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We've got a busy Sunday ahead, so take your Weekend Water Break, presented by Crown Royal, and get caught up on everything that happened in the past few days.

1. Miles Sanders: Destined for greatness

Running back Miles Sanders ranks third in the league in rushing yards since Week 2 with 316. The prolific second-year playmaker is the subject of this week's Gameday Magazine cover story. An excerpt:

His mother, Marlene, raised her son to be a "very humble child." A single mother raising three boys, Marlene Sanders looked at football as a way to keep the boys active and out of trouble.

"Loving them and being their mom was the easy part," Marlene said. "The biggest challenge was financial, having to do everything yourself. When you have a one-income family, everything comes down to you."

With Marlene as a role model for hard work and sacrifice, Miles honed his craft while waiting for his opportunity at Penn State.

"We came in a year apart, but Miles and I were kind of in the same boat," said former Penn State quarterback Tommy Stevens. "He was the heir apparent to Saquon, and I was going to take over for Trace (McSorley). Some five-star guys, they might come in and feel sorry for themselves in that role. That wasn't Miles.

"I remember one night, after practice and after meetings, I got together with some of the young receivers and we headed out to the indoor (facility) to throw the ball around, but the lights were already on. Sure enough, we walk in, and over by himself working alone in the corner was Miles, doing bag drills. That's all we needed to see right there."

Sanders earned the starting job at Penn State in 2018 and dazzled with 1,274 rushing yards, including a 200-yard performance against Illinois, good for second in the Big Ten Conference and 15th in the nation. He won several awards including the team's Most Valuable Offensive Player as well as second-team All-Big Ten honors.

Eagles Assistant Head Coach/Running Backs Coach Duce Staley, a part of a great lineage of running backs in Eagles history, pounded the proverbial table for Sanders during the pre-draft process in 2019. The team knew how much Staley wanted Sanders in midnight green, so much so, that they jokingly told him that they selected another running back in the second round before putting him on the phone with Sanders.

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