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02-25-2003, 12:45 AM
INDIANAPOLIS -- Southern California's Justin Fargas turned heads with a faster-than-expected time in the 40-yard dash, while Middle Tennessee State's Dwone Hicks turned off NFL scouts by not running at all.
The distinctions will become more apparent as teams begin rating the 323 players who attended the league's annual combine.
Some players, like Fargas, will see their grades improve after Monday's final workouts. Others, like Hicks, could fall completely out of the draft.
"If I was a running back, I would have killed myself to work out here, like Justin Fargas," Houston general manager Charlie Casserly said. "Do you know how many people are going to go back and think, 'He has heart, he's been productive -- and look at that time.' You've got to weigh the injury history, but he helped himself here."
Several other players joined Fargas in doing that.
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The distinctions will become more apparent as teams begin rating the 323 players who attended the league's annual combine.
Some players, like Fargas, will see their grades improve after Monday's final workouts. Others, like Hicks, could fall completely out of the draft.
"If I was a running back, I would have killed myself to work out here, like Justin Fargas," Houston general manager Charlie Casserly said. "Do you know how many people are going to go back and think, 'He has heart, he's been productive -- and look at that time.' You've got to weigh the injury history, but he helped himself here."
Several other players joined Fargas in doing that.
MORE (http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/6209995)