Kentwan Balmer heading to the 49'ers
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AEM posted 4/27/2008 from unc5corners.blogspot.com [flag] |
And so with round one of the draft almost done, a bit more than 3 hours into it, Kentwan Balmer's name was called by Commissioner Roger Goodell.
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