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  1.                                 Sports Record book. In 
  2.                                 his senior year, he was
  3.                                 named Player of the Year
  4.                                 by USA Today and Parade
  5.                                 magazine. 
  6.  
  7. Emmitt was recruited by several colleges,
  8. and decided to attend the University of
  9. Florida. There, in just the seventh game of
  10. his freshman year, he passed the 1,000-
  11. yard mark in rushing. That was the fastest
  12. anyone had rushed for 1,000 yards in the
  13. history of college football. In his three
  14. seasons at Florida (he left after his junior
  15. year), Emmitt became the fifth-leading
  16. rusher in the history of the Southeastern
  17. Conference, rushing for 3,928 yards and
  18. setting 58 school records.
  19.  
  20.