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Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by ATVZ400, May 3, 2008.

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  1. ATVZ400

    ATVZ400 Senior Member

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    Last season saw several rookies from Hawaii and American Samoa. This year's favored locale among those in this rookie minicamp -- Fort Wayne, Indiana, the Northeast Indiana city that's home to four rookie free agents.

    Two players, cornerback Aaron Lane and wide receiver Selwyn Lymon, both played at Purdue, the same school where Fort Wayne Snider High graduate Rod Woodson starred as a cornerback and occasional running back. Lane, cornerback Will Billingsley (North Carolina A&T) and wide receiver Justin Wynn (Grand Rapids Community College) all went to Snider.

    ''Selwyn Lymon, we played against him,'' Wynn said. ``I grew up with Selmon.''

    Perhaps the most important element connecting the four and getting their toes in the Dolphins' door is longtime NFL agent Eugene Parker, a Fort Wayne-based Purdue graduate who has counted Deion Sanders and Emmitt Smith among his clients.

    ''He told us we've got the talent to do it and good things are going to come,'' Wynn said. ``And God has blessed us.''

    FOSTER'S ROLE

    As the number of quarterbacks on the roster and his past dictated, last season's Georgia Southern quarterback, darting 5-7, 170-pounder Jayson Foster, took all his practice snaps at the receiver position he played in college until 2007. Foster also fielded punts, another task he excelled at in college before being asked to play quarterback.

    ''Anything to help the team win -- play receiver, play special teams,'' Foster said in a speech pattern that parallels his movements on the field -- crisp, but so quick that sometimes it's tough to catch even on tape.

    Foster explained he completed 64.1 percent of his passes last year because, ``When you throw screens and stuff like that, it moves your completion percentage a little bit.''

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  2. jason8er

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    This is not entirely accurate. Jayson played QB in 2004 and 2005, then was moved to WR/KR/PR in 2006 were he did NOT excel at his new position. He was then switched back to QB for his final 2007 season.
     

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