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Gado--this guy is something.
Ever hear of Samkon Kaltho Gado?
How about Sam Gado?
He had been Anonymous. On his 23rd birthday, he became Somebody. That day, Brett Favre handed him the football 25 times and threw it to him four times. That day, the woebegone Packers won their second game of the season. Against a Falcons defense thought good enough to get to the Super Bowl, Sam Gado ran for 103 yards and scored three touchdowns.
Samkon Gado. SAM-kon GAH-doh, 5-10, 226 pounds. He's now my favorite running back because I'm a sucker for stories that begin, "You'll never believe this, but ... "
You'll never believe this, but he was 9 years old and living in a rural Nigerian village without electricity when a church in South Carolina raised the money to reunite Sam Gado, his three sisters and their mother with his father, a Christian missionary who had come to America for the express purpose of learning enough to go back to Nigeria and do good.
So, after the game in Atlanta, what does Sam Gado do?
Calls his father in Nigeria.
- Drafts one of 9 Bucs named all-Big South.
- Newspaper article from: The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) December 4, 2004 700+ words
...Southern First Team Running Backs Patrick Hall, Coastal Carolina Sam Gado, Liberty First Team Wide Receivers Eddie Gadson, Charleston...Southern Josh Hoke, Coastal Carolina Jensen Turner, Gardner-Webb Sam Gado, Liberty Alex Caroll, VMI
- Bucs continue quest for first winning season.
- Newspaper article from: The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) October 30, 2004 700+ words
...lost to Coastal Carolina (33-6). Liberty has the top two rushers in the Big South in Eugene Goodman (121.8 ypg) and Sam Gado (93.6 ypg). At 1-0 in the Big South, Charles-ton Southern trails only Coastal Carolina (6-1, 2-0) in league...
- Chiefs stick to the program at camp.
- News wire article from: Kansas City Star August 6, 2005 700+ words
...ll learn next year," receiver Marc Boerigter says. "It's part of rookie hazing." So up they go to the fourth floor. Sam Gado, whose eyeball is bright red from a finger-poke through his helmet, grabs on to the blanket that his mother made him...
- Manning guides Colts to perfect dozen.
- Newspaper article from: Turkish Daily News December 6, 2005 700+ words
...Gould's field goals as the Bears improved to 9-3 The Packers fell to 2-10 and could manage just a two-yard TD run by Sam Gado in the second quarter to take a brief 7-3 lead Thomas Jones rushed for 93 yards on 19 carries for the Bears, but QB Kyle...
- Late field goal caps bizarre Vikings victory.
- Newspaper article from: Turkish Daily News November 15, 2005 700+ words
...turnovers and scored 20 points in the fourth quarter to win their sixth straight game, 30-3 over the New York Jets In Atlanta, Sam Gado scored three touchdowns as the Green Bay packers won their second game of the season with a 33-25 win over the Falcons In...
- Favre's back, but many wonder why.
- News wire article from: Kansas City Star (Kansas City, MO) August 28, 2006 700+ words
...has always done things his way. He heads to his locker, the first one by the door. Around him are so many baby faces. Sam Gado, the wide-eyed running back from Liberty University who bounced into the starting lineup after all the injuries in 2005...
- Buccaneers flame out, beaten by Liberty.
- Newspaper article from: The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) October 31, 2004 700+ words
...LIBERTY 34, CHAS. SOUTHERN 6 LYNCHBURG, VA.-Liberty senior running back Dre Barnes rushed for 211 yards on 30 carries and Sam Gado added 150 yards as the Flames ran past Charleston Southern, 34-6, in a Big South Conference game Saturday. Liberty improves...
- Gado's fumble falls in a loophole.
- Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) December 15, 2005 700+ words
...quarter, with the scored tied 13-13, Green Bay found itself on its 1. On first down, the Packers tried to run halfback Sam Gado off right tackle. But a couple of Lions crashed through Green Bay's blocking front and hit him two yards deep in the end...
