Two former Hutchinson Blue Dragon football stars were named to the NFL All Pro teams for the 2020 season.
Cordarrelle Patterson, who led NFC returners in fan votes, made the all-star team last season, his first with the Bears. He was a two-time Pro Bowl player with the Vikings. Patterson’s 104-yard kickoff return for a touchdown last month against the Vikings gave him eight in his career, putting him in a three-way tie for most all-time. Patterson earned his 4th Pro Bowl after being drafted in the first round in 2013 out of Tennessee. Patterson graduated from HutchCC in 2012.
Alvin Kamara is a four-year NFL veteran who was selected in the third round (67th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Saints out of the University of Tennessee. Kamara played for Hutchinson Community College in 2014. In 2020, Kamara has played in 14 games with 10 starts and leads the Saints in both rushing and receiving with 165 carries for 777 yards (4.7 avg.) with 10 touchdowns, ranking first in the league among running backs in catches and receiving yardage with 80 grabs for 739 yards and five touchdowns. Kamara is ranked third in the NFL with 1,516 total yards from scrimmage and 83 first downs and tied for third with 15 total touchdowns. In four seasons, he has appeared in 59 regular season games with 34 starts, rushing for 3,185 yards on 650 attempts (4.9 avg.) with 37 touchdowns and has posted 323 receptions for 2,807 yards with 15 touchdowns. Kamara has become the only Saint to have four consecutive seasons of at least 1,300 total yards from scrimmage. The Atlanta native is the only Saint to be named to the Pro Bowl in each of his first four NFL seasons and the first Saint to be named in each of his first four years with the club.