Battle’s final fight is for NFL survival ** His troubled past behind him, the former Dieruff star is trying to latch on with the Detroit Lions.

Andrew Battle used to knock people down out of anger, and occasionally get suspended from school as a result. He was ultimately labeled a trouble maker. But now Battle, 23, is a rookie free agent linebacker with the Detroit Lions. “Now I get paid to clean clocks,” he said…

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