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Article: Buccaneers' rookie back gets off to a quick start; Tampa Bay's Warrick Dunn is only 5-8 and 178 pounds. Yet, the rookie has made a big impression in the season's first two weeks.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- September 12, 1997
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See Tampa Bay running back Warrick Dunn.
See Dunn run.
That's what the Detroit Lions saw last Sunday, when the rookie running back rushed for 130 yards on 24 carries, including a 6-yard touchdown, in the Buccaneers' 24-17 victory in the Silverdome.
And that's what the Vikings will have to stop Sunday at the Metrodome. In his first two starts, Dunn has drawn favorable comparisons to Detroit running back Barry Sanders.
"I saw his first game on grass [against San Francisco] and he looked pretty good, then [last week] I didn't know who was Barry Sanders, him [Dunn] or the real Barry," Vikings defensive coordinator Foge Fazio said. "That ...