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Article: Dayne has his share of support among scouts
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 9, 2000
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DRAFT 2000, second in a series
RUNNING BACKS
Dayne has his share of support among scouts
By BOB MCGINN
of the Journal Sentinel staff
Sunday, April 9, 2000
Green Bay -- Heisman Trophy-winning Ron Dayne can't get a sniff
from scouts as the best back in the draft this year, but 85% of those
polled by the Journal Sentinel expect him to have a prosperous career
in the National Football League.
Tennessee's Jamal Lewis, a phenomenal athlete who blew out a knee
in October 1998, and Virginia's Thomas Jones, compared by some to
Emmitt Smith, each received six votes from scouts who offered an
opinion on the No. 1 running back. Neither Dayne, the University of
Wisconsin workhorse, nor Alabama's sleek ...