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04-17-2003, 02:56 PM
Coaxed into a corner of the ball room at the Indiana Convention Center where draft prospects were conducting media interviews during the combine workouts two months ago, Marshall quarterback Byron Leftwich talked at length about playing at a smaller school, rehabilitating from a fractured left tibia and, finally, the various drills that accompany preparation for the draft.


Told that the propaganda machine for Kyle Boller was cranking out the tale of how the University of California quarterback could rifle a ball through the uprights from 55 yards away, and while on both knees, the clever and engaging Leftwich paused and smiled before delivering a response.

And then after careful deliberation …

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