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'''Laurence Maroney''' (born [[February 5]], [[1985]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]) is a [[National Football League]] [[running back]] for the [[New England Patriots]].

== CollegeHigh School Years Career==

Maroney attended Normandy high School in [[Normandy, Missouri]] and garnered four varsity letters in football, three in track, two in basketball, and one in baseball. In basketball, he was twice named the Team M.V.P. In track, he placed third at the State Meet on the 200 meter dash as a senior.

== College Career ==

At the University of Minnesota, he split duties with current [[Dallas Cowboys]] [[running back]] [[Marion Barber III]]. Because of this, he only started 14 of 36 games but still became the first [[Golden Gophers|Golden Gopher]] (third in [[Big Ten Conference]] history) to rush for 1,000 yards in each of his first three seasons. He gained a total of 3,933 yards in his three seasons with the Golden Gophers and was a two time All-[[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] first team selection (2004 & 2005).