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thejetsblog.com - 4/27/2008
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TheJetsBlog is first to you with another super exclusive interview. Army’s Strong Safety Caleb Campbell, was in the Mezzanine after his ESPN appearance thanking the crowd who had been cheering him. I stood two feet from Rachel Nichols (who is barely five feet tall) and then realized I had left my laptop unattended for some thieving Pats fans to steal.
Bent stayed on and tried to get ...
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A Story Better Than This
thearena.wordpress.com 4/28/2008 — “There are lots of good stories in the NFL Draft,” Trey Wingo said late in ESPN’s Sunday coverage of the draft’s second day. “But you’d be hard-pressed to find one better than this.” He spoke, of course, ...
thearena.wordpress.com 4/28/2008 — “There are lots of good stories in the NFL Draft,” Trey Wingo said late in ESPN’s Sunday coverage of the draft’s second day. “But you’d be hard-pressed to find one better than this.” He spoke, of course, ...
Lions Select Army's Campbell With 7th Round Pick
bizoffootball.com 4/28/2008 — The biggest cheer of the weekend at Radio City Music Hall may have been for a seventh round draft pick. When Army’s Caleb Campbell was selected by the Detroit Lions with the 218 th pick in the draft, the place went crazy. Campbell will be the first Army football player to benefit from a new policy that allows athletes to play professionally instead of going overseas, as reported by ...
bizoffootball.com 4/28/2008 — The biggest cheer of the weekend at Radio City Music Hall may have been for a seventh round draft pick. When Army’s Caleb Campbell was selected by the Detroit Lions with the 218 th pick in the draft, the place went crazy. Campbell will be the first Army football player to benefit from a new policy that allows athletes to play professionally instead of going overseas, as reported by ...
Touching scene — ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog
Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley When the Lions selected Army safety Caleb Campbell a few minutes ago, the crowd at Radio City Music City Hall went nuts. He's on the ESPN set talking to Trey Wingo and Ron Jaworski right now. Campbell will take advantage of a new rule that allows members of the service academies to waive their commitment if they're drafted. The Army obviously knows how ...
Detroit draft pick is an officer and a soldier — NFL - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports
Not many seventh-round picks hear the crowd chant their name on draft day, but Caleb Campbell is no ordinary draft pick. Campbell heard chants of "USA, USA, USA" in Radio City Music Hall when the Lions drafted him on the seventh round Sunday. Campbell, a safety and linebacker at Army, hopes to be playing for the Lions in the fall, but many people think he will be representing his ...
A Special Story: Caleb Campbell Comes to Detroit with a Love for Football and for Serving His Country — SportsFilter
The Lions final choice in this year?s draft may have drawn as much attention as their first.
Detroit selected safety Caleb Campbell out of Army as their second of two seventh-round picks, creating a stir at the site of the NFL Draft: Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
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2008 NFL Draft: Lions Draft Army's Caleb Campbell in Seventh-Round — Pride Of Detroit
The Detroit Lions opted to go patriotic with their second seventh-round pick as they drafted Army safety Caleb Campbell with the 218th overall selection. This pick will make headlines across the country as Campbell is a very unique player to say the least. Thanks to a new Army rule , Campbell actually has a pro career that starts immediately rather than after he completes his ...
Picking Up The Blitz Ver 5.3 — SOX & Dawgs
In the 7th Round with the 218 th pick of the NFL Draft the Detroit Lions took Army’s Caleb Campbell. When he was picked the fans in attendance at Radio City Music Hall went nuts and burst into a chant of “U-S-A!”. Very fitting for a man of Campbell’s stature.
In the old days if someone from a service academy was drafted into professional sports they had to defer ...
Lions - Rd 7 (218)- Caleb Campbell, S, Army — Detroit Lions
With the 218th selection in the 2008 NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions select Caleb Campbell, safety from Army.
The feel good story of the draft, the Lions hope Campbell can be versatile enough to play outside linebacker as well as safety. At 6-2 and 230 pounds, he runs a 4.57 forty and is a sure tackler as well as being the first cadet drafted since 1997. He is strong in run support, has a nose ...
Campbell Gets Picked By Lions — MVN Outsider
I figured this deserved to be in a separate post. Caleb Campbell, a safety from Army, was drafted by the Lions at pick number two hundred eighteen.
This is a very rare instance where a player from the Armed Services can go to the NFL. Campbell will be allowed to play for two years, helping the army with recruiting. Normally, West Point graduates would have to serve for five years before ...
Instead of Combat, Caleb Campbell Heading To The Lions. So, Yay? [DUAN] — Deadspin
Safety Caleb Campbell was the first nonkicker from Army ever invited to take part in the NFL combine. If he didn't get drafted, he would probably be serving as a second lieutenant in Iraq or Afghanistan by year's end. But Campbell was drafted in the 7th round. By the Detroit Lions. Bit of a Pyrrhic victory, no?
All kidding aside, it's an interesting situation and one that possible only ...
LIONS TAKE ARMY’S CAMPBELL — ProFootballTalk.com
The longest sustained cheers during the second day of the draft have come for safety Caleb Campbell, chosen in the seventh round (218th overall) by the Detroit Lions.
Campbell played his college ball at Army, and he’s the highest-selected player from Army since 1947.
In the past, athletes from West Point were required to serve five years [...]
2008 NFL Draft: Day Two Picks — Pride Of Detroit
Round 3 (#66): Kevin Smith, RB (Central Florida)
Round 3 (#87): Andre Fluellen, DT (Florida State)
Round 3 (#92): Cliff Avril, DE (Purdue)
Round 5 (#136): Kenneth Moore, WR (Wake Forest)
Round 5 (#146): Jerome Felton, FB (Furman)
Round 7 (#216): Landon Cohen, DT (Ohio)
Round 7 (#218): Caleb Campbell, S (Army)
I'll have a full write-up on all of these players posted ...
Army player selected by Lions, won't head to Iraq — USATODAY.com NFL - Top Stories
In full cadet uniform, Army's Caleb Campbell sat upright in one of Radio City Music Hall's plush seats. On his head was a Detroit ...
In full cadet uniform, Army's Caleb Campbell sat upright in one of Radio City Music Hall's plush seats. On his head was a Detroit ...
Army's Campbell gets drafted out of Iraq duty — Latest Sporting News Articles for NFL
NEW YORK (AP) -- In full cadet uniform, Army's Caleb Campbell sat upright in one of Radio City Music...
NEW YORK (AP) -- In full cadet uniform, Army's Caleb Campbell sat upright in one of Radio City Music...
