RENTON, Wash. (AP) – Leon Washington is back.
He’s no longer a Jet. Yet the former All-Pro is soaring again, 10 months after a grotesque compound fracture in his leg.
He thanks George Mangrum for that.
Mangrum was Washington’s uncle in Jacksonville, Fla., who taught his teenage nephew the values and appreciation of hard work.
The summer before Washington’s senior year of high school, Mangrum had Washington laying concrete, bricks and blocks in the stifling Florida heat for hours.
A day after Mangrum passed away last week following a long illness, his nephew scored his first Seahawks touchdown in his Seattle debut.
He’s ahead of most people’s schedule for his recovery. And he’s at the front of the race to become coach Pete Carroll’s No. 1 rusher this season.
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