While the focus of most football fans when it comes to the NFL Combine is on drill results, many stories emerge from the player interviews about remarkable journeys to reach the professional football ranks. Some of them interest us because they involve college programs in Michigan. Take, for example, Jonas Shaffer at the Baltimore Sun writing about Michigan defensive players at the Combine praising new Ravens defensive assistant (and former Michigan analyst) Ryan Osborn.
Then there are the unexpectedly awesome paths foreign-born players took to get to in-state programs and now the NFL Combine.