Cleveland Browns VP Mike Holmgren, Carolina Panthers coach John Fox, Cleveland Browns coach Eric Mangini, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin, Jacksonville Jaguars GM Gene Smith and Tampa Bay Buccaneers Raheem Morris also were just some of the big names in attendance. So was Minnesota Vikings vice president for player personnel Rick Spielman. We can’t say for sure all the coaches and scouts were there for Tim, but you know for a fact he caught their attention.

Here are a couple of comments made about Tim:

“He had a very, very good workout,” Carolina Panthers coach John Fox said. “He doesn’t lack in the work ethic department, so whatever needs to be done, he’ll do. I definitely saw some adjustment and I thought he executed very well.”

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“Clearly, he’s a special young man,” Mike Holmgren said. “You can tell he’s trying to make adjustments to his motion. That seems to be what people are fired up about, and he’s working very hard to do that, and it showed today. I thought he had a pretty good workout.”

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“I know he’s been working at it, and if anybody can do it, it would be him,” Jacksonville Jaguars general manager Gene Smith said. “He certainly has a will to prepare. People say there’s always exceptions to the rule. If there’s going to be one at the quarterback spot, it will be him in terms of going against everything everybody has said negative about him with the long release. He’s out to prove everybody he’s certainly capable of competing at our level.”

There will still be a lot of debate about where Tim should be drafted, but I think this workout definitely propelled him up on some team boards. If he doesn’t get picked in the first two rounds I would be shocked – and it wouldn’t surprise me to see him go in round 1.

Check out this video from Gator Country of Tim’s post Pro Day interview. It has a lot of good footage from his workout and throwing motion.

The knock on Tim going into the NFL Draft is his mechanics and throwing motion. He used to bring the ball way down by his hip, launch the ball side arm and then kick his foot. It was really weird, but worked at UF so the coaches weren’t pressured to change it. Now, Tim has been working for months to fix his entire throwing motion. He’ll have every opportunity to impress the scouts today. Tim will be throwing on his home field, he’ll be throwing to players he knows and they’ll be running planned routes. A good showing today could boost his draft stock dramatically.

Viewing for the on-field portion of this event, which will begin at approximately 10 a.m., is open to the public with free admission. Fans will be able to enter the stadium through Gate 2, which will open at 8:30 a.m. I went to two Pro Days while I was a student at Florida and there were basically like 100 people there in the stands watching. I can’t wait to see how many people show up to watch Tim. The ESPN and other sporting news vans are all going to be there. It’s the biggest Pro Day in the history of college football.

We will have pictures and video of the event later today or tomorrow morning. If you are there and would like to submit pictures please contact us and I’ll gladly post it.

I have a great feeling that Tim is going to completely WOW everyone today. What do you think?