Article: REDMOND PUTS PAST BEHIND HIM

FOXBOROUGH - He wanted to be a USC Trojan and an Oakland Raider, but he was an Arizona State Sun Devil, and today he is a New England Patriot.

Maybe J.R. Redmond didn't get exactly what he wanted, but really, all he ever wanted was to play football.

"Born to play football," said Arizona State University coach Bruce Snyder. "Throughout the problem he had last fall, it was easy to see that the one place where he could escape everything was on the field. It was there the smile returned to his face, the intensity came back into his game. When he was on the field doing what he loves, nothing can touch J.R. And nothing did. This is a neat kid. You're going to like this kid a lot."

The "problem" ...

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