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rookie Eli Heidenreich, the team's seventh-round selection who also has utility on special teams. He'll be the lone backup behind top backs Jaylen Warren and Rico Dowdle
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Heidenreich, seventh-round pick, secured backup RB role with special teams value.

Rookie running back Eli Heidenreich, seventh-round selection, squeezed out Lew Nichols and Travis Homer from the active roster; he has utility on special teams and will be the lone backup behind top backs Jaylen Warren and Rico Dowdle.

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