Durell Price was a
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player for the
UCLA Bruins
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and
Sylmar High School Spartans between 1993 and 1999. Despite being highly regarded out of college, he was never drafted and did not make it to the
NFL except for a short stint with the
San Diego Chargers
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in 2000.
High school
Durell was a major component of the heyday of Jeff Engileman's powerhouse Sylmar High School's dominance of the City Section. In 1994 and 1995, he was named 4A City player of the year and team MVP, and lead the Spartans to a 1994 City Championship with a 38-6 win over Crenshaw. In the game, he had 166 yards on 19 carries, with 3 touchdowns. He set career Sylmar High records of 4,144 yards and 78 touchdowns.
UCLA
Price's college signing led to the most notable incident of
fax machine
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failure in
National Letter of Intent
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history.
He faxed his letter of intent to
Ohio State University
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from a local drugstore, only to realize that he did not want to attend college so far from home. Although Price believed that his choice was already made, he learned that his fax had not been transmitted properly. The next day, he signed with UCLA.
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At UCLA he played as a running back and did get some touches at running back his freshman year, 1996, including a career-high 110 yard rushing game verses
Northeast Louisiana University
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History
ULM opened in 1931 as Ouachita Parish Junior College. Three years later it became the Northeast Cen ...
(now known as UL-Monroe). In 1997, he switched to fullback, and saw little time. It was not until his junior year in 1998 when he became a starter at fullback. The highlight of his career, undoubtedly, was a 61 yard touchdown, on a trick pass play from
wide receiver Freddie Mitchell
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, in the
1999 Rose Bowl. He changed his number each season, increasing the number each time.
He was of 14 UCLA football players charged with illegally obtaining handicapped parking passes.
Stats
References
UCLA UCLA Bio
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1978 births
Living people
American football fullbacks
Players of American football from Pasadena, California
UCLA Bruins football players