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- ↑ "1987 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "Fathers and sons that have played in the NFL" (PDF). Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
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