Before he was an NFL star, though, Hernandez was a star in his own social circle, and it's a circle he never left. My SI colleagues Pete Thamel and Greg Bedard reported on Hernandez's questionable background last week. "The marijuana use and gang concerns worried some NFL teams immensely," they wrote.A big part of our success with his own play, and I know our younger guys have talked about how he's made them more effective players. Walter never became the threat opposite Andre Johnson that the team hoped for. He caught 41 passes for 518 yards and two touchdowns in 2012..

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