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Under-the-radar prospects ready for breakout season

By Aaron Schatz
Football Outsiders.com

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

The word "prospect" means something different in football compared with baseball. Unlike Major League Baseball, the NFL doesn't have a minor league system to give players time to develop their skills at a lower level. So they play college football -- some at large, BCS schools and others at small, lesser-known colleges -- showing up in hopes of catching the eye of a professional scout. There are hundreds of Web sites devoted to these players: sites for mock NFL drafts, fans of each college a ...

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