UNDRAFTED, NOW SPARROW CAN PICK TEAM.(SPORTS)

The Virginian Pilot | April 23, 1996 | Copyright

As the TV guys kept squawking, Aaron Sparrow went walking.

The final selections of the NFL draft were unfolding on television Sunday afternoon when Sparrow excused himself from a family gathering at his aunt's home in Emporia, he says.

``I needed the fresh air,'' Sparrow says. ``I wanted to be by myself.''

Everyone was there to hear the Norfolk State quarterback's name called. To let out whoops of celebration when the Dallas Cowboys or somebody else claimed the rights to the quiet, strong-armed kid from Portsmouth who has set the standard for ...

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