The Under Armour Senior Bowl is a peculiar setting.
Top prospects from a smorgasbord of different systems all over the nation are gathered and brought to Mobile, Alabama. There, they are given a very vanilla playbook, meshed together for just a week of practice and are subject to tons of national criticism.
In the grand scheme of things, all of these things make it very difficult to assess a player's overall skill set and draft stock.
For instance, former Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, considered arguably the greatest college player of all time, struggled mightily in last year's Senior Bowl but was still drafted in the first round and went on to finish the season as the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos.
Nonetheless, many players, such as Washington quarterback Jake Locker (pictured above), make the trip in hopes of giving scouts an extended look at them, measuring themselves against other top talents coming out of college, and, ultimately, strengthening their draft stock.
Here is a list of some players who appeared to help, and hurt, their draft stock along the way over the last week in Mobile, Alabama.
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