I first met Warrick Dunn in January 1997 at the National Scouting Combine. I was beginning my second year as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Warrick had just completed his senior year at Florida State University. Each team is allotted fi fteen minutes to speak to the draft-eligible college football players. I came away from that meeting, as brief as it was, highly impressed. Without saying a lot, Warrick demonstrated to me that he was a special person. He was never boastful, but he told me in a matter- of- fact tone that he was what the Buccaneers needed. He was right. In the eleven years.
