Following are results from Notre Dame’s Pro Day held Tuesday at the Loftus Center courtesy of South Bend Tribune. Quarterback Jimmy Clausen will work out for scouts on April 9. David Grimes and Asaph Schwapp last played in 2008. Grimes was cut by Denver last year, Schwapp by Dallas.

James Aldridge, RB

Vertical: 31.5 feet

Broad jump: 9 feet, 4 inches

Bench press: 14 (number of times lifted 225 pounds)

40-yard dash: 4.53, 4.52 seconds

Pro agility: 4.4 seconds

3-cone drill: 7.0 seconds

60-yard shuttle: 11.38 seconds

Sergio Brown, DB

Vertical: 35.0

Broad jump: 10-3

Bench press: 15

40-yard dash: 4.53, 4.46 and 4.44

Pro agility: 4.06

3-cone drill: 6.67

60-yard shuttle: 11.15

Paul Duncan, OL

Vertical: 29.5

Broad jump: 9-0

Bench press: 30

40-yard dash: 5.21, 5.3
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The NFL draft is a month away, but Lions general manager Martin Mayhew said Tuesday at the league’s owners meetings that he is “confident” he’ll have an opportunity to deal the No. 2 overall pick.

“I feel confident that we’ll have an opportunity to move back,” Mayhew said. “Will that be an opportunity that we want to take advantage of? Will it be a situation where we feel we’re getting appropriate value? I couldn’t answer that right now.”

Mayhew danced around several other questions on the topic of trading down from No. 2, something the Lions like other teams at the top of the draft have said they’re eager to do for the right price. But he said his comment was based on conversations he’s had with one other NFL team.

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Florida quarterback Tim Tebow remains undecided about whether or not he will attend the NFL draft next month in New York, according to his agent, Jimmy Sexton, who said Tuesday that he was in contact with league officials, Jason LaConfora of NFL.com reports.

Sexton said that with the draft now spread over three days the first round is scheduled for Thursday, April 22 in primetime “they’re a lot more flexible” about what a player would have to do while in New York. Sexton said prospects attending the draft must be in New York by the Tuesday of draft week, but during the event itself, they would have a lot more freedom to leave the green room, return to their hotel and work with the league about how long the player would attend should he begin to slip out of the first round.

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Kyle Orton remains the Denver Broncos’ starting quarterback, and Brady Quinn will have to unseat him if he wants to be under center when the season starts in six months.

“He is our starter. There is no question,” Broncos coach Josh McDaniels said of his incumbent quarterback Tuesday at the AFC coaches’ breakfast in Orlando, Fla., reiterating what he has stated both privately and publicly since acquiring Quinn from the Cleveland Browns on March 13.

McDaniels said Orton deserves to keep his job based on his performance last season, when he threw for 3,802 yards and 21 touchdowns with 12 interceptions.

A lot has been made of Quinn’s familiarity with McDaniels’ system because his college coach was Charlie Weis, who served as McDaniels’ offensive mentor during his days as a New England Patriots assistant.

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Florida quarterback Tim Tebow remains undecided about whether or not he will attend the NFL draft next month in New York, according to his agent, Jimmy Sexton, who said Tuesday that he was in contact with league officials.

NFL ANNOUNCES 32 COMPENSATORY DRAFT CHOICES TO 19 CLUBS

A total of 32 compensatory choices in the 2010 NFL Draft have been awarded to 19 teams, the NFL announced today.

 

Under terms of the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, a team losing more or better compensatory free agents than it acquires in the previous year is eligible to receive compensatory draft picks.

 

The number of picks a team receives equals the net loss of compensatory free agents up to a maximum of four.  The 32 compensatory choices announced today will supplement the 223 choices in the seven rounds of the 2010 NFL Draft (April 22-24).  This year, the compensatory picks will be positioned within the third through seventh rounds based on the value of the compensatory free agents lost.

 

Compensatory free agents are determined by a formula based on salary, playing time and postseason honors.  The formula was developed by the NFL Management

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Penn State tight end Mickey Shuler blazed one of the most impressive pro day workouts during the pre-draft calendar. If the name sounds familiar you may remember his father who was an All Pro tight end for the New York Jets. Host Bo Marchionte tackles these topics and more in this edition of the Player Spotlight Show.

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What are your official height, weight & recent forty time?

6’3, 210, 4.39 un-official/official 4.46

What do you consider to be your biggest strength?

My size and speed.  I think I possess a special combo that not many other receivers possess.

What part of your game have you worked on improving?

Tightening up my route running.  Cutting out of my breaks without losing any speed.

Who is the toughest opponent/teammate you have faced, how did you fare?

As far as teammates, I would say the late Jasper Howard and Robert McClain.   Toughest opponent was Devin McCourty from Rutgers.

Which coach has had the biggest impact on your playing career up to this point?

Two men come to mind, first and foremost Head Coach Randy Edsall.  He has helped me mature and taught me how to become

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What are your official height, weight & recent forty time?

6-2, 291. Forty is 4.85.

What do you consider to be your biggest strength?

My one gap penetration and my motor.

What part of your game have you worked on improving?

Working on my core strength, actually just improving my overall strength.

If a scout asked what tape would you give him to see you at your best?

The Georgia Tech game this past season.

Who is the toughest opponent/teammate you have faced, how did you fare?

Branden Albert  

Which coach has had the biggest impact on your playing career up to this point?

No question. It was Al Groh.

Any players that you would compare yourself to or a favorite player growing up?

My favorite player growing up was

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Jimmy Clausen won’t throw. Golden Tate probably won’t run the 40-yard dash. Sam Young won’t lift. And first-year Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly won’t even so much as eavesdrop.

Still, there’ll be enough activity at ND’s Pro Day Tuesday at the Loftus Center that NFL scouts representing anywhere from 20 to 32 teams will show up and take notes.

Seniors from the 2009 team who will get their first chance to entrance scouts are running back James Aldridge, safety Sergio Brown, offensive tackle Paul Duncan, cornerback Raeshon McNeil, wide receiver Robby Parris, defensive end Morrice Richardson and linebackers Scott Smith and Toryan Smith.

Clausen, meanwhile, will have his own Pro Day on April 9 at Notre Dame. The reason the likely top-10 draft pick won’t work out Tuesday is that the California quarterback still hasn’t recovered sufficiently from January foot surgery to get proper push

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