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{{outdated|2008}}'''Justise Hairston''' is a [[National Football League]] rookie running back for the [[New England PatriotsFree Agent|free agent]]running back. He was born on Jun 27, 1983.

In 2000 and 2001, Hirston, while attending New Britain High School, rushed for over a thousand yards. In his senior season he led his team to a state championship as he ran for 1,147 yards and 19 touchdowns. For his great season he was named to the [[Connecticut]]] All-State team and also honored as the state playoff Most Valuable Player.<ref>http://media.www.dailytargum.com/media/storage/paper168/news/2003/11/06/Sports/Justise.Returns.To.Connecticut-550108.shtml</ref>.

Hairston attended and played college football for [[Rutgers University]] (2003 - 2005) and [[Central Connecticut State University]] (2006). In his three years with Rutgers he played in 16 games as a running back (25 total) and rushed for 696 yards on 210 attempts and scored nine touchdowns. He also had receptions for 112 yards.<ref>http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/scoutingreports/rb/justisehairston.html</ref>. He only played on special teams units in 2005. Realizing that his chances of starting at running back while at Rutgers were slim, Hairston transfered transferred to [[Central Connecticut State University]] where he would be the teams top running back.<ref>http://media.www.dailytargum.com/media/storage/paper168/news/2003/11/06/Sports/Justise.Returns.To.Connecticut-550108.shtml</ref>. In his 2006, senior season with the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils he rushed for a school record 1,847 yards and 20 touchdowns with 5 receptions for 58 yards.<ref>http://www.patriots.com/news/index.cfm?ac=latestnewsdetail&pid=26313&pcid=47</ref>. Eight out of the eleven games that he played in 2006 he rushed for over a hundred yards. His best game came in the Blue Devils sixth game of the season victory over [[St. Francis University]] when he ran for 332 yards on 23 rushing attempts with five touchdowns.<ref>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/players/19941/index.html</ref>. His rushing yardage (1,847) and rushing average ( 6.7) were the best in the nation.<ref>http://www.northeastconference.org/news/fball/2006/11/20/fb-hairstonpaytonfinalist.asp?path=fball</ref>. He was named as a finalist for the annual I-AA Walter Payton Award<ref>http://www.northeastconference.org/news/fball/2006/11/20/fb-hairstonpaytonfinalist.asp?path=fball</ref>

==NFL Careercareer==On April 29, 2007 the [[New England Patriots]] drafted Hairston in the sixth round (208th overall pick) of the [[2007 NFL Draft]]. The Patriots signed him to a contract on July 17, 2007.<ref>http://www.patriots.com/news/index.cfm?ac=latestnewsdetail&pid=26313&pcid=47</ref>He was released (July 27) from the team however after he was injured prior to training camp.<ref>http://www.patriots.com/news/index.cfm?ac=latestnewsdetail&pid=26479&pcid=47</ref> After clearing waivers, the Patriots placed Hairston on their injury reserve list;<ref>http://www.patriots.com/news/index.cfm?ac=latestnewsdetail&pid=26600&pcid=47</ref> ended any chances of him playing in 2007.

==Trivial== *Hairston can do a 39-inch vertical leap ; that was the best of any college running back in the nation in 2007.<ref>http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18274989&BRD=1645&PAG=461&dept_id=17758&rfi=6</ref>.

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