The 2017 Reese's Senior Bowl gets started today, first with the cattle-call style weigh-in and then the first of three days of practice.
A number of prominent players, including Alabama's Reuben Foster and Jonathan Allen and Auburn defensive end Carl Lawson, aren't in Mobile this week to impress college scouts. Neither is Clemson quarterback Deshuan Watson or Michigan defensive end Taco Charlton.
The Senior Bowl, of course, gives players a weeklong tryout in front of a horde of NFL scouts and executives, and that making a favorable impression remains critical. Higher draft picks, of course, earn more money in that first contract.