** FILE ** In this Aug. 25, 2012, file photo, Washington Redskins linebacker Lorenzo Alexander reacts during the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Landover, Md. Six years, eight positions and plenty of ups and downs later, Alexander now is a co-captain of the resurgent Redskins, and was voted to the Pro Bowl as the NFC's special teams player (AP Photo/Richard Lipski, File)
** FILE ** In this Jan. 10, 2010, file photo, New England Patriots linebacker Junior Seau (55) warms up on the field before an NFL wild-card playoff football game in Foxborough, Mass. Star linebacker Junior Seau had a degenerative brain disease when he committed suicide last May, the National Institutes of Health told The Associated Press on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
** FILE ** In this Aug. 25, 2012, file photo, Washington Redskins linebacker Lorenzo Alexander reacts during the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Landover, Md. Six years, eight positions and plenty of ups and downs later, Alexander now is a co-captain of the resurgent Redskins, and was voted to the Pro Bowl as the NFC's special teams player (AP Photo/Richard Lipski, File)
FILE - This Oct. 20, 2012 file photo shows Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly checking the replay screen during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Brigham Young in South Bend, Ind. For leading the Fighting Irish to the BCS championship game for the first time, Kelly was voted Associated Press college football coach of the year, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
** FILE ** In this Jan. 5, 2013, file photo, Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o answers a question during media day for the BCS national championship NCAA college football game in Miami. A story that Te'o's girlfriend had died of leukemia _ a loss he said inspired him to help lead the Irish to the BCS championship game _ was dismissed by the university Wednesday, Jan. 16, as a hoax perpetrated against the linebacker. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2013, file photo, Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o answers a question during media day for the BCS national championship NCAA college football game in Miami. A story that Te'o's girlfriend had died of leukemia _ a loss he said inspired him to help lead the Irish to the BCS championship game _ was dismissed by the university Wednesday, Jan. 16, as a hoax perpetrated against the linebacker. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
** FILE ** In this Jan. 5, 2013, file photo, Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o answers a question during media day for the BCS national championship NCAA college football game in Miami. A story that Te'o's girlfriend had died of leukemia _ a loss he said inspired him to help lead the Irish to the BCS championship game _ was dismissed by the university Wednesday, Jan. 16, as a hoax perpetrated against the linebacker. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
** FILE ** In this Sept. 15, 2002, file photo, San Diego Chargers' Junior Seau does a celebration dance after one of his seven tackles in the Chargers' 24-3 win over the Houston Texans in an NFL football game in San Diego. Seau, the one-time fierce linebacker of his hometown Chargers, shot himself in the chest on May 2, 2012, leaving no note and so many in football shaken. He was 43. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
** FILE ** In this Jan. 10, 2010, file photo, New England Patriots linebacker Junior Seau (55) warms up on the field before an NFL wild-card playoff football game in Foxborough, Mass. Star linebacker Junior Seau had a degenerative brain disease when he committed suicide last May, the National Institutes of Health told The Associated Press on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
