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Hand cast didn't slow down Telfort
By Billy Tucker
Scouts Inc.
Updated: March 25, 2008

Frankie Telfort, 5-foot-11, 194 pounds
ESPN 150 Watch List linebacker
Gulliver Prep (Miami)

Last summer, Gulliver Prep (Miami) outside linebacker Frankie Telfort listened in dismay as the doctor informed him he could potentially miss his junior season with a dislocated thumb suffered during a preseason practice. Telfort was a well-rounded student-athlete, but football had played an integral role in his life, he was not sure he could function normally.

Frankie Telfort lived up to the hype with a stellar performance at the Nike Football Training Camp.
"Honestly, I got real depressed, it was awful. I think I only slept like four hours a night while I was hurt," Telfort recalled.
Telfort had worked extremely hard preceding his junior season; he was in the best shape of his life and had big expectations. He spent countless hours in the weight room during the day building up his smaller 190-pound frame and worked intensely on his speed and footwork in the hot Miami summer nights.

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