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Paxton Lynch 'Spooking' Teams With Shoulder Issue

Feb 27, 2016 1:53 PM

The medical records of Paxton Lynch have caused some teams to get "spooked" over his shoulder.

"I had an issue with my left knee and my right knee and an issue with my AC joint. When I hurt my AC joint back in my redshirt sophomore year of college in Cincinnati, I didn't realize that I had, I think they said it was just a small fracture in my clavicle," Lynch said. "So that popped up on the X-ray, but it was healed. But there was just some like piece of the bone I guess just floating around in there. So it spooked a team or two, I think, and that's why they requested the MRIs and all that.

"But I mean I didn't miss a game or a practice or a single throw 'cause of it, and none of those injuries bother me today. I'm 100 percent, so I was more than willing to do what they need me to do."

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332 Players Invited To 2016 NFL Combine

Feb 11, 2016 5:59 PM

The NFL has invited 332 players to the 2016 draft combine.

The combine is scheduled for Feb. 23-29 in Indianapolis.

Last year, 41 players were drafted in the 2015 class who were not invited to the NFL Combine while 108 players who were invited went undrafted.

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NFL Not Allowing Players With Violent Convictions At Combine

Feb 9, 2016 12:07 PM

The NFL will not allow prospects to participate in the NFL Scouting Combine if a background check shows misdemeanor or felony convictions involving violence or use of a weapon, domestic violence, sexual offense and/or sexual assault.

"It is important for us to remain strongly committed to league values as we demonstrate to our fans, future players, coaches, general managers, and others who support our game that character matters," states NFL Football Operations Executive Vice President Troy Vincent in the memo to NFL teams.

Zach Mettenberger wouldn't have been allowed to participate under the new rule as he pled guilty to misdemeanor sexual battery in 2010.

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