If hurdling football players in full pads were an Olympic sporting event, Todd Gurley might be going for gold in Pyeongchang right now. The Los Angeles Rams' star running back has turned heads numerous times for his ability to leap professional athletes in a single bound, especially while on his way to being named the NFL's Offensive Player of the Year in 2017.
It doesn't surprise those who know him best.
Gurley was a star hurdler at Tarboro High School in North Carolina. He was so good, so natural, that his track coach, Andrew Harding, used to think he could someday medal in the Olympics.