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Diverging Rookie Fates Define Hard Knocks Finale

One of the most poignant scenes in the entire five-episode arc of was also a total fake out.

Since 2001, the hugely popular HBO Hard Knocks reality show has been chronicling the blood, sweat and tears of a series of NFL teams going through training camp. Each season has its share of levity, hard-hitting game footage, R-rated asides and behind-the-scenes reveals, but the heart and soul of the series is the tracking of bubble players fighting to make the roster. Some succeed. Many fail.

READ: TAKEAWAYS FROM HARD KNOCKS

A well-deserving star of this year's Hard Knocks series was linebacker Riley Bullough, an undrafted rookie out of Michigan State.