As Brian Hoyer settles into his battle with Ryan Mallett for the Houston Texans’ starting quarterback job — a Michigan State-Michigan showdown, though Mallett spent most of his career at Arkansas — he has some familiar targets around to help.

Keshawn Martin was a freshman at MSU when Hoyer was a senior in 2008. And though Hoyer and Keith Mumphery didn’t cross paths in East Lansing — Mumphery arrived in 2010 — Hoyer told reporters that he was impressed by Mumphery in OTAs this week. - Read more at Freep.com