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NFL Draft: Timing, in more ways than one, hurt UA picks

One year and one day ago, Nick Foles was being touted as a future first-round pick. Juron Criner was the Pac-12's top returning wide receiver, and Trevin Wade was viewed as a project, but a projectable one.

April 30, 2012 12:00 am Related

Blog: Star Sports on UA football

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NFL Draft: Bucs surprise Sunnyside grad

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted Michael Smith with their seventh-round (212th overall) pick, making him the second Tucson native in as many years to be selected by an NFL team.

April 29, 2012 12:00 am Related

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NFL draft: Criner leaves UA same way he arrived - as a mystery

Juron Criner arrived in Tucson four years ago as an enigma - a one-time basketball prospect who overcame a hardscrabble childhood, discovered football and earned a Division I scholarship to a program in desperate need of wide receivers. He was a quiet kid with jaw-dropping athletic ability a…

April 26, 2012 12:00 am Video

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Video: Top NFL picks ready for draft night

Photos: Quarterback Nick Foles

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Hansen: Finally, Foles set to break NFL Curse of the UA QBs

Did you know that in 50 years of college football, three quarterbacks from William and Mary have been drafted? Even if you split it up — two for William and one for Mary — it’s more than Arizona’s total of the last 50 years.

April 23, 2012 8:00 pm Comments