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Butler, Poole among those who slipped

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Sunday, April 25, 2004

When it comes to considering the character of a prospect, there is often more rhetoric than results in the NFL, but the 2004 draft seemed to indicate an increased emphasis on how players comported themselves off the field. There is perhaps no better example of that than Purdue offensive lineman Kelly Butler, regarded by many as perhaps the second- or third-best left tackle prospect in the draft, but a player who fell all the way to the sixth round. A monstrous player with all the attributes sc ...

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