One amazing freshman.(college football)(Brief Article)

Publication: The Sporting News

Publication Date: 27-AUG-01

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COPYRIGHT 2001 Sporting News Publishing Co.

For a long while, Adam Taliaferro looked forward to Tuesday morning, August 21, 2001. At 9:50 a.m. that day, in a Penn State University class called Communications 150, he would become a freshman again. Later he'd take a seat in Biological Science 4. His two other fall semester classes most likely would be introductory courses in finance and business management.

Penn State's Comm 150 class is conducted in the Thomas Building.

That building is near Taliaferro's apartment.

It's a short walk away, maybe 10 minutes.

So he would walk over there.

Like everyone else.

Amazing.

Late on a September afternoon last fall, Taliaferro's body went to sleep. "You know how it feels when your hand goes to sleep, or your leg?" he says. "That's what I felt laying there. I remember not being able to...

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