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Alterraun Verner is helping Titans solve problems
Alterraun Verner is helping Titans solve problems

Six weeks ago, Alterraun Verner had no guarantees he'd be a starting cornerback for the Tennessee Titans. Today, he's made as big an impact as any defensive player in the NFL. What are the odds of that? Actually, Verner could calculate those for you. He was a math major at UCLA who went back to school a year after he was drafted and finished his degree. "I wanted to knock it out as soon as I could," Verner said by phone this week, during a break from preparations for Sunday's game at Seattle. "Being a math major, there's a lot of formulas and a lot of things you have to know. The longer I waited, the harder it would have been to keep that fresh...