chicagotribune.com - 9/5/2008
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His 'old' body still better than most in the league
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Tommie Harris had the body of a 35-year-old. That was the professional opinion of one NFL doctor for a team considering whether to draft Harris in the first round of the 2004 draft. That was four years and 61 games ago.
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Tommie Harris’s Body Almost As Old As Your Father’s
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
... Ah, but guess what? The verdict’s still out. David Haugh’s Bears column reveals a semi-shocking detail today — doctors from other teams took Harris off their draft board because he “had the body of a 35-year-old”: ...
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