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Do NFL teams really care if Te’o is gay?

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Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o runs a drill Monday at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.

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Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o has become one of the most complicated draft prospects in NFL history. Monday only added to the complexity for teams like the Bears. The question was whether he could do so well enough to make talent evaluators forget the story of his manufactured girlfriend. Another controversy followed Te’o to the combine: NBC Sports’ Mike Florio reportedly said on Dan Patrick’s radio show that NFL teams want to know what Te'o's sexual orientation is.

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