AKBAR HAS TAKEN HIS SHARE OF HITS NEW PATRIOT WANTS TO DELIVER

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: April 29, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

FOXBOROUGH - He is the first Patriots player who was born in the 1980s. He turns 21 Aug. 11, smack in the middle of two-a-days at Bryant College. By then, we could know whether Hakim Akbar could indeed be the next Lawyer Milloy.

Akbar, the Patriots' fifth-round pick out of the University of Washington, came out as a junior because "I had some family issues that need to be dealt with and no one around to deal with them. I've taken it upon myself to step up."

His father, Kenneth, is currently incarcerated at a correctional facility in San Luis Obispo, Calif., serving a 10-year term for attempted ...

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