UTC cornerback Buster Skrine performs drills Wednesday as over a dozen NFL scouts watch at Scrappy Moore Field in Chattanooga.The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football program’s pro day hasn’t historically drawn much of a crowd. In recent years only one or two NFL scouts have shown up to work out the previous season’s seniors.
It was a different story Wednesday due in large part to cornerback Buster Skrine, who performed very well at the NFL combine last month and is projected by many to be selected in the middle rounds of next month’s draft.
Thirteen NFL teams had at least one representative at the pro day, during which Skrine did position drills and five other former Mocs went through the full array of measurements and exercises.
“We probably got more [scouts] out here today because of him, but that’s the way it happens everywhere,” UTC coach Russ Huesman said. “You’ve got one that people are looking at, and the rest of these guys, it helps all of them.”
Content with the numbers he posted at the combine, Skrine didn’t do any of the running. Instead, defensive backs coaches from the Chicago Bears and Jacksonville Jaguars had him do individual drills for about 20 minutes.