1.   Even the rookie running back Leon Johnson, who entered North Carolina as a quarterback, tossed a pass.

2.   Most in the crowd thought the play to be spectacular but, in typical Mercer fashion, the rookie ran back to his defensive spot as if nothing occurred.

3.   The rookies ran in place, chanted and then threw themselves face down onto the grass.

4.   The rookie had run a route incorrectly, and his quarterback was telling him about it.

5.   The rookie finally ran out of gas.

6.   The rookie is from Pittsburgh and the rookie ran two trap plays that could have been run by the Pittsburgh Steelers in their halcyon days.

7.   Twenty-four GOP representatives are retiring and rookies are running in their place.

8.   The rookie ran hard all the way.