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Quarterback Deshaun Watson 'slinging it' at Clemson pro day (Yahoo Sports)

Clemson’s Deshaun Watson put on an impressive show for NFL teams, making the case at the Tigers’ pro day that he should be the first quarterback taken in next month’s draft. Watson went through a crisp workout for scouts and evaluators for all 32 teams, including three head coaches: Tennessee’s Mike Mularky, Chicago’s John Fox and Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin. Watson, the Heisman Trophy runner up this year, completed 54 of 62 throws at Clemson’s indoor practice facility.

Deshaun Watson lands another award as NFL draft looms (Yahoo Sports)

Deshaun Watson is trying to approach everything leading to the NFL draft as having fun and enjoying the process while preparing for another once-in-a-lifetime moment. Having accomplished his goal of a national championship at Clemson, the dual-threat quarterback said he is now working hard preparing for the draft. The next step is the NFL combine, where he anticipates being a full participant.

Deshaun Watson plans to fully participate in NFL combine (Yahoo Sports)

National championship quarterback Deshaun Watson plans to participate in every aspect of the NFL’s scouting combine. Watson said Monday before the Davey O’Brien Award presentation that he will do everything he’s asked to do at the combine, which begins next week in Indianapolis. Six weeks after his last-second touchdown pass pushed Clemson past Alabama in the College Football Playoff title game, Watson picked up his second consecutive O’Brien trophy as the nation’s top quarterback.

Brent Musburger is retiring from sportscasting at age 77 (Yahoo Sports)

Brent Musburger is calling it a career at ESPN after being the play-by-play man in the booth at sporting events enjoyed by millions of Americans, most prominently when he was the lead voice for CBS Sports in the 1980s. Musburger, who is 77, said he’s leaving active sportscasting to help his family get a sports handicapping business started and to use some of the millions of airline miles he’s earned for some fun travel. Both Musburger and ESPN say comments about Oklahoma football player Joe Mixon that were criticized as insensitive during the Sugar Bowl earlier this month had nothing to do with his exit.

Coroner: Heisman winner Rashaan Salaam's death was a suicide (Yahoo Sports)

Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam killed himself after struggling with depression, an autopsy report confirmed Thursday, but investigators will never know whether the one-time running back suffered chronic head trauma from playing football because his family did not consent to those tests. Salaam was found dead Dec. 5 in a park near the University of Colorado, where he played from 1992 to 1994, becoming one of the greatest players in the program’s history. Salaam died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, an autopsy by the Boulder County Coroner’s Office confirmed.