Deletion of Damian Copeland

Comment: clearly passes 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: WP:NGRIDIRON is an inclusionary standard.  A college football player can also survive if he passes either  or .  Under prong 3 of NCOLLATH ("Gained national media attention as an individual, not just as a player for a notable team"), Copeland arguably passes.  National media coverage includes: '''(1)''' http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2013/11/25/ncaa-grants-louisville-footballs-damian-copeland-a-sixth-year/3706221/ this from ''USA Today'', and '''(2)''' http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2013/08/22/no-louisville-wide-receiver-damian-copeland-looks-to-back-up-breakout-2012.html this from Fox News Channel|Fox News Sports.  Additional coverage factoring into a GNG analysis (significant coverage in multiple reliable sources) includes: '''(3)'''  http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/louisville/2014/02/21/former-louisville-receiver-damian-copeland-ready-to-prove-his-worth-to-the-nfl/5702395/ this, and '''(4)''' http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/louisville/2014/01/02/damian-copelands-mother-says-louisville-football-player-entering-nfl-draft/4289755/ this, both from ''The Courier-Journal'', and '''(5)''' http://www.bradenton.com/sports/high-school/article34596408.html this, '''(6)''' http://www.bradenton.com/sports/high-school/article34592058.html this, and '''(7)''' http://www.bradenton.com/sports/article34589376.html this from the ''Bradenton Herald'', '''(8)''' http://www.nola.com/sugarbowl/index.ssf/2012/12/louisville_wr_damian_copeland.html this from ''The Times-Picayune'', '''(9)''' http://kdl.kyvl.org/catalog/xt73ff3kx78x_15/text this and '''(10)''' http://www.kentucky.com/sports/college/acc/university-of-louisville/article44376945.html this from the ''Lexington Herald-Leader'', and '''(11)''' https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1P2-36242161/honey-cutting-mustard-for-u-of-l-healthy-wr-copeland this from ''Evansville Courier & Press''. There are also interviews '''(12)''' http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlnews-louisvilles-damian-copeland-20131224-embeddedvideo.html here from the ''Orlando Sentinel'' and '''(13)''' http://www.wlky.com/sports/Damian-Copeland-talks-about-recent-success/19855384 here from WLKY. Whether the analysis is done under NCOLLATH, prong 3, or GNG, the result is the same: Keep
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:NCOLLATH)

Comment: per  (Cbl62's linked sources below).  I'm not very happy that the nominator didn't poke around to see some of these links before nominating. That said, it's hard to see why the subject has attracted so much individual coverage -- but that's not for me to judge in terms of inclusion
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)