Southern Miss football running back Frank Gore Jr. settled on his choice to put off his professional career fairly swiftly. A conversation with his coach, Will Hall, helped him decide to wait another season.
But the modern college football world offers a new temptation, especially for standouts at the Group of Five level such as Gore, who ran for 1,382 yards last season. There were programs that − illegally − asked Gore to jump into the transfer portal, Hall said. Gore shrugged off those overtures, too.
"He’s a guy that plays running back," Hall said of the 5-foot-8, 195-pound son of former NFL running back Frank Gore.