FAIRBANKS, Alaska — A Fort Wainwright Army captain was surprised to find out he'd been named one of the best college football players of the past decade from teams not affiliated with conferences.Twenty-six-year-old Joel Glover didn't know about being named to the Independents All-Decade Team by CBSsports.com until a friend called him last month.Glover played left tackle for Army from 2001-05.He stands 6 feet 5 inches tall and he played at 300 pounds. He slimmed down to 230 pounds at the end of his final season to meet Army regulations.Glover tells the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that no one else in his family has served in the military but he felt a calling and decided to attend West Point.He has been deployed to Iraq twice with Fort Wainwright's Stryker brigade.
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