University of Michigan players have done their pre-draft training all over the country, but 18 of them came back together only weeks after winning the national championship. The Wolverines set the Scouting Combine record by sending 18 prospects to Indianapolis. “It feels like Schembechler Hall around here,” Michigan edge rusher Braiden McGregor said. “Everywhere I’ve looked, you see everybody. It’s …

The Bills are moving on from running back Nyheim Hines. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Buffalo plans to release Hines at some point in the coming week. By making that known now, the Bills are likely signaling that they’re willing to trade Hines if any team is interested in parting with an asset for him. Schefter notes that Hines will …

Chris Mortensen, the award-winning journalist who covered the NFL for close to four decades, including 32 as a senior analyst at ESPN, died Sunday morning. He was 72. ESPN confirmed Mortensen’s death on Sunday. There was no immediate word on the cause or place of death. “Mort was widely respected as an industry pioneer and universally beloved as a supportive, …

One of the top offensive line prospects in this year’s draft cut his Scouting Combine workout short on Sunday. Former Penn State tackle Olu Fashanu ran his first 40-yard-dash, but did not take his second run and he did not do position drills. Fashanu told Stacey Dales of NFL Media that he suffered a right thigh injury. Penn State’s Pro …