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NFL prospect delivers emotional speech to family, friends after going undrafted

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For every NFL prospect who hears his name called on draft day, there are hundreds of others who don't.

Oklahoma linebacker Eric Striker was one of those hundreds, and ESPN cameras were in the room as he delivered an emotional speech to his family and friends during his draft party.

"I'm gonna get my shot, drafted or not," Striker said, fighting back tears. "You know how I've been through my whole life - I've had to prove it."

Striker ended up signing with the Buffalo Bills on Saturday as a free agent.

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