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Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan, right, gave instructions to receiver Ashley Lelie at training camp on Sunday. The Broncos' No. 1 draft pick, who left the University of Hawaii early for the NFL, tweaked his hamstring again.
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"I'm not that great of an expert, obviously," he said, "because I keep re-aggravating it."
The Denver Broncos rookie wide receiver missed both training camp sessions Sunday after feeling soreness in his right hamstring, the same leg he tweaked during the June minicamp.
Leading up to his selection as the 19th overall pick in the draft, Lelie pulled his left hamstring on March 25.
He doesn't think the latest injury is serious but admits, "It's pretty sore."
He's taking it day by day in terms of his timetable to return.
"I feel like I can practice now," he added. "It's just the coaches took me out. I guess they were making sure I don't pull it or anything like that."
Coach Mike Shanahan said the frequency of Lelie's hamstring problems aren't a major concern, though the receiver must be monitored.
"I've been around track athletes throughout my career in the NFL ... they constantly pull hamstrings," Shanahan said. "He's never had that throughout any length of time. And he's never had a hamstring pull throughout his college career, so that's a positive."
