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LB A.J. Hawk (2x All-American, Lombardi Trophy, National Champion, Super Bowl Champion)

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boy, Hawk sure does look weird in that uniform.....

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5/9/06

Hawk not ready to nest just yet
Packers Notebook

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Rookie A.J. Hawk has already found a house in Green Bay. But he’s not moving in just yet.

Hawk, the fifth overall pick, is finishing up his criminology degree at Ohio State and will return to Columbus to finish school and exams, which run through June 9.

That’s a departure from most athletes, who leave school in the second half of the academic year to prepare for the upcoming season. It also means the linebacker will miss next week’s minicamp and several of the early organized team activities, or OTAs.

How will Hawk avoid falling behind?

‘‘I’ll definitely be on the phone with some guys and the coaches to make sure I know what I miss,’’ he said. ‘‘If you get the basic fundamentals down, the basic schemes, you should hopefully have a good base for going into the OTAs and the camp to really pick up everything.’’

Hawk is expected to be a major key in the Packers’ run defense, which gave up 125.6 yards per game last season, and he’s been on the top defensive unit even in minicamp.

‘‘I want to get a good feel for the defense and make sure I can get comfortable so I can just run around and play and not be thinking out there,’’ Hawk said.
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Interesting rumor on what would've happened to Hawk had the Texans taken Bush:

MARIO WOULD HAVE FALLEN TO FOURTH​
Another intriguing nugget on which we recently stumbled was that defensive end Mario Williams expected in the days prior to the draft to be taken not by the Saints at No. 2, but by the Jets at No. 4.​
This expectation gave Williams an even greater incentive to ink a deal with the Texans to become the first overall pick.​
Most assumed that Williams would be drafted by the Saints at No. 2, if the Texans took Bush at No. 1. But we're now told that in the days prior to the draft, the Saints opted to focus on Hawk instead of Williams.​
So if the Texans had stayed with Bush, Hawk would have gone No. 2 to the Saints, Vince Young would have been taken at No. 3 by the Titans, Williams would have gone to the Jets at No. 4, and the Packers likely would have selected tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson at No. 5.​
The Jets, we heard, would have tried to develop Williams into a Richard Seymour-type fixture in their new 3-4 scheme.
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Come on guys, it's all in good, clean fun. (And let's face it, it is pretty funny.)

AJ is a college educated badass. He's a first round NFL draft pick. He was the best linebacker in the draft and he's going to one of the top 2 or 3 franchises in all of professional sports. On top of all that, he is currently planning his wedding with his fiance. He is sitting on top of the world right now, having a little fun is not a big deal, in my opinion.

If we can't laugh at ourselves......
 
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Good to see a great compilation of a sense of humor in one spot. AGAIN, A.J. Hawk is one of MY favorite Buckeyes/Linebackers of all time. I'd bet he'd laugh at it too.

I'm sure he reads this thread everyday, so maybe it should be removed. :roll2:

"Doc, we're losin' 'em!"
"Get a personality check, STAT!"
"I can't.... I can't find anything..... he's flatlined. Personality is... gone. It's dead."
 
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The thought of anyone making fun of Hawk for looks is pretty amusing. Hawk looks like a linebacker. He carries himself like one. He looks comfortable in his own skin. He looks like himself. Trust me, whatever some long-dead Greeks might say about ideal proportions don't even apply here. The guy's a hottie.
 
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