NFL draft's tough call: Stay or go?
Published 4/15/2008 by Clifton Brown at SportingNews.com NFL News and Exclusive Analysis
For players such as running back Darren McFadden and offensive tackle
Ryan Clady, the decision to declare for the draft with a year of eligibility remaining
was a no-brainer. There wasn't much more they could do in college to improve their
draft stock
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