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Mel Kiper (official thread)

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Mel Kiper builds a draft dynasty
Saturday, April 28, 2007
By Todd Porter
REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER

Long before Mel Kiper Jr. had the hair and a name, he was a community college student with a passion few people believed in. Back in 1978, he was an 18-year-old kid who made his rounds on sports-talk radio.

While Kiper knew his business, no one else even knew it was a business. With family and friends telling him he was wasting time, Kiper became the president of an NFL draft enterprise.

But Kiper always knew the NFL's college player draft would turn into an event with every bit as much interest as the Super Bowl.

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