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Born Identity

By Bruce Feldman

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

"Come on Desean, you can do it," says an off-camera voice, and the spindly 7-year-old nods confidently before sprinting past, arms pumping. He barely breaks stride as he leaps over a weight bench that is half as tall as he is. At the top of his jump, he snares a football in his tiny hands and pulls it under his arm as his feet touch the ground. The kid is so polished and the scene so absurd, you'd think the video had been staged for YouTube. But this clip is the real deal—DeSean Jackson, ...

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