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Frank Gore (born on May 14, 1983 in Coral Gables, Florida, USA) is a member in the National Football League. He graduated from the University of Miami. He was selected in the third round (65th overall) in the 2005 draft by the San Francisco 49ers.

Gore is condidered as a breakaway threat who is also a tough inside runner, often knocking back would-be tacklers on his way to the end zone.

High school career

Gore was one of the nation's most heavily recruited and highly regarded running backs coming out of Coral Gables High School. He set a Dade County record for rushing yardage in a season in 2000 with 2,953 yards and 34 touchdowns in his senior year. He rushed for 1,559 yards and 28 touchdowns in 1999, in addition to 301 receiving yards and four more scores through the air.

Gore showed outstanding strength and peripheral vision throughout his high school career. He was the third-rated prospect in Dade County by the Miami Herald, as well as the fourth best in Florida. Gore was listed as the best tailback on the Florida Times-Union Super 75 list and earned Super Prep All-American. That publication also rated him the seventh best prospect overall and the top-rated running back in Florida.

College career

As a true freshman for Miami in 2001, he totaled 562 yards with five touchdowns on 62 carries (9.1-yard avg), the third-best season total in school history by a freshman. Gore suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee five games into the 2001 season. He spent the 2002 season recovering from knee surgery. He returned and rushed for 100 yards in each of his first three games of the 2003 season, then tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in the season's fifth game. Determined to continue his career, Gore returned again in 2004. Gore looked to change his luck and also changed his uniform number, discarding #32 for #3 and then ran for nearly 1,000 yards during the season.

In 28 games with the Hurricane, Gore rushed 348 times for 1,975 yards (5.7 avg) and seventeen touchdowns. His 1,975 yards rank seventh on the school's career-record list and his seventeen scores are tied for tenth.

San Francisco 49ers

Gore finished the 2005 season as the 49ers first rookie leading rusher since 1990, when Dexter Carter led the team, as he gained 608 yards on 127 carries and ran for three touchdowns.

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Athletes - Frank Gore

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