Agent minimizes Marshawn Lynch rumors

Marshawn Lynch to the Raiders. Man, what a fun rumor that’s been for the past few days.

The agent for the retired running back said Tuesday that he doesn’t know how it started and hasn’t talked to his client about it.

“So he and I have not spoken about this at all,” Doug Hendrickson told KNBR (680 AM). “So it was the media who took the ball and kind of ran with it.”

Lynch, currently on a trip to Canada, would have to formally un-retire and then the Seahawks — who own his rights — would have to trade or release the Oakland native. That’s a lot of balls in the air before the Raiders could, or even would, sign him.

Those balls, though, are currently not up in the air.

“I’m due to see him this week,” Hendrickson told KNBR. “He’s one of the most unique guys I’ve ever been with in my life. Marshawn … it wouldn’t shock me if he says, ‘Hey, I want to play.’ It wouldn’t shock me if he says, ‘Nah, I don’t know where this came from. I don’t want to play.’ ”

Hendrickson added that the Oakland Tech and Cal alum does miss the game.

“He doesn’t spend any of the money he’s made. He’s got a lot of money,” Hendrickson said. “He does miss football. No question. He loves the game of football. He’s 30. But until I meet with him this week, you know, I don’t know what his mind-set is. He’s the kind of guy that can shift by the hour.”

Lynch retired after the 2015 season, and had been busy guest starring on television shows, doing commercials, owning Beast Mode apparel stores in Oakland and Seattle and doing charity work. The Raiders are his mom’s favorite team, so the national reports of interest on his side make sense, but the ones saying the Raiders are pursuing him or almost traded for him last year sound fishy.

In a June interview on “60 Minutes,” Lynch was asked about coming out of retirement and specifically playing for his hometown Raiders.

“I’m retired,” he said. “I’m done. I’m not playing football anymore.”

Meanwhile, the Raiders had Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon in for a visit Monday, according to a league source. Mixon, who played at Freedom-Oakley, is regarded by some as the best running back in the upcoming draft. He has had legal issues off the field after he punched a woman at a cafe in Norman, Okla., in July 2014. Video of the incident surfaced near the end of last year.

The woman suffered four broken bones in her face. Mixon was suspended for his freshman season, ordered to get counseling, and forced to perform 100 hours of community service.

The Raiders also reportedly met with Mixon — who was not invited to the NFL combine because of the incident — at his Pro Day at Oklahoma this month. Their interest is a little surprising, given owner Mark Davis’ stance on domestic violence.

“It’s just something we can’t tolerate,” Davis told The Chronicle in 2015. “I don’t know how to fix it in society, but I know we can’t have it on our team.”

Raiders Hall of Fame receiver Fred Biletnikoff’s daughter, Tracey, was murdered by her boyfriend in 1999. Davis remains close to the family.

“We have zero tolerance,” Davis said.