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Thursday, October 23, 2008
Neon Deon

Wide receiver Deon Butler has Deion Sanders-like confidence without the ego and obnoxiousness. The senior is six catches away from eclipsing Bobby Engram as Penn State's all-time leader in receptions. It's been a long road for the 5-foot-10, 168 pound Butler, who first came to Penn State as a walk-on defensive back. Here's this morning's story on the diminutive receiver's self-assurance in the face of mammoth-sized obstacles.

 

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About Jeff McLane
Jeff McLane
Jeff McLane has been at The Inquirer since May, 1996, and has been the Penn State football beat reporter since August, 2007. He also covers Big Five college basketball, among other assignments for the sports desk. Jeff has never won a Pulitzer Prize, an APSE award or any other writing award for that matter. But his wife and two sons think he's as good a writer as Red Smith ever was. A native Philadelphian and a recovering Penn State graduate, Jeff will blog on all things Nittany Lions football.
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