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All I've seen agents do is talk players into having bad senior seasons because they're trying to keep themselves from getting injured.

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Lou Holtz
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
American Football Coach
American Football Player
Football Coach
Follansbee
West Virginia
Louis Leo Holtz
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