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I had to research this since nothing released yet, but Georgia had its Pro-Day yesterday 3/22 and overall had some outstanding results along with talent, a few of which the Texans may be interested in but it did not name anyone from the Texans staff as present although I'm sure there had to be.
http://www.onlineathens.com/Every Georgia player that ran the 40 -Pollack and quarterback David Greene did not - improved their time from the NFL combine in Indianapolis last month. No surprise there considering Georgia's track is faster and strength and conditioning coach Dave Van Halanger made conditions favorable by making sure the players ran with the wind at their back.
"I'm glad it didn't rain," wide receiver Reggie Brown said. "I didn't want the wind. I didn't want to give anybody any doubt if I ran good that they would say 'Well, it was a little windy.'"
Brown was clocked by scouts with a 4.39 and 4.42 40.
He ran a 4.49 at the combine, which took some of the luster off his strong showing at the Senior Bowl. Brown is expected to go by the second round in April's NFL draft and could still go in the first round.
"I felt like I came out here and did myself justice," Brown said.
Scouts clocked Thurman with a sub-4.6 40 and Davis with a sub 4.5 40. Davis ran a 4.65 40 in Indianapolis.
"It can only help," said Todd France, Davis' agent.
Wide receiver Fred Gibson, projected by some as a third round pick after the combine, bettered his 40 time from 4.55 to what scouts clocked at 4.45 and 4.42. The 6-foot-4, 196-pound Gibson was also pleased with his ball-catching and route running.
"I took care of business," Gibson said.
Pollack and Davis, both widely projected as first-round draft picks, joined Thurman and Arnold Harrison in linebacker drills. Pollack also took part in drills for defensive end, where he was a three-time All-American. Some teams see him as ideal in a 3-4 scheme as a linebacker.
"I've never really done it before, but its football," said the 6-2 Pollack, who weighed in at 270, five pounds heavier than at the combine.
"That's one of the things that people find appealing about me is that I can play standup or in a three-point stance." Carolina Panthers director of college scouting Tony Softli likes Pollack as an end, but was impressed with his showing in linebacker drills.
"He showed today in his drills that he can move and think on his feet," Softli said. "Thomas could play either one. He's got safety skills but he hits like a linebacker and is very explosive. There's 32 flavors out there with 32 NFL teams and somebody will pick what they want."
Davis, an All-American safety as a junior who played linebacker earlier in his career, is a hard-hitter who some teams are projecting as a weakside linebacker.
"That's going to be a mystery because I don't even know myself," Davis said.
"Throughout the league, you're probably going to have some different opinions," said VanGorder, who ran his former players through defensive drills.
Two NFL head coaches were in attendance at last year's pro day, but none were here this year. Most of them, and many general managers, are in Hawaii this week for the NFL owner's meetings.