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March 2013 - Signing Day Edition

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������ michigan in the pros anything differently from him, so I don���t have anything to announce one way or another. But my expectation is that barring anything, he would tell us that he���s going to be here.��� Backus, a first-round draft pick in 2001, missed the first game of his career on last Thanksgiving with a hamstring injury. He���s also fought through a broken thumb, torn biceps and a torn chest muscle in the last 20 months, a series of injuries that would be hard for anyone to overcome. He started 186 straight games before missing the game with Houston. ���To be able to play over 10 years in this league is a blessing and great career,��� San Francisco center Jon Goodwin, a teammate of Backus��� at Michigan in 1998-2000, said during Super Bowl week. ���I haven���t talked to him, but he���s a great guy, a great teammate who���s had a great career. I think he���s been a starter his entire career. If he decides to retire, I���m sure it���ll probably be tough for him.��� So tough, in fact, that he���ll probably wait at least another year before announcing it. of Woodley���s performance in 2012. ���He tells us he works out, but we didn���t see it. He wasn���t in shape. That has to be a reason why he was always hurt.��� Woodley inked a six-year, $61.5 million contract prior to the 2011 campaign. ������ The NHL Carl Hagelin On A Tear After a quick start last season, New York Rangers rookie and former Michigan standout Carl Hagelin went 29 straight games without a goal to end the season. He wasn���t NFL Notes ��� LaMarr Woodley is under the microscope in Pittsburgh. After notching 35 sacks from 2008-10, Woodley has contributed only four since suffering a hamstring injury against New England in 2010. The Steelers are reportedly asking for more of him in the conditioning department this year. ���He was awful,��� one anonymous teammate told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Hagelin found the back of the net five times during a four-game stretch in mid-February and had nine points (six goals and three assists) through 14 contests. photo by Jamie Kellner

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