AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas running back DOnta Foreman has signed with an agent and will enter the NFL draft after leading the nation in rushing with 2,028 yards this season.Foreman, a junior, surpassed 100 rushing yards in each of his past 13 games at Texas and became the second 2,000-yard rusher in school history, joining Ricky Williams. He announced his decision to go pro on Wednesday.I had a wonderful season, Foreman said. Ive got to try to strike while the irons hot.Foreman is ranked No. 18 among Todd McShays top 32 NFL draft prospects and No. 3 among running back prospects behind LSUs Leonard Fournette and Florida States Dalvin Cook.Foreman has received early feedback that he could be a late-first- or second-round pick, a source close to Foreman told ESPN. He signed with Select Sports Group on Tuesday.Texas finished 5-7 this season and fired coach Charlie Strong on Saturday. Foreman said he would go pro even if Strong had been retained. New Texas coach Tom Herman met with Foreman this week and supported his decision.For me not to be able to be with those guys and try to get this thing heading in the right direction again, it was definitely a hard decision for me, Foreman said.Foreman, a finalist for the Doak Walker Award, which honors the nations top running back, rushed for his 2,028 yards in only 11 games and scored 15 touchdowns.?He said Wednesday he believes he deserves to be a finalist for the Heisman Trophy.I definitely feel like I should be in New York, Foreman said. We didnt put up the wins we should have, but I was consistently productive for my team. I did everything I could to help us win. I feel like Im just as good as those guys. I feel like I should be up there with a chance to win.When asked which NFL franchise he hopes to play for, Foreman replied: To be honest, anybody wholl give me some money. 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Police are on high alert for the?Carolina Panthers home game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday in Charlotte after learning that protesters are planning to block entrances to the stadium, according to sources.A source told ESPNs Michael Eaves that police received word Saturday night that protesters will gather Sunday morning at Marshall Park, about a mile from Bank of America Stadium, and will march down to the stadium and try to block all of its entrances -- even those for the players and officials.?However, players arriving at the stadium Sunday morning by bus were not having an issue, according to ESPNs David Newton.?Sundays game is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. ET.The news comes after the game was declared an extraordinary event?by Charlotte interim city manager Ron Kimble on Saturday night. According to the citys news release, an extraordinary event is defined as a large-scale event or an event of national or international significance which might attract a significant number of people to a certain geographic area of the city.The designation allows the city to modify its permitting process for activities such as parades and specifies particular items that are prohibited from being brought into certain boundaries of the event.There have been both peaceful demonstrations and violent protests in Charlotte every day since Tuesday night, when a black Charlotte police officer shot and killed 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott, who is also black, in an apartment complex parking lot about 15 minutes from Bank of America Stadium.The protests moved within a few blocks of the stadium on Wednesday night, turning violent with gunshots, vandalism and police setting off tear gas bombs in an attempt to break up the protesters.Protests in Charlotte were peaceful on Saturday night, and Panthers president Danny Morrison told ESPNs BBritt McHenry, We are good to go for Sunday.ddddddddddddMorrison also explained that during the offseason, the team built four new security posts around the stadium, adding 95 walk-through metal detectors. The team also expanded its camera coverage and added more explosive-detection dogs.As the Panthers get set for the game, NFL players have been thinking and talking all week about next-level protests for the Black Lives Matter movement, according to multiple sources.The specifics remain vague, as players are apprehensive about saying too much beforehand, according to sources.Players are trying to think of how they can make a stand Sunday and beyond, and its a real issue in locker rooms across the NFL, yet its hard to pinpoint a centralized, functional plan. But it definitely is legitimate, according to multiple sources. Players were talking throughout the week and everyone is aware that, in the words of one source, theres a big issue brewing.The NFLs new vice president of security, Cathy Lanier, is attending Sundays game to represent the league and get her first taste of life as a non-law-enforcement official.Lanier left her job as the Washington, D.C., police chief last week and joined the NFL. One of her first issues was how the league would handle the tumultuous situation outside the stadium where the Panthers play.Lanier will be going through all the security meetings and protocols as she acclimates to her new job. She will be joined by NFL chief operating officer Tod Leiweke.The NFL defers to government entities to handle protests and is more concerned about security inside and outside the stadiums.ESPNs David Newton, Adam Schefter and The Associated Press contributed to this report. ' ' '