For many older college football players, the next few weeks will mark the start of their final season of football.
For all of them, it's an audition to keep playing in the future, and while Conference USA isn't the biggest hunting grounds for NFL talent, the league produces a number of players every year who get a shot at the next level.
Of this year's C-USA stars, who could be lacing up their shoes 52 weeks from now in NFL preseason games? There are eight names appearing on extended (seven-round) draft boards and here they are.