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Pittsburgh Steelers first-round draft pick Rashard Mendenhall was robbed at gunpoint along the Chicago lakefront early Monday.
Mendenhall, a running back from Illinois, was not hurt in the robbery, during which two people stole his wallet and cellular telephone, his mother, Sybil Mendenhall, told the Chicago Tribune.
“He didn’t get hit or anything, he didn’t get hurt or anything,” Sybil Mendenhall said. “He’s fine.”
The Steelers selected Mendenhall with the 23rd pick in this year’s draft.
“It was obviously a scary moment,” Mendenhall’s agent, Mike McCartney, told the Chicago Sun-Times. “But he is fine. He is doing great. He said he doesn’t have anything that is worth his life.”
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