P. John Fina, first round, 1992, UA/Salpointe

P. John Fina, first round, 1992, UA/Salpointe 

Arizona football coach Dick Tomey scouted Fina in a high school basketball game and was satisfied he had the speed and frame to be a Pac-10 lineman. A few days before the ’92 draft, Fina’s agent phoned and said then-Cleveland Browns head coach Bill Belichick wanted him to work out the next day at Scottsdale Community College. Belichick worked Fina at every position on the offensive line, and then every position on the defensive line. He started 131 games in 12 years, mostly for Buffalo.

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Life after football: He is a Tucson businessman.