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- ↑ "Nothing Irrelevant About This: Former Southeast Star Ahmad Miller is Selected by the Houston Texans With the Draft's Final Pick". Bradenton Herald . April 22, 2002. p. 1C.
- ↑ "2002 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
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