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Stallworth unlikely to play in first game

The Cleveland Browns were hoping that receiver Donte' Stallworth would play for the first time this season today in Cincinnati and help shake the Browns out of their last-ranked offensive slumber, but the former University of Tennessee star sat out Friday's practice and is doubtful.

It's a setback from Wednesday and Thursday, when Stallworth was limited by the pulled quadriceps muscle.

The loss of Stallworth for the first quarter of the season has been a major blow, considering he was the biggest offensive acquisition of the off-season. His absence has allowed teams to roll coverages to Braylon Edwards and take away the deep ball.

Wells finally appears to be healthy to start

Green Bay center Scott Wells is back in the starting lineup.

After a warm-up last week in which the former UT standout practiced but didn't play, Wells was snapping the ball to quarterback Aaron Rodgers at practice. Wells missed the first two games with a pinched nerve in his back and finally appears to be healthy.

"He's great communication-wise, very intelligent," Rodgers told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. "He's great being on the same page as me with protection stuff and run game stuff. It will be great to get back with him."

Extra work not a problem for Colquitt

Kansas City punter Dustin Colquitt might have been the only player in the locker room who enjoyed that the Chiefs went three-and-out on its first five series last Sunday against Atlanta.

It kept Colquitt busy, and the former UT standout likes the extra work.

"That's kind of what I'm here for," Colquitt told the Kansas City Star. "I'm sure there'll be times when I'm not going to be punting well, and the offense is going to carry me."

Colquitt punted four times in the first quarter, as the Chiefs finished that period without a first down. Colquitt, in his fourth year, finished with six punts and a 51.5-yard average.

He said that sometimes during the first quarter, it felt as if he were punting every few minutes.

"That's kind of how this game went," he said. "There's not a lot of games where that happens.

"We'll get it figured out. We're a young team; we're figuring things out right now. We'll be fine."

Two high schools have produced 6 NFL players

Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Tustin High in California each have six players on NFL roster this season, according to USA Football.

In all, NFL players come from 1,393 high schools in 48 states and the District of Columbia, four foreign countries and American Samoa.

The six players who went to Dillard are Isaac Bruce of the 49ers, Chris Gamble of the Panthers, Jovan Haye of the Buccaneers, Stanley McClover of the Texans, Josh Shaw of the Broncos and Pat Sims of the Bengals.

From Tustin come Sam Baker of the Falcons, Beau Bell of the Browns, Chris Chester of the Ravens, DeShaun Foster of the 49ers, Matt McCoy of the Buccaneers and Frostee Rucker of the Bengals.

Four high schools had five NFL players each: Catholic of Baton Rouge, La.; De La Salle of Concord, Calif.; Evangel Christian of Shreveport, La.; and Glenville of Cleveland.

A total of 214 NFL players come from California, followed by Florida with 185 and Texas with 170.

- From staff and wire reports