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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) The Senior Bowl and the NFL will hold a pre-draft combine for top prospects from Historically Black College and Universities next January. The inaugural HBCU combine, scheduled for Jan. 28-29 in 2022, will be similar to the NFL combine with interviews and on-field and medical evaluations. It will be held at the University of South Alabama and feature select players from four HBCU conferences – the Southwestern Athletic Conference, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – and other HBCU institutions.

Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp is on the way back from the torn ACL that ended his 2018 season and the rehab process has been made a little less grueling by the presence of one of the undrafted free agents the Rams signed this offseason. That would be linebacker and younger brother Ketner Kupp, who [