lead and lose 31-30. This was Dye's only TD of the season, and it was the first by a player with dreads for the Buccaneers since LeGarrette Blount was first getting his dreads started in 2012.

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DE-LIGHTFUL

9. Devonta Freeman gets past Jaguars LB Paul Posluszny on 2nd and goal from the 5-yard line and just gets the ball to touch the pylon before going down, completing an 80-yard opening drive in Week 15 and snapping his streak of 4 games without a TD. Freeman picked up 101 total yards in the game to just barely make the dread stars list, and the Falcons won 23-17 to end their 6-game losing streak. In the 15 games Devonta played (he missed Week 12 due to a concussion) Falcons went 6-3 when he scored a TD and 2-4 when he didn't. His 14 TD were 3 more than all other NFC South players with dreads combined.

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10. You might remember this play from Monday Night Football in Week 10 - that is, unless the lack of offense by the Texans and Bengals had caused you to fall asleep. Early in 4th quarter on 2nd and 10 DeAndre Hopkins doesn't beat the coverage by CB Adam Jones but plays the ball better than Jones and makes a spectacular one-handed catch for the 22-yard TD, somehow hanging on as Jones tries to knock the ball loose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg_CmBwZUwk
Nice! It was the only TD of the night as the Texans won 10-6 to hand the Bengals their 1st defeat of the season.

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11. After making the dread stars list in his 1st game in a Steelers uniform in Week 1 but not scoring any touchdowns, RB DeAngelo Williams scores 3 TD in his 2nd game, including this 2-yard run up the middle behind good blocking to up the Steelers' lead to 29-3 on the first play after the 2-minute warning in the 2nd quarter. Williams gained 92 total yards as the Steelers won their home opener over the 49ers 43-18. After scoring 0 TD (for the first time in his career) in 2014 and being released by the Panthers, DeAngelo showed at age 32 he was far from done. His 11 TD were his most in a season since his career high 20 back in 2008. And with Le'Veon Bell still misbehaving, it looks like the Steelers are going to need Williams to score a lot of TD again in 2016.

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D-LIGHTFUL

12. After scooping up a fumble by RB Arian Foster on 2nd and 10, CB Desmond Trufant cruises 24 yards to the house to give the Falcons a 21-0 lead over the Texans early in 2nd quarter during Week 4 at Atlanta. It was Trufant's 1st career TD. Falcons went on to win easily 48-21 and improved to 4-0.
After Falcons DE Tyson Jackson cut off his dreads before 2016 training camp, Desmond admitted he was tempted to cut his off too, complaining that it was just too hot. Hopefully he'll change his mind, but don't be surprised if you look up one day this season and see #21 without dreads.

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13. Bears WR Alshon Jeffery gives chase to no avail as CB Jason Verrett, after picking off a Jay Cutler sideline pass intended for Jeffery on 2nd and 7, races 68 yards in front of the Bears' bench to the house, escorted by LB Melvin Ingram at the end, to up the Chargers' lead to 13-0 during 2nd quarter on Monday night in Week 9. It was Verrett's 1st career TD, but the night didn't end happily for him, as the Chargers blew the lead and lost 22-19 .....

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14. ..... Earlier in the season it was another turnover by Jay Cutler that ended up as the 1st career TD by an AFC West player with dreads. After Cutler was sacked and fumbled in the end zone on 1st and 14, rookie LB Ramik Wilson recovers to put the Chiefs ahead 7-0 midway through 1st quarter in Week 5. Just as in Week 9, Bears overcame the turnover and came back to win on the road 18-17. Wilson was one of four different Chiefs with dreads to score in 2015, tying them with the Redskins and Falcons for having the most different players with dreads to score.


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15. I usually am thrilled whenever I see a player with dreads score, but after this touchdown I only wanted to put my fist through the TV screen. On Thursday night in Week 2 at Kansas City, after the Broncos had just tied the game with a TD with 36 seconds to play, they get another TD 9 seconds later as Jamaal Charles fumbles and CB Bradley Roby scoops it up and takes it 21 yards to the house to give Denver the big 31-24 road win. Just look at the fans. It was the 1st career TD for Roby and one of several huge plays he made throughout the season that contributed to the Broncos' championship.

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HAT TRICK

16. Cardinals WR Larry Fitzgerald scored a career low 2 TD in 2014; but he surpasses that total in one day at Chicago in Week 2, first making an 8-yard TD catch as CB Kyle Fuller defends (top photo on right) to put the Cardinals ahead (to stay) 21-14 in 2nd quarter, then making a 28-yard TD catch against LB Shea McClellin (left photo) on a trick play early in the 3rd quarter, then stretching out to score a 9-yard TD on a WR screen pass (bottom right photo) to put the icing on the cake with 2:42 remaining in the game. He was named NFC offensive player of the week, finishing with 8 catches for 112 yards and 3 TD in Arizona's 48-23 victory. Fitzgerald went on to make 6 more TD catches to put his career total at 98 as he heads into his 13th NFL season in 2016. 

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THE DAGGER

17. Leading by 3 late in the 4th quarter in Week 10 and needing to pick up a 1st down to keep the Seahawks from getting the ball back, the Cardinals give the ball to RB Andre Ellington on a draw play on 3rd and 4; and after eluding S Kam Chancellor at the Seattle 40-yard line and getting a great block from WR Brittan Golden at the 20, he not only gets the 1st down, he takes it all the way to the house for a 48-yard TD to make it 39-29 on the last play before the 2-minute warning. It was the last of 3 touchdowns on the season for Ellington, who gained a season high 88 total yards in the game. Cardinals, who saw a 25-10 lead vanish when the Seahawks went on a 19-0 run in a span of 6:52, came back to get the huge 39-32 road win to take a 3-game lead in the NFC West.

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THE GAME WINNER

18. With the Raiders trailing by 4 late in the 4th quarter in Week 12, WR Seth Roberts beats the coverage by Titans CB Coty Sensabaugh on 1st and 10 and catches the pass from QB Derek Carr for the game-winning 12-yard TD with 1:21 remaining, completing a 90-yard drive. Roberts made the dread stars list for the first and only time, finishing with 6 catches for 113 yards and 2 TD in the Raiders' 24-21 road win. It also was Roberts' 2nd game-winner of the season, as his 1st TD of the season had come with 26 seconds to go to beat the Ravens in Week 2. With his 5 TD for the season, he tied Jamaal Charles for the most TD by an AFC West player with dreads.

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THE UNBELIEVABLE

19. You may have noticed Dontari Poe's name on the list of players who made house calls; but that 1 TD by the Chiefs' 346-pound DT didn't come when the Chiefs were on defense. It came at San Diego in the 1st quarter in Week 11. After RB Charcandrick West was stopped for no gain on 3rd and goal from the 1-yard line, Poe, lining up as the FB, gets the handoff on 4th and goal and plunges into the end zone to give the Chiefs a 6-0 lead, causing both him and a lot of Chiefs fans everywhere to break into laughter. With his 1st career TD, Dontari enters the NFL record book as the heaviest player to ever score a rushing TD. Chiefs went on to whip the Chargers 33-3.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

20. On 2nd and goal early in 4th quarter at Pittsburgh in Week 15, WR Markus Wheaton, lined up in the slot, beats CB Bradley Roby on a quick out, and, after bobbling the ball before making the catch, leaves behind the fallen Roby and scores a 9-yard TD to tie the game at 27. It was the 4th of Wheaton's 5 TD on the season. Markus had 6 catches for 62 yards as the Steelers stormed back from a 27-10 deficit for a huge 34-27 win over the Broncos five days before Christmas to keep their AFC playoff hopes very much alive. Of course, the Broncos got the Steelers back a few weeks later, didn't they.

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SICK SIX
(The dreads are sick, that is, not necessarily the touchdowns)

21. After being hit by the Jaguars' defense at the 1-yard line on a line plunge on 2nd and goal, Jets RB Chris Ivory bounces off the hit and reaches the ball over the goal line before going down for his 2nd 1-yard TD of the game and his 7th TD of this season, upping the Jets' 1-point lead to 21-13 late in 3rd quarter in Week 9. S Johnathan Cyprien grabs Ivory's facemask in a last-ditch attempt to keep him out of the end zone, and that made Chris very angry. At the :05 mark of the video of the play (and on the replay at :40) you notice him throwing a punch at Cyprien: http://www.newyorkjets.com/videos/videos/Ivory-Stretches-Across-for-6/9c3fa00d-d75a-497b-8421-9ed3034e96a3
Luckily he did not get thrown out of the game. It was a struggle all day for Ivory. Despite the 2 TD, he finished with just 26 yards rushing on 23 carries. Jets held on to win 28-23. Ironically Ivory and Cyprien are teammates now, after Chris signed with the Jaguars as a free agent.

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22. You're supposed to look the ball in. but Sammy Watkins makes this TD catch in Week 12 with his eyes closed. Chiefs CB Sean Smith doesn't have bad coverage but doesn't locate the ball; and as he goes down (and S Eric Berry comes over too late) Sammy makes the 21-yard TD catch on 2nd and 20 to up Buffalo's lead to 16-7 with 2:29 to play until halftime. After a huge 1st half, Watkins did very little in the 2nd half, finishing with 6 catches for 158 yards and 2 TD in a 30-22 loss to the Chiefs. Sammy hardly ever had his dreads reduced during 2015, but he didn't have them flowing full blast either very much like he did in this game. So, if you want to enjoy seeing those dreads (and you have 9 minutes), here's a video of Watkins' duel against the Chiefs DBs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m-c4xBCzfY

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23. After making the catch at the 1-yard line on 2nd and goal in Week 3, Travis Benjamin uses his superior strength (lol) while in the grasp of CB D.J. Hayden to reach the ball into the end zone before Hayden can get him on the ground. The 4-yard TD catch cut the Raiders lead over the Browns to 27-20 midway through the 4th quarter and was Benjamin's 5th TD of the season already. Unfortunately he had a key turnover (a muffed punt) a couple of minutes later, helping the Raiders hang on for the win.

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24. The Browns' 11 TD by players with dreads were accounted for by Travis Benjamin (6), and RB Isaiah Crowell, who dropped from 8 TD in his rookie season to 5 in 2015. The photo on left was his 2nd TD of the season, as he barely gets into the end zone on a 22-yard catch and run on 2nd and 6 to put the Browns in the lead with 3:03 remaining in the 4th quarter in Week 5. After Ravens came back to tie, Browns won in OT 33-30. He had a much easier time in Week 14, scoring the first of his 2 TD against the 49ers standing up on a run up the middle on 2nd and goal. The 1-yard TD came 5 plays after he began the Browns' second drive of the day with a 50-yard run. Isaiah made the dread stars list, finishing with 145 yards rushing on 20 carries as the Browns got their 3rd (and last) win of the season 24-10. Here are his highlights from the game: http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/media-center/videos/Week-14-Isaiah-Crowell-highlights/30dbb620-ca36-4246-9800-e741364c8957

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25. Packers RB Eddie Lacy almost pulls a DeSean Jackson here but gets the ball into the end zone a fraction of a second before letting go of it. The 25-yard catch and run was Lacy's 3rd TD of the season and gave the Packers a 7-0 lead over the Bears during the 1st quarter in Week 12. Surprisingly it would be their only TD all night. Despite Lacy making the dread stars list with 139 total yards, the Bears spoiled Thanksgiving for Packers fans, winning at Lambeau Field 17-13. After scoring 11 and 13 TD in his first 2 seasons, Lacy scored only 5 times in 2015, but that was still more than any other NFC North player with dreads.

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SPECIALS

26. WR Andre Roberts becomes the 4th player with dreads on the Redskins to take one to the house, as he scores his only TD of the season on a 99-yard kickoff return to tie the game at 14 in Week 11 at Charlotte. Panthers dominated from then on, however, whipping the Redskins 44-16. Although December was a happy time for Redskins fans, it wasn't for Roberts. He missed the team's final 6 games after undergoing surgery for a knee injury (torn meniscus). After finishing with a career-low 11 receptions, Redskins released him halfway through his 4-year contract, and he now is hoping to win a job with the Lions for 2016.

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27. With the Broncos being totally dominated by the Colts in Week 9 and about to go into the locker room for halftime down by 17, DB Omar Bolden gives the team life, taking a punt return 83 yards to the house on the last play of the half, making the score 17-7 instead of 17-0 at the half. It was his 1st career TD. Broncos rallied to tie the game in the 2nd half but ended up suffering their 1st loss of the season 27-24. Bolden signed as a free agent with the Bears after the season, but they cut him just before training camp started. He currently is unsigned, but I'd be shocked if some team doesn't sign him at some point during the 2016 season.
By the way, the player Bolden is leaving behind at the 10-yard line (left photo) is RB Zurlon Tipton, who died tragically a couple of months ago. Probably would still be alive if he didn't own a gun.

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28. Playing in just his 2nd NFL game after being signed away from the Lions' practice squad, Ravens rookie WR Kaelin Clay, just a few yards away from his 1st TD, checks the rear view mirror and sees the beautiful sight of nobody in a Browns uniform nearby. After Browns' opening drive ends with a punt on Monday night in Week 12, Clay takes the punt return 82 yards to the house for an early 7-0 lead. The Ravens and Browns both struggled in 2015, but their 2-game series was one of the most entertaining of them all. A total of 123 points were scored, and both games were decided on the final play, with Browns winning in Baltimore in OT and then the Ravens winning improbably in Cleveland on a return of a blocked FG attempt. Clay averaged 10.6 on his punt returns in 7 games with the Ravens; but unfortunately he won't be doing that again in 2016. He's on IR and very unlikely to play at all after breaking his foot in practice two weeks ago.

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29. Deion Sanders must have loved this ..... Already in the clear just past midfield on a kickoff return, Vikings WR Cordarrelle Patterson starts celebrating when he gets to the 30-yard line and enters the end zone with his hand behind his head. The 101-yard return was Patterson's 2nd kickoff return TD of the season and the 4th of his career; but all the theatrics were for entertainment purposes only. They had no effect on the outcome - because the return came after the Seahawks' 5th TD of the game, and all it meant was that the Vikings lost the Week 13 game 38-7 instead of 38-0. As bad as that loss was, the Vikings' loss to the Seahawks on the same field a month later was far more painful.

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30. WR Dwayne Harris scored a career high 6 TD in his 1st season with the Giants. Most likely this one was his most satisfying. After the Cowboys score a TD to tie the game with 7:14 remaining in Week 8, Harris returns the ensuing kickoff 100 yards, getting past the kicker at the Giants' 40-yard line and finding nothing but green in front of him for the final 60 yards. The Giants won 27-20, their first win in franchise history on a game-winning kickoff return in the 4th quarter of a game. What made it so satisfying for Harris, of course, was that it came against the Cowboys, the team that drafted him in 2011 but did not re-sign him during the offseason, allowing him to come to the Giants. The TD earned Dwayne NFC special teams player of the week honors: http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/giants/dwayne-harris-named-nfc-special-teams-player-of-the-week-1.11020562
 
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LASTS

31. Dwayne Harris was not the only WR with dreads to bite the hand that once fed him. In Week 14 Keshawn Martin, traded from the Texans to the Patriots early in the season, burns Texans CB Kevin Johnson on a post-corner route and makes the 2-yard TD catch on 3rd and 2, completing a 52-yard drive (with the good field position being set up by Martin's 21-yard punt return) and giving New England a 7-0 lead during 1st quarter at Houston. Patriots went on to win 27-6. It was the last of 2 TD that Martin scored in 2015. He had just 4 TD in his 3 seasons with the Texans before they traded him.

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32. Later in the same game that Kaelin Clay took a punt return to the house, Travis Benjamin runs after the catch for a 42-yard TD on 1st and 10 to tie the game at 27 with 1:47 to play. He had 6 catches for 90 yards in the game; but the Browns, who looked like were going to win on a last-second FG, instead lost 33-27 when the Ravens blocked the FG and returned it for a TD.
This was the last of the 13 TD Benjamin scored (10 receptions, 3 punt returns) in his 4 seasons with the Browns, including a career high 6 in 2015. A free agent during the offseason, he and the Browns had a big difference in opinion about how much he should be paid; so Travis took his talents to the west coast and from now on will be making several (hopefully) house calls in a San Diego Chargers uniform.

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33. Just as he has done so often, Seahawks RB Marshawn Lynch powers his way into the end zone, scoring up the middle on a 3-yard run on 1st and goal to bring the Seahawks to within 25-23 of the Cardinals early in 4th quarter in Week 10. It was his 3rd TD of the season. Little did we know it at the time, but it also would be his last TD of the season - and of his career as well. He underwent surgery for a sports hernia a week later, missed the team's next 8 games, came back for the 2nd round playoff game at Carolina, and decided to ride off into the sunset. Apparently 9 years of breaking tackles was enough.  He finished with 83 TD in 127 career regular season games (18 with the Bills, 65 with the Seahawks) plus 9 TD in 11 playoff games.