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Near Miss

By Bruce Feldman

Thursday, October 9, 2008

June 2002 (55 months to signing day 2007) The courtship of Joe McKnight begins with a wobbly pass that floats in the thick Louisiana air during a 7-on-7 scrimmage between two New Orleans high schools. Its intended target is senior wideout Buster Davis from Walker High, the top prep receiver in the Southeast. At 6'2", Davis is tall and fast, but he can't shake the skinny, five-foot-nothing pip-squeak assigned to cover him. In fact, the baby-faced kid so frustrates Davis that when the ball finally ...

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