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Article: Akbar a pick to stick - Pats really like look of hard-hitting safety.(Sports)
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- The Boston Herald
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- April 29, 2001
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FOXBORO - NFL teams don't like it when a prospect blows off a scheduled workout. They don't like it when a player goes through one agent after another in a matter of months. They don't like it when a player is perceived to be immature. They don't like it when a player has off-field problems.
A lot of teams didn't like Hakim Akbar, but the Patriots weren't one of those teams.
The hard-hitting safety from Washington had been projected by many scouts as a sure second- or third-round pick in the draft. When the Pats went on the clock with the final pick in the fifth round (No. 163 overall), Akbar was still on the board and they found his talent, and ...