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| Jerome Pathon drafted by the Ce

Carson Graham =i
grad selected in *
second round

Andrew McCredie
Sports Editor
andrew@usnews.com
JEROME Pathon is
going to Peyton’s
place.

Its

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The North Varcouver
toorball plaver was selected os
the Iidianapals € often che
sccomd round of Saturday's
Nauonal Football League
Dratt.

The NEL team made big
news in the first round with
their number one selection
when they chose, to no one’s
surprise, Tennessee pivot
Pevton Manning.

One round later. the Colts,
this time to many observer's
surprise, selected the fleet-
footed Pathon, a standout
receiver and kicg rcturner with
the University of Washington
Huskies.

“Pm having a hard time
finding words for how Pm
tecling,” the 22-year-old. said
Saturday from his mother’s
North Vancouver living room,
“Fm just glad to know which
taam Tm going to.”

Ironically, Pathor was
drafted in the same spot —
second pick of the second
round — in the 1996
Canadian Football, League
dratt. The Montreal
Allouettes own his CFE.
rights. .

Pathon was born in South

NEWS photo Paul McGratn

JEROME Pathon (with niece Nikaya on his lap) was
Africa and moved with nis surrounded by family and friends Saturday at his
ami to the North Share mother’s North Vancouver home for the NFL draft
when be was five. He firs: (that’s proud mother Pamela with ner arm around
took up toorball whe Jerome). The speedy receiver was taken in the sec-
14 ond round by the tndiarnapolis Coits.

After graduating from
Canon Graham, | Pathou

Built for on

Washington Huskies foarball er the North

starred as a freshman at Acadia
University, catching 44 passes
tor 868 vards and eight touch:
downs for the Ayemen.

The then-17-year-old won
the Peter Gorman Trophy as
the top rookie in the
Canadian Interuniversity
Athletic Unien.

Pathon didn’t return for
his sophomore year with the
Axemen: instead, he ied our.
and made, the University of

program as a walk-on.

Despite being redshirred
his first vear, the S-teer- 11,
IS?-pound receiver would
prove to be ap integral part of
the Huskies” potent air attack
over the next three vears,

Pathon sera school recep
tien record (69) for },245
yards and eight touchdowns
this past season.

In ats special, NEL Drait
issuc, Pro Football Weekly said

receiver: “Acrobatic, big-plas
guy who improves every vear
bat is not as big and physical
ay scours would like.

“Has same Lyan Swann:
type qualides abour him, bur
his abliiew to defeat the press
and stay bealthy are the Revs
to diy future.”

Pathon ws currenthv un
Seatde. and plains to head te
Indianapolis next week to
meet his new teammates.

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