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        1. View the biography of Detroit Lions Running Back Mikel Leshoure on ESPN.
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        3. Mikel Leshoure ; Position: RB ; Born: March 30, in Champaign, IL ; College: Illinois (College Stats) ; Weighted Career AV (): 5 (th overall.
        4. Mikel Leshoure was a second team All-American by the Associated press and a first-team All-Big Ten selection during his junior season at.

          5. Mikel Leshoure

          American gridiron football player (born 1990)

          American football player

          Mikel Leshoure (born March 30, 1990) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL).

          He was selected by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 2011 NFL draft. He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini.

          Early life

          Leshoure attended Centennial High School in Champaign, Illinois.

          During his career, he rushed for 4,652 yards on 681 carries and scored 52 rushing touchdowns.

          Champaign native Mikel Leshoure still holds the single-season rushing record at Illinois after he set it in Robert K. O'Daniell/The News-.

          College career

          As a freshman at the University of Illinois, Leshoure played sparingly collecting 126 yards on 35 carries. Leshoure first received a significant amount of playing time as a sophomore, playing in 12 games and running for 734 yards on only 108 carries.

          During the 2010 season, Leshoure rushed for 1697 yards on 281 carries (126.1 yards per game, which was eighth best in the nation) with 17 touchdowns, playing in all 13