The NFL Scouting Combine will showcase some of the biggest names from college football — Clemson’s Deshaun Watson, Texas A&M’s Myles Garrett, LSU’s Leonard Fournette and Alabama’s Jonathan Allen.
But while 330 players will run and jump and bench press, interview with teams, go through football drills and undergo medical testing this week, the players making the most news are those staying home.
The NFL sent a memo to its teams in January outlining a new combine policy that prohibits prospects “if a background check reveals a conviction of a felony or misdemeanor involving violence or use of a weapon, domestic violence, sexual offense and/or sexual assault.