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Well-traveled Martin on doorstep of NFL

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Friday, April 24, 2009

He was born in Jamaica and grew up near Toronto, and now Vaughn Martin longs to play football in the United States for a living. Sometime during the seven rounds of this weekend's draft, the massive defensive lineman from Western Ontario University is hoping, his rather circuitous path will transform into a straight line to an NFL job. Martin "It's been my goal for a long time," said Martin, one of the more unusual prospects in the 2009 draft, by telephone earlier this week "Not being ...

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