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Rigorous education awaits rookie cornerback Underwood
Rookie has missed most offseason work because of league rule
BY TOM PELISSERO [email protected]
June 21, 2009
Brandon Underwood spent most of the past month at his downtown Cincinnati apartment, only 500 miles from Green Bay but worlds away from the rest of the Packers? rookies.
He didn?t have a playbook. Didn?t have DVDs of practice. Didn?t have any college exams to take, either.
All Underwood had were the gym in his building and his running shoes, which he wore out on daily jogs around the city and into northern Kentucky.
Barred by NFL rule from being at Lambeau Field because his school remained in session ? even though Underwood wasn?t enrolled in any classes at the University of Cincinnati ? the Packers? sixth-round draft pick worked out on his own, knowing well he was falling behind his new teammates.
Underwood was restless.
?Oh, definitely,? said the cornerback, who joined the Packers for the final three days of organized team activities last week.
?The one thing that really crossed my mind was, when I first came up here and I saw how much bigger the playbook was, I said, ?Man, I know if I had been here since forever ago, this would be almost like second nature to me, just like it is for everybody else.??
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