James Ross
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- James Ross could crash the boards and go from blue line to blue line with speed and authority. He loved playing hockey at the Adams Butzel Recreation Center in Detroit, but wasn't too keen on football in the beginning.
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That changed as he grew older and eventually abandoned the sport he came to love in the heart of "Hockeytown." Football became the calling for Ross, a hard-nosed linebacker entering his senior season at Michigan.