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| Meet Ahmard Hall: Univ Texas FB, USMC Sgt., NFL Player? |
| 2006-07-11 |
| Swiped this from Milblogs at Mudville, but hey, I live in Austin, and this is a local guy. Just your feel good story of the day. If you like Marines, and you like football, you owe yourself to read this entire article. Determining the best player in Thursday's NFL supplemental draft -- talented but troubled former University of Virginia linebacker Ahmad Brooks -- hasn't exactly drained the brainpower of NFL scouts. Only an r separates their names Neither has the task of identifying the best person in the special summertime lottery -- onetime University of Texas fullback Ahmard Hall. In a supplemental draft pool typically comprised of guys whose dossiers include a wart or two -- former Iowa State defensive end/linebacker Jason Berryman, arguably the second-best player available, served eight months in jail in 2004 after pleading guilty to robbery charges -- Hall is a pristine prospect. How squeaky-clean is Hall, who has impressed scouts with his quickness and strength? Try spit-and-polish squeaky-clean, the kind of no-nonsense, sir, yes, sir! player who can probably glance down at his spikes and see his own reflection staring back at him. On those occasions when Brooks and Berryman weren't in trouble with the law or with their coaches, they were able to chase quarterbacks and tailbacks around the football field. When trouble found Hall, it meant he had to chase Taliban warlords through the treacherous mountain passes of Afghanistan. "I'm not sure it made me a better football player, but I know it made me a whole lot better person," said Hall, 26, a former sergeant who returned from four years in the Marines that included tours in Kosovo and Afghanistan to make the Longhorns as a walk-on. "In meetings with scouts, they ask a lot of questions, but the one area they don't ever bring up is the character thing. I'm proud of that. I think teams know that, if they draft me or they sign me to come to their camp, they aren't going to have to worry about any issues of that sort, you know?" Go forth and read |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #2 sounds like a good free agent pickup....he's still young enuf to play, might have to do teh NFL Europe for a year or two |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-07-11 22:32 |
| #1 Good stuff Sherry. Thanks! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-07-11 21:17 |