Jarvis John Redwine is a former American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 running back

Running back

A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...

. Redwine was selected in the second round by the Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota Vikings

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 out of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the 1981 NFL Draft

1981 NFL Draft

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At Nebraska, Jarvis' first season's (Junior, 1979) performance earned him an endorsement from
then-coach Tom Osborne as Nebraska's best chance at a Heisman
Trophy winner since Johnny Rodgers in 1972. Redwine suffered a broken
rib midway through his senior season, however, and dropped out of the
Heisman race. Even so, he was the first Cornhusker to rush for 1,000
yards in back-to-back seasons, gaining 1,119.