Shane Vereen

He played college football for the California Golden Bears and was selected by the New England Patriots in the second round of the 2011 NFL draft.

[1] A three-year varsity football player, Vereen also played basketball and was one of the Southland's top sprinters, recording the fastest 100-meter time of any junior in Southern California during the 2006 track and field season.

[3] In 2008, he served as the primary backup to Jahvid Best as part of the Golden Bears' two running back system, playing in all of the team's 13 games.

[7] After Best suffered a severe concussion versus Oregon State, Vereen took over the job of primary running back for the final four games of the 2009 season.

[12] In the 2010 season opener against UC Davis on September 4, Vereen had 67 rushing yards for two touchdowns, with a third receiving in a 52–3 blowout victory.

[18] After graduating in December 2010 in three and a half years with a degree in Media Studies, Vereen decided to forgo his senior season and declared for the NFL draft.

On November 21, Vereen scored his first career NFL touchdown on a four-yard run in a 34–3 win over the Kansas City Chiefs.

[25] On November 22, 2012, Thanksgiving night, Vereen caught an 83-yard touchdown reception in a 49–19 rout of the New York Jets.

[28] In the Divisional Round of the 2012 NFL Playoffs, against the Houston Texans, Vereen had a career day: he had five receptions for 83 yards, scoring touchdowns on two of them.

[44] His father, Henry Vereen, was a ninth round pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1979 NFL draft,[2] and played wide receiver in the Canadian Football League for the BC Lions in the early 1980s.

Vereen in August 2009
Vereen (no. 34) running the ball against Colorado in September 2010