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Brother fuels Detroit Lions RB Ameer Abdullah's interest in post-NFL career

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  • Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff Writer Close
    • Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com
    • Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
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ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Throughout much of his youth in Homewood, Alabama, Ameer Abdullah looked up to his older siblings -- all eight of them.

But his oldest brother Muhammad might have had the most influence.