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- ↑ "1989 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
- ↑ "Buccaneers Take Gamble on the 'Unknown Torpedo'". Sarasota Herald-Tribune . May 2, 1989.
- ↑ "Bucs' 4th-round 'Reach' Is Twice As Determined". Orlando Sentinel . April 30, 1989.
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