ACC feeling the draft

Posted Apr 25, 2009
After being timed, inspected and quizzed for almost two months, UNC receiver Hakeem Nicks is relieved the NFL draft is finally here. Nicks likely speaks for every one of the 256 players players who will be drafted into the NFL over the next two days, when he says he's just ready to hear his name. "It has been busy," Nicks said of the exhaustive draft preparation, which started with the combine in February and ends this weekend in New York with the actual selections. (Raleigh News & Observer)

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