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AP Pro Football WriterBarkley, Griffin shined but Brown didn't at NFL combineBy ARNIE STAPLETONINDIANAPOLIS (AP) All that's left of the 2018 NFL scouting combine is for the deepest class of defensive backs ever to attend the annual assembly of college prospects to wrap up their testing and timing...

AP Pro Football WriterOne-handed prospect posts 20-rep bench pressBy ARNIE STAPLETONINDIANAPOLIS (AP) There's always energy in the bench press room at the NFL scouting combine when players grip the crossbar and begin pumping the 225 pounds of free weights.But never like this.Even Shaquem Griffin, the one-handed do-it-all defender...

AP Sports WriterBradley Chubb makes case to be top-five pickBy MICHAEL MAROTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) Bradley Chubb would normally be content relying on game tapes to make his case to scouts.There, he insists, they will find a big man with edge-rushing skills and enough power to stuff the run. Watch...

AP Pro Football WriterClemson's Cain having a blast being under NFL's microscopeBy ARNIE STAPLETONINDIANAPOLIS (AP) For Clemson receiver Deon Cain, there's nothing tedious about all the timing and testing at the NFL scouting combine.''It's a great feeling because I'm starting to get into this professional life and I'm...

AP Pro Football WriterLouisville's Jackson justifies staying at QBBy ARNIE STAPLETONINDIANAPOLIS (AP) As promised, former Louisville quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson spent Saturday at the NFL scouting combine slinging it and not winging it.Jackson didn't show off a big arm like Wyoming's Josh Allen, the other...

AP Sports WriterAP sources: Saints add free agent safety Kurt ColemanBy BRETT MARTELNEW ORLEANS (AP) Two people familiar with the situation say the New Orleans Saints and free-agent safety Kurt Coleman have agreed to terms of a three-year contract.The people spoke to The Associated Press on Saturday on...

AP Pro Football WriterOne-handed prospect posts 20-rep bench pressBy ARNIE STAPLETONINDIANAPOLIS (AP) There's always energy in the bench press room at the NFL scouting combine when players grip the crossbar and begin pumping the 225 pounds of free weights as everybody nearby counts the repetitions.But never like this.Even...

AP Sports WriterHurst Jr. diagnosed with heart condition at NFL combineBy MICHAEL MAROTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) Utah defensive lineman Lowell Lotulelei says Michigan defensive lineman Maurice Hurst Jr. told him Saturday that he had been diagnosed with the same heart condition as Lotulelei's older brother, Star.The comments came shortly after...

AP Sports WriterHurst Jr. diagnosed with heart condition at NFL combineBy MICHAEL MAROTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) Utah defensive lineman Lowell Lotulelei says Michigan defensive lineman Maurice Hurst Jr. told him Saturday that he had been diagnosed with the same heart condition as Lotulelei's older brother, Star.The comments came shortly after...

Jaguars player gets year of probation for hitting manST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Dante Fowler has been sentenced to a year of probation and 75 hours of community service for a parking lot attack on a man.News outlets report Fowler was sentenced Thursday after pleading...

AP Pro Football WriterPenn State's Saquon Barkley is a do-it-all running backBy ARNIE STAPLETONINDIANAPOLIS (AP) The only thing that Saquon Barkley has to prove at the NFL combine this week is that he's every bit as good as advertised.''For a guy like Barkley who has worked so hard...

AP Pro Football WriterZimmer: All 3 Vikings QBs 'definitely' being consideredBy DAVE CAMPBELLThe Minnesota Vikings are working through a quarterback quandary this offseason, with three pending free agents.They have ample space under the salary cap, around $50 million, and an unfulfilled desire to produce a long-term answer at the...