Wali Sultan Lundy is a rapper and former American football

American football

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 running back

Running back

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 who played for the National Football League

National Football League

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. He is currently a free agent

Free agent

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. Lundy was drafted in round six, pick 1 of the 2006 NFL Draft

2006 NFL Draft

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 after playing college football

College football

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 at the University of Virginia

University of Virginia

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. He is a founding member of The Fresh Fuzion Collective.

Early years

Wali started his career at Holy Cross High School in Delran, NJ. Wali broke the rushing and most toudchdowns record while at Holy Cross. He had previously attended Florence Township Memorial High School in Florence, NJ, where he played for the Flashes.

College career

He holds many Virginia Cavaliers

Virginia Cavaliers

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 records and Atlantic Coast Conference

Atlantic Coast Conference

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 records, including being the all-time touchdown leader in ACC history with 52 touchdowns. He played in 49 games at Virginia, where he rushed for 3,193 yards, the fifth-highest total ever in school history, and 4,497 all-purpose yards. He was recruited out of Holy Cross High School in Delran Township, New Jersey

Delran Township, New Jersey

Delran is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 16,896....

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NFL career

It was announced on August 29, 2006, that Texans running back Domanick Davis would be unable to start the team's first regular season game due to a lingering knee injury. Houston Head Coach

Head coach

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 Gary Kubiak

Gary Kubiak

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 stated that Lundy will start the first game of his rookie

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 campaign in Davis' place. Lundy stepped up for 476 yards and 4 touchdowns in his rookie season. On August 31, 2007 the Texans released him.

Music Career

In a 2004 interview with Sports Illustrated

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, Lundy suggested he would aspire to be a rap artist if football didn't work out. In 2010 he partnered with producer Jay Criss and established a music group called The Fresh Fuzion Collective.