Thursday,  April 26, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 287 • 31 of 40 •  Other Editions

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A&M receiver, is son of Jeff Fuller, the former 49ers safety who won two Super Bowls. Wisconsin wideout Nick Toon is the son of Al Toon, a first-round pick in 1985 and a star for the Jets before concussions cut short his career.
• Southern California tackle Matt Kalil, projected to go in the top five on Thursday, is the younger brother of Ryan Kalil, a center for the Panthers.
• Syracuse defensive lineman Chandler Jones is the younger brother of Baltimore's Arthur Jones. Texas LB Emmanuel Acho's brother Sam was taken in the fourth round of the 2011 draft by Arizona. Linebacker Jonathan Massaquoi of Troy has two cousins in the league: TE Visanthe Shiancoe of the Vikings and WR Mohamed Massaquoi of Cleveland.
• Virginia CB Chase Minnifield's father, Frank, was a Pro Bowl cornerback for Cleveland.
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• EXTRA POINTS: It was a busy Wednesday for the 26 players who'll be attending the NFL draft Thursday night. They started the day at the Chelsea Waterside Park in Manhattan and played football with a few dozen kids for the NFL's Play 60 Youth Football Festival. They also conducted their last set of interviews for a half-hour before heading to Radio City Music Hall, the site of the draft, for a group photo. The day also included a reception on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. "Doing things like this and enjoying the experiences make it all fun," Alabama safety Mark Barron said. "We've all been working toward this all our lives. There's a little anxiety to it as well, but it's fun, too."

Naked Indiana man struck, killed on interstate

• BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- A 28-year-old Indiana man who stripped off his clothes and ran naked across Interstate 29 has died after being struck by a Sioux Falls motorist.
• The South Dakota Highway Patrol reports that Jason Childers of Crawfordsville, Ind., was struck by a 2008 Chevy Equinox driven by 64-year-old Bruce Mauney of Sioux Falls.
• Mauney is charged with first-offense drunken driving. A witness told police that Childers also had been drinking alcohol before he stripped and darted across the interstate, prompting two calls to 911 advising of a naked person running erratically.
• Brookings Police Department and the Brooking County Sheriff's Office are assisting the Highway Patrol with the investigation. Childers died near an overpass at mile marker 132 near Brookings.
• The TV station reports that Childers had been living beneath the overpass.

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