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NFL regional combines: Fringe prospects bet with $160 and a dream

MINNEAPOLIS -- In between classes to finish up his degree in finance at Bemidji State University, Gennadiy Adams is investing in his still-flickering NFL dream roughly 100 miles south of the Canadian border.

The running back gained 1,154 yards on just 146 carries for the Beavers, who went 9-3 in the Division II Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. He's made a few phone calls to agents but said he hasn't heard back from any who might be interested in representing him. He's getting some help from the school's athletic trainer, but there's only one at the school, and since Bemidji State has Division I men's and women's ice hockey teams, Adams knows he can only ask for so much time.