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Falcons' Gurley to Wear No. 21 Despite Pushback From Deion Sanders

Recently signed running back Todd Gurley will be wearing No. 21 with the Falcons, despite not receiving the blessing of another former No. 21.

The former Rams RB was asked Friday on Atlanta radio station 92.9 The Game whether he talked to Deion Sanders about wearing the number that Sanders wore in Atlanta during the first five seasons of his Hall of Fame career.

"Prime was hatin' on me. He told me don't wear it," Gurley said. "If I was Prime, I wouldn't want nobody be wearing my number either."

Gurley wore the No.