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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: /articles/article/hilliard_rises_from_practice_squad_to_nfl_backup16610/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: Some young professional athletes struggle with the transition from star to role player. They have been in the spotlight for as long as they can remember: grade school, high school and college. And then suddenly, they’re battling just to make the team. But Lex Hilliard has taken the transition in stride, counting his blessings as a Montana boy playing in the National Football League and constantly striving to help his team – the Miami Dolphins – in any way he can. That’s how a player rises from the practice squad to second string. That’s how a young man proves himself to coaches.