Philly's Jaelen Strong to retest for NFL teams
The wide receiver will be in Indianapolis, where medical rechecks for injured players will be conducted.
JAELEN STRONG, the wide receiver from Philadelphia's West Catholic High and Arizona State who has been projected as a possible first-round pick when the NFL draft gets underway, confirmed an NFL Network report that said he would go to Indianapolis this weekend, where teams are doing medical rechecks on injured players.
The NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported that Strong has a broken bone in his wrist that likely will need surgery "at some point." Strong subsequently told the Daily News he will not need surgery, and that he anticipates missing no time this spring for whatever team drafts him. Strong said he wasn't sure what teams want to see him in the recheck this weekend.
Strong, 6-2, 217, who performed well at the NFL Scouting Combine in February, said he suffered the wrist injury Nov. 1, in Arizona State's 19-16 overtime victory over Utah, in which Strong caught five passes for 77 yards and a touchdown.
- Les Bowen