LARAMIE, Wyo. — Josh Allen, the kid from sunny California, wanted snow.
The plan for the 6-foot-5, 232-pound future NFL quarterback was to incorporate inclement weather into his pro day schedule Friday morning. It would have been one more way for Allen to show the cold-weather teams selecting toward the top of next month’s draft that there isn’t anything he can’t handle.
“I was hoping it was snowing. If it had started snowing, we would have stepped outside for, probably, 20 throws,” Allen said. “Laramie, I guess, was on a different path this time.”
So Allen settled for 60 chest-thumping throws inside the University of Wyoming’s indoor practice facility that gave the Cleveland Browns, the team with the top overall pick represented by general manager John Dorsey and coach Hue Jackson, a lot to think about as they prepare to make the first pick in the draft on April 26.