Former Wisconsin running back John Clay has been left reeling after going undrafted in last weekend's NFL Draft. Because of the NFL lockout, he hasn't had a chance to catch on with a team as an undrafted free agent either. "It's true, we're all in a tough boat right now," Clay said. "Me and all the rest of the undrafted guys, we have no contact with anybody. Our agents can't talk to anybody about us, and everything's up in the air. You don't know when you're going to get that phone call and be able to sign with a team. You've got to just play it by ear, and whenever they figure what they want to do with the lockout, then teams will be making moves. All you can do until then is take care of your side of the business by keeping in shape, and being ready to go when the time comes." Clay scored 41 touchdowns in three seasons as a Badger. "It was tough,"said Clay, who left school after his junior year. "Me and my family, we had a rough weekend. Toward the end, on the last day [of the draft], I only watched a little bit. At some point, I couldn't watch it any more. I just went in a backroom and laid down, and watched my phone. My family watched the whole thing, but I couldn't stand it any more. I was just getting nervous and upset at the same time."

Boston College linebacker Mark Herzlich, who returned to the field in 2010 after missing 2009 while recovering from cancer, went undrafted on Saturday. "I have been told that I can't play football before," Herzlich tweeted Saturday night after the conclusion of the NFL Draft. "We all know what happened with that." After the Senior Bowl in late January, ESPN's Scouts Inc. rated Herzlich as a late fifth-round selection, but he was considered an early-round prospect before being diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a form of cancer that attacks the bones, following a stellar 2008 season.