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45:Personal information
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703:Irving Fryar
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108:High school:
75:(1986-06-27)
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1633:1986 deaths
1628:1962 births
1151:Bruce Davis
1055:Louis Lipps
1040:David Lewis
856:Terry Hoage
753:Tony Slaton
745:Doug Dawson
721:Bill Fralic
671:Mike Rozier
663:Steve Young
524:October 10,
370:quarterback
363:intercepted
336:UCLA Bruins
194:First-team
1622:Categories
1607:G. Newsome
1577:M. Garrett
1537:Richardson
1392:O. Newsome
1387:R. Jackson
1317:Hutchinson
1312:L. Jackson
1262:B. Garrett
1174:Jim Dumont
1141:Don Rogers
1131:selections
1060:Todd Shell
1030:Don Rogers
1015:Ron Faurot
985:Rick Bryan
970:Mossy Cade
955:Carl Banks
864:Don Rogers
848:Jerry Gray
822:Ron Rivera
772:Rick Bryan
729:Terry Long
687:Greg Allen
679:Bo Jackson
419:References
397:Dan Marino
355:Tom Ramsey
306:Early life
298:caused by
196:All-Pac-10
183:Consensus
126:NFL draft:
56:1962-09-17
25:Don Rogers
1462:Alexander
1292:Kreitling
1277:Carpenter
1247:Rechichar
1237:Carpenter
1178:Don Jones
1070:Greg Bell
1020:Pete Koch
965:Bill Maas
891:Jack Weil
499:March 18,
359:next year
351:1983 game
349:. In the
347:Rose Bowl
35:Position:
1592:Mayfield
1477:C. Brown
1432:Charlton
1397:Matthews
1377:Mitchell
1332:Matheson
1322:Warfield
1302:Crespino
1282:J. Brown
1045:John Alt
1035:Ron Solt
409:Len Bias
334:for the
284:football
116:College:
1582:Peppers
1572:Coleman
1562:Shelton
1557:Manziel
1552:Gilbert
1507:Wimbley
1502:Edwards
1497:Winslow
1457:Langham
1452:Everitt
1447:Vardell
1437:Metcalf
1342:Johnson
1307:Collins
1297:Houston
1287:Shofner
1252:Agganis
763:Defense
654:Offense
554:May 30,
470:May 30,
465:NFL.com
445:May 30,
387:by the
300:cocaine
290:in the
95:Weight:
87:Height:
1567:Erving
1542:Weeden
1532:Taylor
1512:Thomas
1482:Warren
1467:Powell
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