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Reaching NFL Dream, Keith Marshall Ready To Become Productive Rookie

For Keith Marshall, making it to the NFL is a dream that he has had since he was a child.

Earlier this month, Marshall's dream came true when the Redskins selected him in the seventh round of the 2016 NFL Draft.

“Well I knew I wasn’t going to go the first day and probably not the second day, and I had some people say maybe four or fifth round grade, so I was hoping to go somewhere in there,” Marshall said on "Redskins Nation" last week. “But the process was nerve wracking, just sitting there, just watching all day Saturday waiting for my phone to ring.