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New Philadelphia Eagles Safety Kevin Byard Grew Up Idolizing Brian Dawkins
The West Philadelphia native admired the fire and passion Weapon X played with every snap.
October 26, 2023
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Like most kids who fell in love with football growing up in Philadelphia, Kevin Byard wanted to play like Brian Dawkins.
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When Byard started playing safety in high school, he used to watch Dawkins' highlights on YouTube constantly.
"Every single game," Byard said, "I looked at that. The West Philadelphia native admired the fire and passion Weapon X played with every snap.
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