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Keeler: Why Broncos rookie KJ Hamler would’ve had Henry Ruggs eating his dust

Henry Ruggs III and KJ Hamler line up for a foot race to decide the fate of the free world.

Who wins?

“Put it like this,” Jeff Phillips said, “Ruggs ran a great 40 time (at the NFL combine). But with the ball in his hands, and that’s what really matters to me, I’ll take KJ.”

As the receivers coach at Orchard Lake (Mich.) St. Mary’s Preparatory, Phillips clocked Hamler — the Broncos’ second-round draft pick out of Penn State and Drew Lock’s new fastest toy — more than a handful of times.

“I had him at 4.