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Phillip Swanson is a junior offensive lineman at Western Michigan. He will be writing for The Quad throughout the season.

The draft was a real killer this year. A 60-year-old coach sits in a secluded room, surrounded only by the intense and focused faces of his two closest advisers.

PITTSBURGH - Offensive tackle Max Starks has signed a four-year contract that keeps him with the Pittsburgh Steelers through the 2012 season and frees up several million dollars in salary cap room for the team.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have reached contract agreements with two more draft picks, signing fourth-round selection Kyle Moore and seventh-rounder E.J. Biggers to four-year deals.

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Detroit Lions rookie safety Louis Delmas was asked by a young participant during Monday's Lions Youth Camp at Jenison Junior High School how many times he wants to be an all-pro performer.

Less than a week ago, Fernand Kashama got a surprise call from Dave Dickenson. Having the future Hall-of-Fame quarterback on the other end of the line was unusual, but the question he delivered was the real shocker.

Up until last week, it had been the Stampeders telling players such as Eddie Freeman, Howard Hodges and Saleem Rasheed that their services were no longer required.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have signed five import players. Linebacker Matt Castelo, defensive backs Carlton Brown and Melvin Matlock, Jacob Patek and Desman Stephen will attend training camp with the Ticats in June.

Fox Sports Stats have once again come to the party with a nuts and bolts breakdown of the men most likely to cross the stripe and earn you points in round 11.

Twenty-five years ago, Irving Fryar entered the NFL as the No. 1 overall draft choice, selected by the Patriots .

Trailing by a run in the sixth inning with two outs, Northern Illinois catcher Matt Behren hit a three-run homer to left field to give the Huskies a 4-2 win in Kalamazoo, Mich.

On the morning of the Chiefs rookie minicamp, the team finally revealed some of the players that would be in attendance.

Before the Lions signed Larry Foote last week, defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham met with reporters.

Delmas has overcome many obstacles, nothing more serious than his parents walking out on him at an early age in Miami.

The Calgary Stampeders signed offensive lineman Jon Gott, linebacker Fernand Kashama and defensive lineman Ronald Hilaire from their 2008 Canadian draft class Friday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Chiefs added eight defensive players among the 12 rookie free agents signed on Friday.

After the first weekend of NFL minicamps, a few Michigan players -- drafted and undrafted -- have made an impact, though one caught a bad break.

He stepped outside to get some air and some juice at one of his old hangouts, the Wood Street Market.

They've gotten rid of the leaks, but they've still got holes to fill. Give the Lions credit for a more efficient approach to the NFL draft, from the vetting of prospects to the tight-lipped posturing to a refreshingly "calm" war room, as coach Jim Schwartz described it this weekend.