Mike Pruitt
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Sep 25, 2026
Dave DameshekHOST
Jack Youngblood and Jim Youngblood, two white guys on defense at the same time for the LA Rams.
Dave DameshekHOST
Unrelated, at the exact same time in Cleveland, Greg and Mike Pruitt, two Black running backs on the Browns, same time.
Dave DameshekHOST
Unrelated.
Dave DameshekHOST
How's that possible?
Dave DameshekHOST
No one else under the sun cares about this.
Dave DameshekHOST
Jack Youngblood and Jim Youngblood, two white guys on defense at the same time for the L.A. Rams, unrelated, at the exact same time in Cleveland, Greg and Mike Pruitt, two black running backs on the Browns, same time, unrelated.
Dave DameshekHOST
How's that possible? And how's it possible nobody cares about that but me? People do care about this Caleb Williams controversy.
Dave DameshekHOST
He took the card out.
Scott JohnstonHOST
That's how the great moves Billy white shoes had back in the day.
Scott JohnstonHOST
And this was something I love when this happens 50 years later, I'm reading the NFL preview of the 1976 season and, And I find out that Greg Pruitt and his fellow back, Mike Pruitt with the Browns, and they're not related.
Bill MahoneyHOST
And I don't think there's ever been another one in the NFL,
Scott JohnstonHOST
right? A Pruitt name.
Pete FranklinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This week we've really got a spotlight on Pigskin Pete's draft preview that incidentally will be running throughout the week in the Cleveland Press.
Pete FranklinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We'll be talking with Mike Pruitt on Thursday night live in our studio and player personnel director Tommy Prothwell of the Cleveland Browns about possibly some of the players the Cleveland Browns might be interested in and might be drafting.
Pete FranklinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's of course on Sportsline.
Pete FranklinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
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Pete FranklinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This week we've really got a spotlight on Pigskin Pete's draft preview.
Pete FranklinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And incidentally, we'll be running throughout the week in the Cleveland Press.
Pete FranklinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We'll be talking with Mike Pruitt on Thursday night, live in our studio, and player personnel director Tommy Prothwell of the Cleveland Browns about possibly some of the players the Cleveland Browns might be interested in and might be drafting.
Pete FranklinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's, of course, on Sportsline.
Ankit ChughHOST
Mike Pruitt was relentless! Some players are defined by their size, others by their speed.
Ankit ChughHOST
Mike Pruitt embodied both.
Ankit ChughHOST
A runner at heart, Pruitt's love for competition began on the racetrack in Chicago.
Ankit ChughHOST
That fire carried over to the gridiron and served him well at Wendell Phillips High School, where his dominance at running back caught the attention of recruiters.
Ankit ChughHOST
A fullback who ran like a featureback, Pruitt resembled a runaway bus.
Ankit ChughHOST
He had the strength to run over defenders and the speed to run past them.
Ankit ChughHOST
I want to thank you for watching and I would love to hear your thoughts on Mike Pruitt.