.jpg) Rountree III with the Los Angeles Chargers in 2021 | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Running back | ||||||||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||||||||
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| Born | (1999-02-13)February 13, 1999 (age 26) Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| High school | Millbrook (Raleigh, North Carolina) | ||||||||||||
| College | Missouri (2017–2020) | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2021: 6th round, 198th overall pick | ||||||||||||
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Larry Rountree III (born February 13, 1999) is an American professionalfootballrunning back for theBirmingham Stallions of theUnited Football League (UFL). He playedcollege football for theMissouri Tigers, receiving second-teamAll-SEC honors in 2020. Rountree was selected in the sixth round of the2021 NFL draft by theLos Angeles Chargers, where he played two seasons. He joined the Stallions in 2024 and was a member of the team that won the2024 UFL Championship Game.
Rountree attendedMillbrook High School inRaleigh, North Carolina.[1][2] As a senior, he ran for 1,147 yards on 201 carries with 21touchdowns. He committed to theUniversity of Missouri to playcollege football.[3]
As a true freshman at Missouri in 2017, Rountree played in all 13 games and rushed for 703 yards on 126 carries with six touchdowns. As a sophomore he became the starting running back, rushing 225 times for 1,216 yards and 11 touchdowns.[4] As a junior, he rushed for 829 yards on 186 carries and nine touchdowns.[5][6] Rountree returned to Missouri his senior year in 2020.[7][8] During the season, he rushed for 972 yards and set the school record for career rushing yards (3,720) by a running back.[9][10]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 5 ft10+5⁄8 in (1.79 m) | 211 lb (96 kg) | 30+3⁄4 in (0.78 m) | 9+1⁄4 in (0.23 m) | 4.68 s | 1.73 s | 2.68 s | 4.47 s | 6.96 s | 30.0 in (0.76 m) | 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) | 18 reps | |
| All values fromPro Day[11][12][13] | ||||||||||||
Rountree was selected in the sixth round (198th overall) in the2021 NFL draft by theLos Angeles Chargers.[14]
He scored his first NFL touchdown on a one-yard rush in a Week 10 game of the 2021 season against theMinnesota Vikings.[15]
On August 31, 2022, Rountree was waived by the Chargers and re-signed to thepractice squad.[16] He was promoted to the active roster on November 12, 2022.[17] He was waived on November 26 and re-signed to the practice squad.[18] He signed a reserve/future contract on January 17, 2023.[19]
Rountree was waived by the Chargers on August 14, 2023.[20]
On August 18, 2023, Rountree signed with theHouston Texans.[21] He was waived on August 29, 2023.[22] He was re-signed to the practice squad on September 6, 2023.[23] He was released on September 12, 2023.[24]
On January 19, 2024, Rountree signed with theBirmingham Stallions of theUnited Football League (UFL).[25] He re-signed with the team on August 28, 2024.[26]