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When I first arrived in Indianapolis I was greeted by a number of scouts and taken to my hotel room. There I got to see all of the NFL coachs, GMs, scouts, and the rest of the players. I didn't really have a chance to get settled in there. We just jumped right into things and kept busy from start to finish. We went right into the medical, physical tests, and the interviews. I had an MRI on my elbow for an injury I had in 2005. Other than that there was an issue with my hamstring but that didn't prevent me from doing anything. I felt pretty good about my workout numbers. I wasn't happy with my 40 time and I would run it again at my pro day, but other than that everything went well. I met with most of the teams out there and I felt pretty good about those interviews.

Pro day was good for me. The Kansas City D-line coach worked me out. He took the time to talk to me about some on the field and off the field things that could help me improve. I felt even better about my numbers at my pro day. I think I ran a 5.18 in the 40 there where I ran a 5.3 at the combine. My numbers in the other drills were good so I was real proud of that as well.

Shortly after the pro day the Rams came to work me out. I flew out to Pittsburgh, Kansas City, New Orleans, and Denver. All of those teams seemed interested but I've seen how the draft works so I'm not expecting to be drafted by any particular team. It's out of my hands now. I've done everything I can do as far as the workouts, interviews, and the film. I'm just going to wait to hear my named called.

On Saturday I'm just going to stay at the house with my family. I'll just be praying and waiting for my time.

After the season I took a couple of agent visits to choose my agent. After that I began working out here in Atlanta with Chip Smith at Competitive Edge Sports. We have a routine here. For the warmup it's quick agility where we do alot of leg warmups. Then we do resistance work with cords. After that we have a clock shifting and we react to the shifting of the clock. Next we do our lifting. We do upper body on Monday, Thursday and Friday, then we get weekends off.

I went to Mobile for the Senior Bowl on Sunday. As soon as we got there we had a number of I.Q. and psychological tests. We filled those out, then about three hours later we were able to check into our rooms. After that we got to meet our coaches and have a team meeting. I was exhausted after that. I went to bed and woke up the next morning in time for us to go back in and get our equipment. At the weigh-in I came in around 6'0"- 6'1", 322 pounds. We practiced later that day. I hadn't played since November so I still had a little rust on me, but I still did pretty well. I was going against the best offensive lineman they had, Ryan Kalil, the center from USC. I went against him the whole time I was there. He was pretty good. I also went against Dustin Fry and we battled the whole time I was there as well. The first day I did pretty good. The second day I was still a little rusty. The third day I was starting to get my moves back. Strength wise I was strong and was able to apply my strength. That was a good practice. By the time we took the pads off on Thursday, I was feeling pretty good. At the game the weather was terrible. It was cold and rainy. The game was alright but we still lost.

I met with almost every team at the Senior Bowl. Alot of teams really liked me. The Rams, Dolphins, Chiefs, and Saints spoke very highly of me. I had a good relationship with those guys. I liked all of the teams and they all spoke highly of me.