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Kris Jenkins has conquered the kind of medical and personal problems that claim careers.

Coming into the NFL in 2001, he weighed 315 pounds at the NFL Combine.  Back then, the questions were just about his work ethic and discipline. 

Jenkins took his lumps as a rookie in Carolina, then blew up in his second and third seasons: 12 sacks, almost 90 tackles, and two trips to the Pro Bowl in two years.

He was well on his way to stardom as an athletic, aggressive tackle when a roller-coaster series of injuries and rehabilitatio...

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