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(AP) -- Steve McNair came off the bench in the first game of his freshman season and rallied Alcorn State to a victory against Grambling State.
So began one of the great careers in the history of college football.
McNair, who was shot and killed Saturday in Nashville, brought big-time football to Lorman, Miss. He attended Alcorn State, about a 2 1/2-hour drive from his hometown of Mount Olive, because he wanted to play quarterback instead of defensive back. That's where the marquee programs wanted him to play.
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