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Article: Garner's Pass-Fail Course; Ex-Va. Prep Star Takes Bumpy Path to NFL
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- The Washington Post
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- April 29, 1994
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The gathering last Sunday was designed to fulfill every
mother's dream. Coetta Garner, mother of four, had invited 300
people to the Bailey's Crossroads Community Center, near her home in
Falls Church, Va., to watch the National Football League draft on
the big screen television. Surely, it wouldn't take long to find out
where her son, Charlie, the youngest in the family, would be
selected.
A standout for two seasons as a tailback for the University of
Tennessee - and, before that, the Virginia prep player of the year
at Stuart High School in 1989 - Charlie Garner had been pegged as a
first-round pick. But there was something Coetta Garner didn't know.
Until Charlie told her that day.
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