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Ainge, Walker among surprise standouts

By Todd McShay
Scouts, Inc.

Thursday, September 30, 2004

It typically takes a special effort from an unsuspecting player to transcend the expectations of a team. Take last year's co-national champions, for example. Who would have thought last August that Matt Leinart would step in for former Heisman Trophy winner Carson Palmer and lead the Trojans to 12 wins and a Rose Bowl ring? How could anyone have known that 18-year-old LaRon Landry would develop into a playmaking starting safety in the LSU secondary? Or, for that matter, that his emergence w ...

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