The NFL Draft had barely crowned its “Mr. Irrelevant” when the signings of recently minted Marshall football alums started rolling in.
“Swede,” lineman Sebastian Johansson, and receiver Deandre Reaves, off to the San Diego Chargers. Running back Devon Johnson to the Carolina Panthers. Cornerback Keith Baxter to the Minnesota Vikings, Davonte Allen to the Buffalo Bills and T.J. Letman to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Linebacker Evan McKelvey and cornerback Corey Tindal are getting tryouts this week with the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals, respectively. Word had not come Sunday evening of an opportunity for linebacker-turning-safety D.J. Hunter.
(Blake Frohnapfel, the ex-Herd quarterback who starred at Massachusetts, is trying out with the Colts.