Is DeAndre Hopkins playing career over, coaching career starting?

DeAndre Hopkins isn't on an NFL roster heading into training camp, but the former Clemson standout is still spending time around the game.

The veteran wide receiver has been with the New England Patriots during the opening days of training camp, not as a player, but as someone interested in learning the coaching side of the NFL. Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel said Friday that Hopkins reached out about observing the staff as he begins thinking about what life after football could look like.