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Senior moments: for 96 NFL draft prospects, Senior Bowl week is the ultimate job interview. For the more than 800 NFL types watching them, it's the ultimate hobnob opportunity.(NFL)
At the Senior Bowl South team's Wednesday morning practice in Mobile, Ala., eight young men battle with one another, using powerful hand punches.
It resembles a royal rumble WWE cage match, but it's merely a standard defensive line drill simulating the toughness of the trenches. One of the players is LSU defensive tackle Chad Lavalais, who is fighting off concerns about his lack of ideal size with tremendous quickness.
This combat goes on for a few curious minutes before an air horn signals a change in the drill rotation.
Zoom out. There's a rainbow of team colors in the track suits gathered around the scene. Redskins burgundy, Vikings purple ...