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From undrafted to the NFL: 20 state players who beat the odds

Throughout the NFL this weekend, teams are holding rookie minicamps, and the majority of the players participating were not picked in the league’s 82nd draft on April 27-29. The odds are against the undrafted rookies earning places in the NFL, but there are players from Alabama high schools and colleges who are proof that it can be done, with careers that were more than marginal. Here are 20 of those players:

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Malcolm Butler, West Alabama

The cornerback ended his rookie season by making a go-down-in-history, game-saving defensive play in New England’s Super Bowl victory over the Seattle Seahawks.