Who Put the Kibosh on Caleb Campbell’s NFL Dreams?

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Who Put the Kibosh on Caleb Campbell’s NFL Dreams?
Hugging Harold Reynolds found this 7/24/2008 on thebiglead.com [flag]
As the Detroit Free Press noted , the US Army allowed Caleb Campbell to go to the scouting combine, the NFL draft, Lions rookie camp and mini-camp. The press reacted accordingly, lapping up every moment of Campbell’s uplifting story. And then, a day before practice … the rug came out from under him . The U.S. Army revised its interpretation of U.S. Department of Defense policy ... [link]

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Published 7/24/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Hugging Harold Reynolds) at Hugging Harold Reynolds
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