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Montario Hardesty NFL Draft Bio

Montario Hardesty (born February 1, 1987), is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. Hardesty played college football at the University of Tennessee from 2005–2009, where he amassed fewer than 400 yards in each of his first four seasons before breaking out with 1345 yards and 13 rushing touchdowns in 2009, under the tutelage of first-year head coach Lane Kiffin and his pro-style offense.

Currently goes by the aliases of MoHard20 on Twitter, and is best known as "Circle Button" due to his patented spin move.

Hardesty was a three-year letter winner at Tennessee. He amassed 2,391 rushing yards on 560 attempts, 405 receiving yards on 38 receptions, and 26 total touchdowns.

Hardesty was granted a medical hardship for the 2005 season because of a knee injury he suffered against Ole Miss. He rushed 6 times for 18 yards before his injury. In 2006, Hardesty started off the season with a 43 yard touchdown run against the University of California. His best game of the season was a 74 yard performance against the Air Force Academy. He played in 13 games, starting 5 of them. He finished the season with 384 rushing yards and 4 touchdowns.

Hardesty's 2007 season wasn't quite as good as his 2006 season. He had a touchdown in the opening game of the season against the University of California once again. He finished the year with 373 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns. 2008 was the worst statistical season of Hardesty's career at Tennessee. He ran for 271 yards, finishing the season with 6 touchdowns. He passed the 1,000 career rushing yard mark against Vanderbilt University in the season's next-to-last game.

In 2009, Hardesty was 20th in the NCAA's Division 1-A FBS division in rushing yards, with 1345 yards in 13 games. He started the season off with 160 rushing yards and 1 touchdown against Western Kentucky University. He has passed the 100 rushing yard mark four more times in the 2009 season, against Ohio University, the University of South Carolina, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Kentucky. He was the Southeastern Conference's 4th leading rusher in the 2009 season with 1,345yds., behind Mark Ingram(Al. 1,658yds.), Anthony Dixon(Miss. St. 1,391yds.) and Ben Tate(Aub. 1,362yds.). Hardesty was first in the S.E.C. in carries(282att.).

Draft Year: 2010 NFL Football Draft Prospect Stats for Montario Hardesty

Pre-Rank	Prospect Name	Position Played	Height	Weight
	Montario Hardesty	Running Back	6 ft 0 in	225 lbs
Round	Selected	Team	School	Hometown
2	59	Cleveland Browns	Tennessee	New Bern, North Carolina

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