Griff Whalen is in college mode this week, a deck of flash cards stacked in the wide receiver’s room. The scene resembles something out of his Stanford dorm days in Palo Alto, as if the product-design major is cramming for a midterm exam.
Whalen is no longer in school.
But a big test, he knows, is coming.
Whalen and running back Dexter McCluster signed with the Chargers this week. Both are expected to be active Sunday against the Colts, meaning they must make every meeting, every practice, every rep count before going to Indianapolis.