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Murray, Boddy-Calhoun and Campbell invited to NFL combine

Three former Gophers -- Eric Murray, Briean Boddy-Calhoun and De'Vondre Campbell -- will represent the team at this year's NFL combine.

By Joe Christensen

February 11, 2016 at 6:48PM

Gophers defensive back Eric Murray (Tom Wallace — Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Former Gophers Eric Murray, Briean Boddy-Calhoun and De'Vondre Campbell have been invited to the NFL scouting combine, the team announced Thursday.

The combine runs Feb. 26-29 in Indianapolis.

Murray and Boddy-Calhoun were third-team All-Big Ten selections at cornerback last season. Boddy-Calhoun dealt with a knee injury after being a first-team all-conference choice in 2014. Murray was a second-team all-conference selection as a junior, and quarterbacks continued to shy away from him last fall.

Campbell was an honorable mention All-Big Ten selection last fall after finishing third on the team with 92 tackles. The 6-5, 239-pound linebacker was a top high school sprinter in Florida.

Maxx Williams, David Cobb and Damien Wilson represented the Gophers at last year's combine before being picked, along with Cedric Thompson, in the NFL draft.

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Joe Christensen

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Joe Christensen, a Minnesota Star Tribune sports team leader, graduated from the University of Minnesota and spent 15 years covering Major League Baseball, including stops at the Riverside Press-Enterprise and Baltimore Sun. He joined the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2005 and spent four years covering Gophers football.