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Reads Listens Views 3/9/2012
John Wooden on true success Ahead at the RSP Blog The 2012 Rookie Scouting Portfolio will be available on April 1 via a link to my shopping cart site. Learn more about the RSP process and content here. Pre-order the 2012 RSP and buy past RSPs (2006-2011) here. Steelers RB Chad Spann and I had…
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Behind the Blue Curtain – Part III: Making the Cut the Hard Way With RB Chad Spann
Imagine 15-years of work riding on a 60-minute performance that is only partially choreographed and half of the individuals sharing the stage with you are trying to undermine everything you do. Now imagine suffering an injury three minutes into that performance. Welcome to rookie free agent Chad Spann’s world the night he faced the Cincinnati…
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Behind the Blue Curtain – Part II: A Glimpse at Colts Training Camp With RB Chad Spann
Former Northern Illinois RB Chad Spann led college football with 22 touchdowns in 2010, but it didn’t get him drafted. No matter, Spann was a local star in Indianapolis and no team offered him a scholarship at his position and that didn’t deter him from finding a team that would give him a chance to…
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Behind the Blue Curtain: A Glimpse at Colts Training Camp With RB Chad Spann
If I didn’t know better, I would have thought Chad Spann was messing with me. Every few minutes during our hour-long conversation the running back would grunt, yell, or laugh without any discernible rhyme or reason. At one point as he talked his voice quavered as if someone was jumping up and down on him.…
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Sunday Mailbag 10/16
Lucious528: Hey Matt, heard Spann got signed by TB? Any news? Matt: Spann tweeted me to say he was visiting Tampa yesterday
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Quick Announcement 10/15/2010
If you’re not familiar with running back Chad Spann or you are relatively new to this blog then you might not have seen the film study series that the 2010 college football touchdowns leader did with me. Beginning Monday, I’ll be posting the first of a three-part series where Spann provides RSP readers a glimpse…
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Suggested Reading
In recent weeks there have been a lot of new readers to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio. This site is constantly evolving and one of the things I intend to do during the next few weeks is to add a page that categorizes links to every article on the blog for easier navigation. Whether you’re new…
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An RB Wish List for the Cardinals
What we know about the Cardinals offense is that they won five games last year when they ran the ball at least 20 times in the contest. Despite this fact,