After going undrafted in the course of the 2015 NFL Draft, Miami Dolphins operating again Raheem Mostert defied odds by tying Christian McCaffrey with a league-best 21 complete touchdowns in his ninth NFL season. Regardless of being ranked No. 60 within the NFL’s Prime 100 gamers after logging a career-high 1,012 speeding yards on 209 speeding makes an attempt, Mostert maintains an edge 10 years into his skilled profession.
“I’m all the time going to be underrated, it doesn’t matter what,” Mostert mentioned on Friday. “I’m an underrated, beneath the radar sort of man, that’s positive with me. Once I do the issues that I do and compete and present folks that I’m price one thing, I’m price a rattling, then that’s when all of the haters, they’re normally quiet.
“I like that, I feed off of that sort of stuff and I don’t take heed to what everyone else has to say. I’m simply going to exit right here, assist this group win and I’m going to do what I’ve to do.”
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This was Mostert’s first look on the NFL’s Prime 100 listing. McCaffrey ( No. 3) and Derrick Henry (49) have been the one operating backs voted increased than the 2023 NFL speeding touchdowns chief.
“I used to be slightly distraught as a result of I believed I used to be going to be slightly decrease, however truthfully it simply provides me extra motivation to work even more durable,” Mostert mentioned. “I did what I did final yr, however now it is time to transfer on.
“It’s yr 2024 and I received greater and higher issues that I need to get achieved, and likewise, I need to assist this group as a lot as I presumably can as a result of it’s going to be good to have a championship down right here in South Florida.”
