KNOXVILLE – The three-month job audition begins this week for two former University of Tennessee football stars.
Quarterback Josh Dobbs and cornerback Cameron Sutton are representing the Volunteers this week at the Senior Bowl. Practices, televised live on the NFL Network, begin this afternoon in Mobile, Ala.
Tennessee linebacker Darrin Kirkland, Jr., left, and defensive back Cameron Sutton bring down Nebraska’s Terrell Newby in the first half of the Vols’ Music City Bowl game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Nissan Stadium on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. Tennessee won 38-24.The practices and the game are the premier opportunity for graduated college players to prove themselves with NFL personnel in attendance, and the draft stocks for both Dobbs and Sutton will be at stake as they prepare for April’s draft.
“It’s very important,” Dobbs said last month. “We’re representing our brand – our personal brands and the University of Tennessee brand. Obviously it’s a big event for us and our futures, and we’re representing the program.
“We want to go out and perform well, whether it’s on the field in the practices and in the game or off the field in the meetings and in the interviews and in the various things that go on at the event. We’ll be excited for that event. I know me and Cam will be well-prepared once we get down there, and we’ll definitely make the most of that opportunity.”