By now, you know the legend of Raheem Mostert after what he did to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.
In case you don’t, here’s a summary of the path the San Francisco 49ers running back took before he ran for 220 yards on 29 carries and scored FOUR times to clinch a Super Bowl berth: the former Purdue RB went undrafted and signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2015. He was cut, added to their practice squad, then he ended up joining the Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, New York Jets, Chicago Bears and eventually ended up on the 49ers practice squad before breaking out and signing a three-year, $8.7 million contract in the 2019 offseason.
Now, he’s the lead back for a Super Bowl team. And he certainly didn’t forget the slights. He said after the NFC championship game that he looks at the dates of those six times he was cut by those teams before every contest:
Raheem Mostert still looks at the cut dates of the six teams he's been on prior to the 49ers as motivation every day đź’Ş
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— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 20, 2020
It reminds me of Draymond Green remembering all the names of the players taken ahead of him in the NBA draft. Pretty good motivation, I’d say.
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