Javon Kinlaw and Raequan Williams know what it means to suffer. So when teams come calling on Thursday in the NFL Draft with all the trappings of the world’s richest sports league, it will be met with measured joy not senseless celebration.

Kinlaw, a 6ft 5in, 23st behemoth who can run the 40-yard dash in five seconds, survived homelessness, sleeping on trains and stealing food to emerge as one of the top prospects for pro teams.

And while the 6ft 4in, 22st Williams may not be ranked as highly as projected first-round stud Kinlaw, the youngster struggled through the personal devastation of his cousin and brother both being murdered inside two years to get where he is today - a step away from being an NFL player.

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