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Very few Harvard football players have been drafted or given tryouts by National Football League teams, and the only former Crimson player now in the NFL is Pittsburgh Steeler reserve defensive back John Dockery...
...when Eric Crone was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals on the 17th round of last year's NFL draft, Crimson gridiron fans had reason to be surprised. And, although the colorful Crone was finally cut when the Cardinals trimmed down to their final regular season limit last week, the fact that Crone was the last player to be dropped by the Cardinals speaks highly for the 6 ft. 3 in. quarterback...
...England Patriots offered Harvard's Rod Foster a free-agent contract and invited him to a rookie tryout camp this weekend, but the senior running back has not signed with the NFL club...
Foster would not reveal which other NFL teams have contacted him, but did say that "two or three West Coast teams" had been in communication with him and that "he wanted to find out what they have to offer...
Foster, who was bypassed in the regular NFL draft in January, has been sending letters on his own to several NFL teams looking for an offer to try out. "I've written mainly to the teams that have had coaching changes," Foster said, "because that is where there is the most opportunity to catch on. Those are the teams that are looking for new blood...