Lavon Hooks a basketball player no more 
October, 12, 2012
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Dave Hooker | ESPN.com
Lavon Hooks went to Booneville (Miss.) Northeast to be a basketball player. He'll leave a football player.
"He wasn't on anybody's radar," Northeast head coach Ricky Smithers said.
Now he is. Once a 6-foot-4, 245-pound hoopster, Hicks is now a 6-foot-4, 295-pound defensive tackle.
"He wasn't on anybody's radar," Northeast head coach Ricky Smithers said.
Now he is. Once a 6-foot-4, 245-pound hoopster, Hicks is now a 6-foot-4, 295-pound defensive tackle.
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