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82 Days (2008)

Day #1: Ki-Jana Carter

April 26, 2008

Ki-Jana Carter – RB – Penn State
1995 Draft / 1st Round / Cincinnati Bengals
Here we are, the day before the NFL’s annual millionaire minting event. Draft boards are set, the first pick has already been signed to a contract, and we here at the Nugget are ready to wrap up our Around the Draft in [...]

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Day #2: Ryan Leaf

April 24, 2008

Ryan Leaf – QB – Washington State
1998 Draft / 1st Round / San Diego Chargers
Whenever the subject of Ryan Leaf is broached among football fans two main topics invariably surface. First is a discussion of the pre-draft debate over whether either he or Tennessee QB Peyton Manning should be the first quarterback taken in the NFL [...]

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Day #3: Garrison Hearst

April 23, 2008

Garrison Hearst – RB – Georgia
1993 Draft / 1st Round / Phoenix Cardinals
After a successful college career at the University of Georgia, Garrison Hearst had a rough start to his NFL career. Drafted by one of the league’s moribund franchises, he was used sparingly his first two seasons, but would come back in 1995 to [...]

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Day #4: Desmond Howard

April 22, 2008

Desmond Howard – WR – Michigan
1992 Draft / 1st Round / Washington Redskins
Don’t call it a comeback! After a week of diaper duty I’m back in the house for our latest and greatest bust – I mean post! Today we have a fine young man who proudly wore the maize and blue and ran the [...]

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Day #11: Ron Dayne

April 15, 2008

Ron Dayne – RB – Wisconsin
2000 Draft / 1st Round / New York Giants
The 1999 Heismen Trophy winner will be remebered as one the greatest college football players of all time. His legend not only derived by his stats; a collegiate record 6,397 rushing yards, but also by his post-season performances in bowl games. [...]

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Day #12: Cade McNown

April 14, 2008

Cade McNown – QB – UCLA
1999 Draft / 1st Round / Chicago Bears
With a highly touted quarterbacking class in the draft and a need for a starting quarterback since Jim McMahon departed, the Chicago Bears made a trade with the Washington Redskins to get in position to take one of the signal callers. Having missed [...]

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Day #13: Keith Jackson

April 13, 2008

Keith Jackson – TE – Oklahoma
1988 Draft / 1st Round / Philadelphia Eagles
Whoa Nelly, have you heard the one about Keith Jackson. No, not that Keith Jackson, rather the Oklahoma tight end that parlayed a solid college career into a nine year NFL career. During his four years as a Sooner he would help the [...]

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Day #14: Eddie George

April 13, 2008

Eddie George – RB – Ohio State
1996 Draft / 1st Round / Houston Oilers
Eddie George has been a winner at every level during his career from the fifth “prep” season he spent at Fork Union Military Academy to his award winning run at Ohio State that lead to a nine year career in the NFL. [...]

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Day #15: Yatil Green

April 11, 2008

Yatil Green – WR – Miami
1997 Draft / 1st Round / Miami Dolphins
Day 15. From a Green to, well, another Green. A has been to a never was. Yatil Green played for Butch Davis at the University of Miami (sensing our theme are you?) and was a mercurial talent. Green showed flashes of brilliance during [...]

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Day #16: William Green

April 10, 2008

William Green – RB – Boston College
2002 Draft / 1st Round / Cleveland Browns
So, you’re Butch Davis and you are coming off your first season as head coach of the Cleveland Browns with a decent 7-9 record. Considering your predecessor managed only 5 wins in two seasons upon the Browns triumphant return to the NFL [...]

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