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Rhodes shrugs off early accolades

NFL prospect at CB focuses instead on rebuilding injured knee's strength

Updated: August 21, 2012, 9:34 AM ET
By David M. Hale | NoleNation

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- He's projected as a first-round pick in next year's NFL draft should he decide to leave Florida State a year early. He's on the watch list for the Bednarik Award and the Nagurski Trophy. He's one of the top contenders to take home the Thorpe Award as the nation's top cornerback, too.

And yet, Xavier Rhodes insists all of this would come as a surprise to him if he could simply avoid the calls from boastful family and friends.

"I don't even go on the computer," Rhodes ...

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