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Todd Gurley prefers cats over dogs, ready to be 'Cat Dude'

Published: Aug 20, 2018 at 07:19 AM

The Checkdown's daily collection of football culture stories for August 20, 2018. This is The Extra Point.

1. Todd Gurley hates dogs, but loves cats. The All-Pro RB plans on becoming a "crazy cat dude."

Todd Gurley loves cats.

Great piece by ⁦@samalipour⁩.https://t.co/P3uAXZW5LI pic.twitter.com/5x5HMT6GhJ
— Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) August 18, 2018

2. Panthers QB Cam Newton has nicknames for virtually all of his teammates.

Here's an update on Cam's nicknames for everybody 😂 pic.twitter.com/GXqarYLVr4
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) August 20, 2018

3. UI long snapper Dan Godsil has ridiculous accuracy.

Don’t 😴 on @DanGodsil, @ESPN.#SCTop10 #IUFB pic.twitter.com/yfuTSnlSZC
— Indiana Football (@IndianaFootball) August 17, 2018

4. It's almost football season, but back-to-school season is in full swing. Eagles WR Nelson Agholor recently helped Philly students get ready for the year at a backpack drive.

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