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All Eric Breitenstein wanted was a chance to make an NFL roster. He got that chance over the weekend when he attended the Carolina Panthers' rookie minicamp.

Nine former Penn State football student-athletes participated in National Football League rookie mini-camps this month, four of whom were in camps that concluded Sunday.

The former Penn State quarterback was in the Redskins rookie camp last weekend and will be headed to Carolina's camp today to try out with the Panthers and possibly catch on with the team for the summer.

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After the harshest sanctions in the history of the NCAA were levied against his program last summer, Bill O'Brien started to foresee the obstacles he and his assistants would have to dodge in the recruiting realm.

Jordan Hill, Gerald Hodges and Michael Mauti were the three former Nittany Lions selected in last weekend's NFL Draft.

For the players that don't hear their name called over the three-rounds of the NFL Draft, there is usually a phone call waiting shortly after its conclusion.

In the end, Hill, from Steelton, Pa., didn't end up in any of those cities where he interviewed for a potential NFL job.

Tamba Hali, one of the great players on Penn State's 2005 team, is shown in action against Ohio State.

But on the eve of the NFL Draft, Hill is content, calm, ready for whatever the weekend may hold for him, his family and his future.