ESPN.com: Rakeem Cato's Only Chance

Mike Gwinn

I'd rather be fishing.
Feb 26, 2002
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SIXTY-FIVE DAYS[/B] before the NFL draft, Rakeem Cato takes a break near a box of Krispy Kreme donuts that he doesn't eat (but should), and contemplates numbers. There was a time, when news trucks rumbled through the West Virginia mountains to do feel-good stories on him, that he thought throwing for 14,079 yards and breaking records and winning games would matter. But now, the only thing scouts want to know is whether a miracle happened over the winter and he somehow morphed into the body of a stereotypical NFL quarterback...

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