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Charles Tapper looks for revival

Oklahoma defensive end Charles Tapper is making changes that he hopes bring him success

Oklahoma defensive end Charles Tapper wants to be a role model for the kids in his hometown of Baltimore, a place where there aren’t too many good role models right now.

He wants to build an athletic facility to get kids off the streets in a city that has nearly 10 times the violent crime rate of the entire country.

He wants to make the NFL, a thought that invade his mind far too often last season.

But first, he had to change his cell phone number because with the junior season that Tapper had, he wasn’t going to accomplish any of it.