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<!-- start content --><TABLE class=infobox style="WIDTH: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><TBODY><TR><TH style="FONT-SIZE: 98.95%; BACKGROUND: #dcdcdc; TEXT-ALIGN: center" colSpan=2>Vagas Ferguson</TH></TR><TR style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><TD>Date of birth:</TD><TD>March 6, 1957 (1957-03-06) (age 50)</TD></TR><TR style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><TD>Place of birth:</TD><TD>
Richmond, Indiana</TD></TR><TR style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><TD>Position(s):</TD><TD>Running Back</TD></TR><TR style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><TD>College:</TD><TD>Notre Dame</TD></TR><TR style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><TD>NFL Draft:</TD><TD>1980 / Round: 1/ Pick 25</TD></TR><TR><TH style="FONT-SIZE: 98.95%; BACKGROUND: #dcdcdc" align=middle colSpan=2>Team(s) as player</TH></TR><TR style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><TD>1980-1982
1983
1984</TD><TD>New England Patriots
Cleveland Browns
Houston Oilers</TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=infobox style="WIDTH: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><TBODY><TR style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><TH colSpan=2><SMALL>Stats at DatabaseFootball.com</SMALL></TH></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Vagas Ferguson (born March 6, 1957, in Richmond, Indiana) was a star running back for the University of Notre Dame who continued on to the National Football League for three seasons with the New England Patriots, who drafted him in the first round, the Cleveland Browns, and the Houston Oilers.
In 1979, his senior season at Notre Dame, Ferguson was voted to the All-America Team of the American Football Coaches Association. That year he was the fifth ranked player in the nation in yards per rush and finished fifth in voting for the Heisman Trophy. He ranks third all-time for total yards gained (3,472) among Notre Dame running backs, having averaged 5.2 yards per carry.<SUP class=reference id=_ref-0>[1]</SUP>
Ferguson currently resides in Richmond, Indiana. He is employed as an attendance liaison officer at Richmond High School, and is president of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
In 2006, Ferguson pled guilty to battery and was given a suspended sentence of 180 days in jail.<SUP class="noprint Template-Fact">[citation needed]</SUP>
Vagas Ferguson
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<!-- start content --><TABLE class=infobox style="WIDTH: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><TBODY><TR><TH style="FONT-SIZE: 98.95%; BACKGROUND: #dcdcdc; TEXT-ALIGN: center" colSpan=2>Vagas Ferguson</TH></TR><TR style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><TD>Date of birth:</TD><TD>March 6, 1957 (1957-03-06) (age 50)</TD></TR><TR style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><TD>Place of birth:</TD><TD>
Richmond, Indiana</TD></TR><TR style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><TD>Position(s):</TD><TD>Running Back</TD></TR><TR style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><TD>College:</TD><TD>Notre Dame</TD></TR><TR style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><TD>NFL Draft:</TD><TD>1980 / Round: 1/ Pick 25</TD></TR><TR><TH style="FONT-SIZE: 98.95%; BACKGROUND: #dcdcdc" align=middle colSpan=2>Team(s) as player</TH></TR><TR style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><TD>1980-19821983
1984</TD><TD>New England Patriots
Cleveland Browns
Houston Oilers</TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=infobox style="WIDTH: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><TBODY><TR style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><TH colSpan=2><SMALL>Stats at DatabaseFootball.com</SMALL></TH></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Vagas Ferguson (born March 6, 1957, in Richmond, Indiana) was a star running back for the University of Notre Dame who continued on to the National Football League for three seasons with the New England Patriots, who drafted him in the first round, the Cleveland Browns, and the Houston Oilers.
In 1979, his senior season at Notre Dame, Ferguson was voted to the All-America Team of the American Football Coaches Association. That year he was the fifth ranked player in the nation in yards per rush and finished fifth in voting for the Heisman Trophy. He ranks third all-time for total yards gained (3,472) among Notre Dame running backs, having averaged 5.2 yards per carry.<SUP class=reference id=_ref-0>[1]</SUP>
Ferguson currently resides in Richmond, Indiana. He is employed as an attendance liaison officer at Richmond High School, and is president of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
In 2006, Ferguson pled guilty to battery and was given a suspended sentence of 180 days in jail.<SUP class="noprint Template-Fact">[citation needed]</SUP>
As I tend to agree with your take on martz, you cant take away the fact that he won a superbowl as an OC against a very tough Titan team but also took another to the Superbowl.. The Niners dont have near the weapons for him to use and Nolan hired him because his ass was on the line...
