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McKinnon talks NFL Draft and what it took to get there
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Georgia Southern's Jerick McKinnon runs past Florida linebacker Ronald Powell for a 14-yard touchdown during the second half of an in Gainesville, Fla., in this Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013, file photo. Georgia Southern won the game 26-20. On Friday, McKinnon was selected in the third round of the NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings. - photo by Associated Press
On the weekend of the NFL Draft, a lot of football players hope they’ve done enough to make a team want to select them. Jerick McKinnon did enough to make somebody have to draft him. The former Georgia Southern Eagle was so physically impressive at the NFL Combine in February, it was impossible for anybody to pass on him for long.