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Sports success is in Su'a Cravens' blood

The safety-linebacker hybrid is related to four NFL players, among many other athletes

Most families view one of their own getting drafted into the NFL as a tremendously special and rare achievement. In Su'a Cravens' family, however, he's following in footsteps.

Cravens, a safety-linebacker hybrid whom the Washington Redskins selected Friday in the second round of the NFL Draft, has quite a branchy sports family tree, one that includes four other NFL'ers. Jordan Cameron and Manti Te'o are two of his cousins. Another cousin, Colby Cameron, played quarterback at Louisiana Tech and was once signed by the Carolina Panthers.