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<a href="http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-21232465_ITM" title="Facts and information about Junior's wild ride: he's 25. He was lured from American Samoa to the States under false pretenses and forced to work without pay. A year ago, he was barely a blip on Oregon's radar, much less the NFL's. Somehow, defensive tackle Junior Siavii survived it all to become the Chiefs' top draft pick.(Draft 2004)">Junior's wild ride: he's 25. He was lured from American Samoa to the States under false pretenses and forced to work without pay. A year ago, he was barely a blip on Oregon's radar, much less the NFL's. Somehow, defensive tackle Junior Siavii survived it all to become the Chiefs' top draft pick.(Draft 2004)</a>
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Junior's wild ride: he's 25. He was lured from American Samoa to the States under false pretenses and forced to work without pay. A year ago, he was barely a blip on Oregon's radar, much less the NFL's. Somehow, defensive tackle Junior Siavii survived it all to become the Chiefs' top draft pick.(Draft 2004)
You can't cry. That's what he keeps telling himself. Have to stay with your manhood. That's what he wants to do. But when the call comes, when team president Carl Peterson tells him, "Congratulations, you are a Kansas City Chief," the hell with manhood. His eyes grow wet and he jumps as high as a 340-pound guy can leap, which is not too high, and his left arm pumps into the Oregon sky and the joy, my, how it sweeps over Junior Siavii.
Got to talk to Mom. That's what he thinks as two sisters and a bunch of University of Oregon teammates race into the yard where's he's bouncing around, and they scream and embrace him in one of the darndest group hugs you'll ever ...
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