It's late July and football is almost back. (Thank goodness.) While there are still a few weeks until Northwestern opens camp, NFL training camps will be starting up this week. By August 2, every team will have opened camp and start the grueling few weeks that is training camp.
For several former Northwestern players, the next few weeks could determine how they will spend the next few years of their lives. There are established players in the league that have come out of Northwestern -- a Super Bowl champion among them -- but this year, the theme is fringe players.