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The change Cincinnati Bengals LB Germaine Pratt had to make to reach the NFL

Bengals draft pick Germaine Pratt speaks to the media after arriving in Cincinnati on Saturday, April 27, 2019. Albert Cesare, acesare@enquirer.com

When he enrolled at NC State as a freshman in January 2014, Germaine Pratt weighed 195 pounds and was listed as a safety.

By the Wolfpack's spring football game three months later, Pratt had gained 30 pounds and was on his way to becoming an NFL linebacker.

"I’m still hungry and on the rise," Pratt said Saturday after arriving at Paul Brown Stadium. "Some people don’t know about me, but they ought to know about me.