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Re: Great article on Mackensie Alexander
Aug 20, 2015, 8:07 AM
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"Over his final nine games, he didn't allow a touchdown. "
UNC managed a TD against him, but hey, who cares? He is still a phenom that has worked his tail off.
Start at 59:00 mark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E25UACTxhkY
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UNC was 10 games ago.***
Aug 20, 2015, 9:16 AM
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Re: Great article on Mackensie Alexander
Aug 20, 2015, 8:24 AM
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We are blessed that Mack chose Clemson. It is a privilege to call him a Tiger. Enjoy it while you can, folks. He'll be a first-rounder in the 2017 draft.
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Re: Great article on Mackensie Alexander
Aug 20, 2015, 8:36 AM
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I thought it was eligible for 2016 draft?
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Re: Great article on Mackensie Alexander
Aug 20, 2015, 8:40 AM
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Actually, you may be right. You have to be in the system three years. I forgot that he redshirted due to injury.
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Re: Great article on Mackensie Alexander
Aug 20, 2015, 8:55 AM
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He's eligible for the draft after this season, but he said in a recent interview that he was going to stay and get his degree, which will hopefully mean we will have him for next year too. I guess we will have to wait and see though.
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Re: Great article on Mackensie Alexander
Aug 20, 2015, 8:59 AM
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If he gets a first-round grade, Dabo will advise him to go. Mackensie is good for his word, though. So I wouldn't be surprised to see him put off the NFL another year.
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That is a good article, good stuff; thanks for linking
Aug 20, 2015, 8:53 AM
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Bet not many players grew up like he did. The best parts of the article are:
For Alexander, football is a sanctuary, miles from the fields where his father
still earns a living pulling tomatoes from the vine. The hours are long and
the work is intense, but the job is easy.
"In his mind," Venables said, "the game of football is life or death."
Alexander was just 10 or 11 when he first trudged through the sprawling fields
of dirt and mud in boots so heavy they made his legs ache. Alongside his father
and twin brother, Mackenro, he picked tomatoes and watermelon under the scorching
South Florida sun, climbed ladders to harvest oranges and packed boxes of produce
for shipment to the vast world beyond Immokalee.
"He has this focus about him that not a lot of kids have," said Israel Gallegos,
a longtime assistant coach at Immokalee. "He sees how hard his parents worked,
and that's where his work ethic comes from."
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Dude's work ethic is incredible...proud he's a Tiger
Aug 20, 2015, 10:42 AM
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and very soon, he's gonna be a very, very, rich young man....deservedly so
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