Brad Biggs: How Trestan Ebner’s fast-acting agent — and his sister’s cellphone — connected the Chicago Bears with the Baylor RB

CHICAGO — Trestan Ebner’s draft party last Saturday could have gone in a different direction had it not been for his quick-acting agent.

Ebner was with about 40 family members and friends at his mother’s house in Henderson, Texas, a small town of 13,000 in the northeast corner of the state. The Baylor running back felt pretty good about his chances of being drafted, but midway through the sixth round, he hadn’t been chosen.

Ron Slavin, Ebner’s Dallas-based agent, had been trying to reach his client multiple times. Every time he called, it went straight to voicemail. Cellphone reception in Henderson can be spotty on a good day.