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By James Alder, About.com Guide to Football

Featured Draft Prospect No. 19 Lawrence Timmons

Saturday April 14, 2007
With our countdown of the top 32 players in this year's NFL Draft now at No. 19, and the NFL Draft just two weeks away, it doesn't take a genius to see we're going to have to speed things up a bit if we're going to wrap up this countdown before D-Day. So we're going to keep things moving along here with a look at Florida State linebacker Lawrence Timmons.

An underclassmen, Timmons spent a lot of time playing behind former teammate Ernie Sims. When he finally got his opportunity to start during his junior season, he rewarded the Seminoles with 18 tackles behind the line of scrimmage, five sacks, one interception, one fumble recovery, and two blocked kicks, propelling himself into the national spotlight as a top draft prospect. Read more...

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