Column: How Trestan Ebner’s fast-acting agent — and his sister’s cellphone — connected the Chicago Bears with the Baylor RB
Ron Slavin, Ebner’ s Dallas- based agent, had been trying to reach his client multiple times. The Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers had reached out to Slavin to see if he had an idea where Ebner might go. It’ s how the Bears determined they needed to use a seventh-round pick on Boise State left tackle Charles Leno in 2014, as Slavin had a lucrative UDFA deal all but...