NFL Combine has begun, O-D Alumni to participate

Myrtle Beach, SC - the 2012 Scouting Combine, which will be held from Feb. 22 to Feb. 28, is the annual job fair for prospective new NFL players. Players are put through a series of drills, tests and interviews at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, with more than 600 NFL personnel including head coaches, general managers and scouts in attendance.

The kickers, punters, and long snappers will take the field first and then a different position will workout on the field each day.

There will be 22 Offense-Defense Bowl Alumni featured at this year’s event including Texas A&M duo Jeff Fuller and Cyrus Gray, California wide receiver Marvin Jones, California defensive end Trevor Guyton, Louisiana Tech running back Lennon Creer, Georgia players Brandon Boykin and Cordy Glenn, South Carolina defensive tackle Travian Robertson, Oklahoma cornerback Jamell Fleming, Texas linebacker Keenan Robinson, Washington defensive tackle Alameda Ta’amu, Wisconsin's Nick Toon, Arizona State cornerback Omar Bolden, California PA guard Rishaw Johnson, Richmond quarterback Aaron Corp, Southern California defensive line duo Christian Tupou and DaJohn Harris, Penn State defensive back Chaz Powell, and a trio of underclassmen led by receiver Stephen Hill (Georgia Tech), lineman David DeCastro (Stanford), and tackle Bobby Massie (Ole Miss).
“Offense-Defense is extremely proud of these 22 players and we look forward to seeing how they do at the Combine and in the future, “said Offense-Defense President Rick Whittier, “We couldn’t be happier for this group and we hope to see many more alumni from our game participate in the future.”

Make sure to watch NFL Network for complete coverage of the NFL Scouting Combine and log on to www.nfl.com for combine results. O-D will bring you the complete official results on their alumni as soon as results become available to the NFL teams.

The Offense-Defense All-American Bowl is part of the largest Youth All-American Event in the country known as Offense-Defense Bowl Week, a series of events taking place during the last week of the year that culminates in the All-American Bowl. The game has in the past seen the on-field talents of a wide swath of football stardom including Dez Bryant, Cameron Newton, Stephen Garcia, Carlos Dunlap, Derek Sherrod, Golden Tate, Rolando McClain, and Joe Haden among many others. The O-D Bowl led all high school All-America games with nine players selected to the 2012 Senior Bowl and former O-D Bowl participant Cameron Newton was the No. 1 overall pick by the Carolina Panthers in the 2011 NFL Draft, named to the Pro Bowl, and was named the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year.