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The Draft
A Year Inside the NFL's Search for Talent
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- By Pete Williams
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- Paperback (Hardback)
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- Published: 20th Mar 2007
- ISBN: 0312354398
- Pages: 328
From the Publisher:
Using his unlimited access to blue chip draft prospects, veteran journalist Pete Williams reveals football's inner workings in the same way Moneyball opened up baseball's top-secret war-rooms The NFL draft is the most closely followed sporting event not involving an actual athletic contest. Pete Williams explores this world from the inside out, exposing the multi-layered feeding frenzy that swarms around America's top college players.
The Draft follows a handful of NFL hopefuls through the ups and downs of the 2004-2005 college football season and the pre-draft process, culminating with the 2005 draft. Among the prospects are Virginla defensive end Chris Canty, who overcomes a devastating early-season knee injury to re-establish himself as a top draft hopeful, only to suffer a detached retina in a nightclub skirmish; Darryl Blackstock, a player so beloved by Virginia coach Al Groh that he assigns him the No.56 worn by Lawrence Taylor, and soft-spoken Florida State lineman Ray Willis, whose twenty-eight year-old wife guides him through the draft preparation process as she finishes a doctorate in sports management.
In tandem with the players, Williams follows three agents and two college programs, along with Atlanta Falcons scouts, who employ a stringent character-based system to evaluate players. These parallel stories weave together, creating a gripping and fascinating look at a world few see from the inside.
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