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NFL draft: After month on the road, UNI's Daurice Fountain 'ready to play football'

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CEDAR FALLS, Ia. — It’s been a month full of cross-country flights and in-depth interviews, as Daurice Fountain inches closer to the professional-athlete life.

The wait is nearly complete.

At some point during the NFL draft’s three-day run, the former Northern Iowa standout will become the first Panther wide receiver drafted in nearly two decades.