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Message: [QUOTE="Whitey23, post: 299892, member: 216"] [URL='http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id/42805/lions-doug-hogue-still-growing-literally']Lions' Doug Hogue still growing -- literally[/URL] [SIZE=12px][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#333333]Here's something you don't hear everyday: Linebacker [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][URL='http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/14149/doug-hogue'][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#608fd6][SIZE=12px]Doug Hogue[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/URL][SIZE=12px][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#333333] is participating in the [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][URL='http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/det/detroit-lions'][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#608fd6][SIZE=12px]Detroit Lions[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/URL][SIZE=12px][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#333333] minicamp this week after a rare early 20's growth spurt that left him more than an inch taller and 15 pounds heavier than he was last season. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=12px][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#333333]Hogue, a fifth-round draft pick in 2011, was 6-foot-2 and 230 pounds as a rookie. This spring, he is more than 6-foot-3 and weighed in at 245 pounds,[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][URL='http://www.detroitlions.com/news/lions-insider/article-1/LB-Doug-Hogue-has-growth-spurt-expects-bigger-role-in-2012/8bc1c07d-7631-414b-8023-d6db36c1ea6a'][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#608fd6][SIZE=12px]according to Tim Twentyman of the Lions' web site[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/URL][SIZE=12px][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#333333]. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=12px][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#333333]Hogue, 23, played in 13 games last season and projects as a backup at perhaps all three of the Lions' linebacker positions. It's not out of the question to consider him a possible starter in 2013, when outside linebackers [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][URL='http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/10492/justin-durant'][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#608fd6][SIZE=12px]Justin Durant[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/URL][SIZE=12px][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#333333] and [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][URL='http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/12682/deandre-levy'][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#608fd6][SIZE=12px]DeAndre Levy[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/URL][SIZE=12px][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#333333] will be eligible for unrestricted free agency. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=12px][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#333333]And now he has the size to do it.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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