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[Green Bay Bombers]

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Fred Jackson never gave up on his pursuit to make it in the NFL, and now the Buffalo Bills running back has the lengthy contract to prove it.

Jackson signed a four-year contract extension on Wednesday as both a reward for his perseverance and his ability to provide the Bills' run game a valuable one-two punch behind starter Marshawn Lynch. It's a particularly significant deal for someone who played at Division III Coe College and spent a few years playing in the U.S. Indoor Football League before finally breaking into the NFL on Buffalo's practice squad in 2006.