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Gators compete at the NFL Scouting Combine

The NFL Scouting Combine has become an opportunity, in the past few years, for draft prospects to improve their stock before the NFL Draft at the end of April.

Participants complete physical and mental tests in front of scouts, coaches and general managers.

And over the past week, eight Gators players were selected to travel to Indianapolis to compete.

The week did not get off to a good start for wide receiver Van Jefferson. Before the combine began, doctors revealed he had a Jones fracture in his right foot. The injury was found during the combine physical and forced him to miss the combine.