Former UNLV running back makes Canadian Olympic bobsled team

UNLV running back Shaquille Murray-Lawrence (33) runs past Minnesota defensive back Marcus Jones on his way for a 42-yard gain in the third quarter of their NCAA college football game in Minneapolis, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. Minnesota defeated UNLV 51-23. (AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King)

Minnesota linebacker James Manuel breaks up a pass intended for UNLV running back Shaquille Murray-Lawrence in the third quarter at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN August, 29, 2013.(Josh Holmberg/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

UNLV quarterback Jared Lebowitz (14) hands off the football to running back Shaquille Murray-Lawrence (33) in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Hawaii, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)

Brigham Young linebacker Alani Fua (5) dives for UNLV running back Shaquille Murray-Lawrence (33) as he carries the ball in the second quarter during an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, in Provo, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

UNLV running back Shaquille Murray-Lawrence (33) runs past Minnesota defensive back Marcus Jones on his way for a 42-yard gain in the third quarter of their NCAA college football game in Minneapolis, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. Minnesota defeated UNLV 51-23. (AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King)

UNLV running back Shaquille Murray-Lawrence (33) runs during an NCAA football game between Minnesota and UNLV in Minneapolis, Thursday Aug. 29, 2013. Minnesota defeated UNLV 51-23.(AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King)

UNLV running back Shaquille Murray-Lawrence, front, is dragged down after a long gain by Air Force defensive back Dexter Walker in the fourth quarter of an NCAA football game at Air Force Academy, Colo., on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

A second former UNLV athlete has made an Olympic bobsled team.

Shaquille Murray-Lawrence, a running back on the Rebels’ football team in 2013 and 2014, is one of two alternates for Canada in the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.

The opening ceremonies are Feb. 4, and the bobsled events are Feb. 13-15 and 18-20.

Murray-Lawrence joins former UNLV track athlete Kaysha Love, who will compete for the U.S. bobsled team.

He rushed for 418 yards as a junior and 552 yards and nine touchdowns his final season. Murray-Lawrence broke 100 yards in three of his last five games, including gaining 143 yards on 20 carries against Brigham Young.

He holds the school record for rushing for 100 yards on the fewest number of carries. Murray-Lawrence rushed four times for 108 yards against Minnesota on Aug. 29, 2013.

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