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to oer advice and a little encouragement to the younger generation now wearing the red and white. “I go down and watch the boys and try to pump them up,” Dayne says. On game days, Dayne will often walk between the tents of tailgaters, mingling with alumni who he says still recognize him often. He says many will tell stories of watching him play and what those performances meant to them, with some even tearing up, a phenomenon that has left quite the impression on his children. Dayne says the way some people react, you’d think he was “Michael Jackson or something,” but he says it’s all in good fun and he enjoys sharing in those football memories.
CAMPUS Big Man on Heisman Trophy winner stays close to home following NFL career H e may not be blowing through blocks and ghting his way into the endzone anymore, but that doesn’t mean Heisman Trophy winner Ron Dayne isn’t still part of the Badger football family. While not in a formal coaching role, the former star running back still nds his way to the eld
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