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Division III star Quinn Meinerz prepared for NFL draft in Canada wilderness, learned center in backyard

Portrait of Ricardo Torres Ricardo Torres
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Between the past several college football seasons, on an unnamed island in Canada, Quinn Meinerz molded himself from a kid from Hartford, Wisconsin, into an NFL prospect.

After finishing final exams at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, he would load about 360 pounds of weights into the back of his truck and drive more than 12 hours to his uncle Tim Meinerz's business, Hector Lake Fly In Fishing Camp in Alberta.

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