Fourth-year medical student Schyler Morton is preparing to join the New Orleans Saints — her hometown NFL team — on the field. Well, kind of. The Meharry Medical College product is one of 31 diverse medical students to participate in the second year of the NFL Diversity in Sports Medicine Pipeline Initiative. The program aims to increase and diversify the pipeline of students with access to sports medicine careers, as well as jobs with NFL franchises…Meharry will also send Tampa native Nicholas Cavil to the Miami Dolphins, Dallas native Imari Parham to the Dallas Cowboys and Maryland native Adrianna Hayden to the Denver Broncos. Meanwhile, Morgan Williams will remain in Nashville — she will report to the Titans.

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