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Article: Tomlinson deserves to be first running back selected in draft.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- April 14, 2001
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PHILADELPHIA _ Depending on whose board you are looking at, LaDainian Tomlinson could be picked anywhere from third to ninth in the NFL draft on Saturday.
I'd say he goes closer to third.
The 5-foot-10, 220-pound running back has had nothing but questions thrown at him about his size, his hands, his strength, his determination, and his very worthiness of being one of the top picks, and he has answered them all.
And he did it the hard way. Without uttering a word.
First he opened some eyes and mouths at the scouting combine in February by posting 40-yard dashes in the 4.4s and then backing them up later in his private workout with one ...