Rashard Mendenhall
@R_Mendenhall
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University of Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame || Inquiries: [email protected]
Joined January 2011
Realizing I’m the youngest Steeler alive with a Super Bowl ring. I’m the last Steelers RB to win a Super Bowl.
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I’m sick of average white guys commenting on football. Y’all not even good at football. Can we please replace the Pro Bowl with an All-Black vs. All-White bowl so these cats can stop trying to teach me who’s good at football. I’m better than ur goat.
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The power of you being as honest as you were in that moment, I’ll never forget. I couldn’t begin to tell you what your apology means to me; I hope I showed you in spirit. You’re a light on this earth & I couldn’t be more proud to call you my brother.
I’ve been going on with life as usual since 2017 never knowing that I’d hurt @R_Mendenhall, never knowing how my words poured salt into an already painful wound. Today Rashard told me how my comments about his Super Bowl 45 play crushed him. So many of us never get an opportunity
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I haven't said it until now, but the rumors are true. In my own words "Why I Retired At 26" http://t.co/2mGc1X0As2.
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Alright, I’ll end the mystery. B’s racist and @AB84’s black. He had to catch balls from a racist quarterback. Every honest player knows it, it’s not a big deal. He was just supposed to take his lickings and move on, like a slave for real.
@R_Mendenhall @AB84 coming from a guy who quit on the team vs San Diego why dont you tell us what would make a guy quit.
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This is deeper than football … He wasn’t just YOUR icon • He was MY friend. For as long as I’m ALIVE even if others relent, I’ll never let 3️⃣2️⃣ end. @steelers #FrancoLives #RB34
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One day, if we ever look back at this, we’ll realize it wasn’t “drama” with @AB84 . It was trauma.
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Congrats to the steady, and humble dog that is @ohthatsNajee22 . Remaining steadfast in the face of any defense or adversity, you’re setting a standard that’ll be hard to surpass. The historic @steelers RB room is proud. Keep going young fella! #Najee3K 😤💪🏿🏈
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Man,,, @joerogan the realest n*gga of ALL TIME!!! No I did not see the videos. I don’t care. he had Chapelle’s back and so many others… Stop playin with real life. 🅿️ 🕊.
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Hey @EdBouchette Not sure if you’re aware of this, but I’m Top Ten All-Time in Rushing yards AND Touchdowns for the Steelers. Nevermind the game-winning touchdowns I’ve scored. Please put some respek on my name. .
Ben Roethlisberger, Troy Polamalu and Maurkice Pouncey. Jarvis Jones, Artie Burns, Rashard Mendenhall. @EdBouchette takes a look at the Steelers best/worst first-round picks under Kevin Colbert:.
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To boil that down to @AB84 being a “diva” “selfish” “quitter” couldn’t possibly explain the MAN who for nearly a decade provided professional excellence to the city of Pittsburgh.
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Simply tired of being berated by people who arent experts in de game. We jus pretend like I’m the only athlete tired of fans talking trash? You dis upset over a single tweet. What about us? Like me or not, I’m a GREAT in football. This proves my point, u can’t speak on ball alone.
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You won’t.
I will fight Rashard Mendenhall on sight.
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Did not intend to lessen my white football brothers. But honestly, they know that. .
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That’s ridiculous young man!!! Congratulations on your accomplishments‼️ Keep your spirits up+++ Keep the fight Alive!!! +—//—|||.
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I did this to my wife’s mirror. PTSD from football is real. I’ve undergone a lot of treatment. Still, it’s not easy to undo decades of trained violence.
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Think about what it would take to render @AB84, the GREATEST COMPETITOR of our generation, incapable of showing up to play in his last game.
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I’m so grateful to my teammates and to Illini nation for believing in the boy from Skokie, Illinois. 😤😎🔸🔹🌹🤟🏿. Rashard Mendenhall University of Illinois 2023 Hall of Fame Speech via @YouTube.
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Clearly it’s no fun, when EVERYONE’s the accused. Please allow the dialogue in sports to be equal. Why’s it so easy to shoot at one player, but not the other?. B’s not racist. Just like AB’s not a dirtbag. #letsbefair.
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Greatness personified. Here’s to 100 years of history at Memorial Stadium! #ILL #ForeverFightingIllini #FamILLy
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By no stretch am I saying @AB84’s been without guilt this off-season. I just hope to see more compassion and examination, for a guy who gave everything he had until he couldn’t bring himself to do it, for even one more game. .
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Home 🏡.
Memorial Stadium has been home for @IlliniFootball for 100 years. 🔸🔹. The stadium's construction was completed on November 3, 1923 and has undergone numerous improvements and additions since. Today, the stadium sits nearly 63,000 people with unbeatable views.
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Freedom was the only aim of my tweet.
“For whatever reason there’s a ticker, there’s a play…If I can’t see my way out of then I’ll write my way through, that’s why I wrote that Tweet.” @R_Mendenhall . Opening up on the why & behind what led him to his controversial tweet.
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What kind of person celebrates death? It's amazing how people can HATE a man they have never even heard speak. We've only heard one side. .
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I don’t understand how you can talk about Tomlin’s playoff record, without acknowledging that Kenny Pickett has only played one year. Who was the QB for all those playoff loses?!! Literally all of them. Make up your minds. How you arbitrarily separate Mike & Ben in de W/L column?.
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Good luck vs PSU! Our defense killed in this game… Rejus a grown man & we fought for the entire 60min 🔸🔹 🏈.
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I never imagined that this writing would mean so much to so many people. I appreciate each and every last one of you. #love.
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If household pets were being killed at the same rate as innocent people of color, the entire stadium would be on a knee. .
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The death of a champion begins, when one starts to believe their own hype. Stay grounded.
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Celebrating his 68th birthday on Thursday is former @IlliniFootball coach Ron Zook. Most recently, he served as a senior analyst for Mike Locksley at Maryland. @MiamiOHFootball
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If @_BigBen7 is the “leader” you say he is, why hasn’t HE taken credit for the fall? 🤔 What manager of a company goes to HIDE in the shadows when the results come in? We win it’s him, lose it’s me… or Tomlin huh. Any Given Sunday: Steamin Willie Beamin
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Seriously, if you're gonna talk trash about your team and everyone on it, don't call yourself a fan. A fan is a supporter. .
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Rumble young man, rumble. #respect
Le’Veon Bell also broke a tie with Rashard Mendenhall (29) for the 5th-most rushing TDs in #SteelersHistory.
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If America is truly a free country, why not respect the right to stand and kneel equally?.
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We talk about how people should be treated in society with fairness and respect. Energy is real. The media and internet been throwing smoke at @AB84 for nine months straight. This isn’t just about a fine. It’s about a man who won’t surrender,.
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For those of you who said you want to see Bin Laden burn in hell and piss on his ashes, I ask how would God feel about your heart?.
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Nah,,, I got us if they go. #forreal.
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, THE STEELERS HAVE STILL NOT LOST SINCE MENDENHALL FOLLOWED ME. IF THEY MAKE THE SUPER BOWL, IM BUYING US TICKETS @R_Mendenhall . deal??.
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I remember when I joined Twitter 8 years ago to this day. I was at Super Bowl XLV trying to figure out what it all meant. I was told my story would help this World remember its divinity. So long as I didn’t abandon mine.
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Glad they didn’t “break my legs” 😇. I needed those… #Legend.
Continuing my thread of why I love the #Badgers vs. #Illini game so much each fall with a flashback to my freshman year of college (‘07). P.S. @R_Mendenhall was such a beast.
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For clarification on what I was trying to say, read this blog. http://r34mendenhall.blogspot.com/.
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I believe in God. I believe we're ALL his children. And I believe HE is the ONE and ONLY judge.
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New Piece about the struggles of transitioning from the NFL.
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I always felt like our room, without a doubt; we were among the most prepared players on the field, week in and week out. That’s due to this man right here!! Truly one of the greatest RB coaches to ever grace an NFL sideline. #KirbyDaGoat.
EXCLUSIVE with Former #Steelers RB Coach Kirby Wilson."I kept a list of every player I ever coached over my 24 years. Each was different but special in their own right. I have fond memories of how they changed my life.". #HereWeGo @ScottieMo_Coach
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Really appreciate everyone that's been rockin with #BallersHBO. Stay tuned for season 2, cause sh*t gets real!.
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Yesterday, with the Super Bowl underway. I sat outside my elementary school, right by the field where I once played football with my classmates. The beginning. Luggage in my car, with no-where to go. I wanted the end. But God and this art form, said No.
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That’s not what I said bro… but something tells me you don’t care/ still gonna buck the wagon huh?.
Former Steelers RB Rashard Mendenhall says Ben Roethlisberger deserves more blame for the team's Super Bowl loss. "Where the fuck is the leader at? He won the Super Bowls, how I lose it? If he’s winning them, how am I losing them?”. (via @Raw__Room).
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I don't like that there has to be an outcome in relationships. As if longevity is the only way to gauge success.
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I asked God about my youth. What was my obsession with the man on the moon?. And God said. Because you knew that if there was a man on the moon. it was you.
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None of you f-words play football. At this level…. On this night. This very play. He’s an invisible defender… he’s accounted f——oR• . 🏈.
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@HypnotiqNico Thanks for your support. I’m learning each day, how to surrender and pursue the healing. Learning how to allow the help.
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This generous fella gifted me his Frieza action figure; so I gave hm my gold pinky ring. We're friends now #Naoshima
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As a black athlete in this country, you can literally lay your body out and give your entire being for a higher cause, the greater good of a TEAM.
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I’m the hero in 2010. Just go watch the first game thru the playoffs. First player to LEAD the team in scoring since Franco Harris // Last player to have his number called in the Super Bowl. You still wondering how we lost? #Goat34.
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It takes a lot for me to stay composed. If I said what I actually felt, this fragile ass world would turn upside down.
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Those who judge others, will also be judged themselves.
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