Brother's influence fuels Detroit Lions rookie Ameer Abdullah's interest in law and history

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  • 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.

Of all of them, though, his oldest brother might have had the most influence.