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ESPN: BC's Williams deserves Heisman attention

Steve Addazio arrived at Boston College all passion and fire, promising one and all his team would pound the football.

This all sounded wonderful to running back Andre Williams, finally a starter going into his final season. But not even Williams imagined he would be sitting on the threshold of a 2,000-yard season with two games to go, not only the leading rusher in the nation but somebody undoubtedly worthy of Heisman consideration.

“I was really just fighting for the first downs, and I haven’t been able to accomplish that since I’ve been here at BC,” Williams said in a ...

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