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- ↑ "Boyce Green Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ↑ "Is there no place for the running back high in the NFL draft? Analysis" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
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