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As the #2 seed, Ray Lewis will face #3 seed Barry Sanders in the 3rd round. As the #5 seed, Ray Rice will face #1 seed Robert Griffin III in the 3rd round. Voting totals for the campaign so far have approached 30 million, almost ten million more than last year’s vote total for the entire campaign.
The third round polls are now open as fans can visit www.ESPN.com/MaddenVote today through April 3 to vote daily for their favorite cover athlete candidates to advance to the next round. Every Wednesday throughout the campaign, fans can tune in to ESPN’s SportsNation to see which players advance further in the competition culminating in the winner being announced live on April 24.
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