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- ↑ "UIL State Track & Field Results".
- ↑ "LaTarence Dunbar - Football".
- ↑ "TCU Finishes First at Southwest Track Invitational".
- ↑ "Track and field teams set new records at New Mexico Invitational".
- ↑ "2003 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ↑ "My High School: South Oak Cliff," The Dallas Morning News sports section online.
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