Packers eye Alabama LB who goes undrafted with heart problem

Monday's health and safety news from the world of football:

• Each year at least one player in the NFL draft slides because of a health issue. This year it was Alabama linebacker Adrian Hubbard, who the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported was diagnosed with a minor heart abnormality. He was projected to be a second- or third-round pick and went undrafted.

• The Boston Globe featuredNew England Patriots draft pick Dominique Easley, who fell to No. 29 in the first round because he tore the ACL in both knees while playing at Florida.

• The Sporting News reported via SiriusXM NFL Radio that AJ McCarron said he often played injured at the University of Alabama.

• NFL.com reportedCleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon faces a possible suspension for his second positive drug test.

• Businessweek featured former NFL star Bill Curry, who has gone into business as a consultant to help troubled college football teams.

• The Associated Press photographed members of the U.S. military who took part in the 2014 NFL Draft prior to the third round Friday.

• The football coach at Hudson High School in River Falls, Wis., created an adopt-a-helmet program in his community to buy new helmets for the team, the Hudson Star-Observer reported.

• WGEM-TV in Quincy, Ill., talked to Washington University researchers working on a concussion study through an NFL grant.

• The Vineland (N.J.) Daily Journal reported that the Vineland Midget Football League, which includes players ages 5-14, may disband because of a recent increase in concussions in the league.

-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor