INDIANAPOLIS - Maurice Clarett has hired an agent, ending any possibility the running back will return to college.
Clarett's attorney, Alan Milstein, said Monday the former Ohio State star was working with an agent in preparation for this week's combine in Indianapolis, which would make him ineligible under NCAA rules. Milstein would not identify the agent.
On Feb. 5, U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin said a league rule barring eligibility to Clarett and other underclassmen from April's draft violates antitrust law.
Last week, Scheindlin refused to suspend her ruling, and Milstein said Clarett would be in the draft.
Ohio State suspended Clarett before last season for accepting money from a family friend and lying about it to NCAA and university investigators.
PANTHERS: Guard Kevin Donnalley retired after 13 seasons. "I'm very tired," said the 35-year-old, who started every game the past two seasons. "I'd be lying if I said a part of me didn't want to go to training camp and see if I could (go back to the Super Bowl)."
NFL EUROPE: British sprinter Dwain Chambers won't travel to the United States for training camp until he knows the outcome of this week's drug hearing.
Chambers has a hearing Thursday after testing positive for THG in August. He hopes to avoid a suspension that would rule him out of the Athens Olympics in August.
Chambers, whose best 100-meter time is 9.87 seconds, is considering a change to football. He has had a private training session in London and was scheduled to travel to Miami this week for training camp.
