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NFL draft 2022: How Michigan star Aidan Hutchinson manifested his dreams

WHEN HE WAS IN FIFTH GRADE, Aidan Hutchinson told his dad he was going to play football at the University of Michigan. That's where Chris had tied the school's single-season sack record (11) in 1992.

"Aw, that's so cute," Chris thought.

It was cute, too: Aidan had never played tackle football and was still two years away from his parents letting him. He was a pretty good lefty quarterback on the flag football field, and an outstanding competitive dancer training at the same studio as his sisters.

But an 11-year-old non-football player declaring himself a future Big Ten scholarship player?