AP feature: Lynch taking vocal lead

The Associated Press has a great feature article about Marshawn Lynch becoming a vocal leader in addition to a leader on the field for Cal football.

That’s because Lynch normally dislikes attention even more than sprained ankles, opposing linebackers and formal dress codes.

His reserve has made it difficult for Cal to promote him as a Heisman Trophy candidate, and even many of his teammates say they didn’t know much about him beyond his bare-bones biography: An Oakland native who survived childhood in his hard-scrabble part of town to become the biggest star yet in the Bears’ five-season resurgence under coach Jeff Tedford.

But in what might be Lynch’s last few weeks in college before jumping to the NFL, his teammates are seeing dimensions to his character that only his closest friends knew.

“He’s more vocal, more outgoing now,” Tedford said. “He still doesn’t like to be front-and-center, though.”

Take a look here.