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WATCH: Rhamondre Stevenson 91-Yard House Call in Patriots' Win over Washington

Inn his NFL preseason debut, former Oklahoma RB goes for 127 yards and scores two very different touchdowns.

John E. Hoover

Rhamondre Stevenson blows a kiss to the crowd
Rhamondre Stevenson blows a kiss to the crowd / Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports

In his first NFL preseason game with the New England Patriots, former Oklahoma running back Rhamondre Stevenson showed exactly the kind of skills that make him special.

Stevenson ran 10 times for 127 yards and scored two touchdowns, but it was the way he reached the end zone that emphasized his unique skill set.

With 11:34 in the fourth quarter, Stevenson pounded through the pile on his way to a 1-yard touchdown run. He took the handoff, lowered his center of mass and bulled through three Washington tacklers.

Then with just 1:04 to play Stevenson finished off a 91-yard TD run on which he took a pitch wide to the right and streaked untouched up the sideline past the Washington defense.

The Patriots beat Washington 22-13.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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