AUBURN - Antonio Coleman, Gabe McKenzie and Walt McFadden talk about their performances during Auburn's Pro Day on Tuesday.

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Participants in Auburn's NFL Pro Day comment on their performances in a report that includes photos plus testing results.

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Photo Feature Auburn hosted its annual Pro Day Tuesday and seven Tigers from the 2009 team as well as several other former players participated in the event. Ben Tate, Walter McFadden, Antonio Coleman were some from last year's team. The others..

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AUBURN - What they said after Auburn's Pro Day on Thursday ...

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Year after year, the level of football talent has steadily risen in the city of Memphis. Once only a basketball town, Memphis is quickly becoming a hot stop for college football recruiters. Rivals.com visited several of the top high schools in the city to get a handle on the next crop of Memphis talent such as Mitchell's Artaves Gibson

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Moving pictures and interviews from some Tigers during workouts for pro scouts on Tuesday

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Video Seven players from Auburn's 2009 team and six other former Tigers participated Tuesday in Pro Day on the Plains. Antonio Coleman, Walt McFadden, Gabe McKenzie and Brad Lester had big days. Video highlights..

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Former Auburn cornerback Walter McFadden turned in the day's fastest 40-yard dash time with a 4.39-second run. He also ran a 4.40 and weighed in at 181 pounds. McFadden talked about his performance, where he thinks he could end up in the draft..

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Tigers go through the drills for pro scouts, and we've got the times and stats to prove it

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Video of Auburn players going through testing at Pro Day on Tuesday.

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Antonio Coleman talks about going through Pro Day on Tuesday.

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Auburn football held its annual NFL Pro Day Tuesday with 13 former Tigers working out in front of NFL scouts for close to three hours.

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Gabe McKenzie talks about his performance at Tuesdays' Pro Day on the Auburn Campus.

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After the "measurable" portion of the workout, players were sent outside to work position-specific drills. Some scouts take this stuff pretty seriously, but most simply watch while conversing with fellow scouts.

That's how they roll.

Of note:

**Ben Tate and Lester were put through drills by former Mississippi State coach Sly Croom, who now coaches with the St. Louis Rams.

**Tate still has that chip on his shoulder. ``I kept telling you all I was fast. I've been underestimated all my career. One day, the underdog will be on top."

**Lester was on the B.C. Lions practice squad last year and currently is attending Auburn to complete his degree. He's hoping to catch on with an NFL team this fall.

**McKenzie seemed disappointed by his set of numbers, which I thought were outstanding. ``I came here to put up numbers and I didn't get what I wanted."

**So why did McKenzie miss spring practice last year? ``Just stressing out. The season that we had (in 2008), I took it real hard. That last game -- I put it on myself, that the last game was my fault. I can’t do stuff like that. I can’t let stuff stress me out. I can’t let that happen again."

**Robert Johnson said he was inspired to jump back into pro football by his two young sons, who were running around the house in December with Johnson's old football helmets on their heads. ``I wanted to give them a chance to see what their dad could do on a football field."

**Johnson was on the New Orleans Saints' practice squad in 2006.

**Maurice Smith, the two-time Olympic decathlete, said he's hoping to catch on with an NFL team despite little experience. ``I played pick-up football with my friends in Arizona in junior college. I have speed and I have the hands." Smith won a silver medal at the 2007 World Championships and was Team Jamaica's captain in Beijing.

**McFadden was given his EAABWAA "Good Guy Award" plaque today:


**Here are your 40 times in order:
McFadden, 4.39
Billings, 4.42
Lester, 4.46
Gabe Barrett, 4.60
Maurice Smith, 4.69
Dunn, 4.70
Coleman, 4.72
McKenzie, 4.74
Todd, 4.84
Ricks, 4.95
Ro. Johnson, 5.01

**Here are your vertical jumps in order:
Lester, 38 inches
McKenzie, 37
McFadden, 35.5
Billings, 34
Coleman, 33.5
Maurice Smith, 32.5
Barrett, 32.5
Ro. Johnson, 28
Todd, 27.5
Ricks, 24.5

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Todd Van Emst, AuburnAntonio Coleman runs a 40-yard dash for scouts at pro day Tuesday in Auburn.Auburn's three top draft prospects -- running back Ben Tate, defensive end Antonio Coleman and defensive back Walt McFadden -- appeared to have solid...

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Six current Auburn players, an Auburn track star and a handful of former Auburn players are busy goinig through their paces for NFL scouts and coaches.

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Hey everyone. We are live from the Watson Fieldhouse, where the standard tests are being administered.

Today's participants:
DE/LB Antonio Coleman
CB Walt McFadden
TE/DE Gabe McKenzie
DT Jake Ricks
QB Chris Todd
DB Gabe Barrett (walk-on)
TE Robert Johnson (last season at Auburn was 2003, I believe)
TB Brad Lester (last season at Auburn was 2008)
WR Montez Billings
WR Robert Dunn (last season at Auburn was 2008)
?? Maurice Smith (Olympic decathlete, competed at Auburn)

**Ben Tate apparently is not working out today. He submitted to a weigh-in, but oddly didn't want people measuring his height.

**McFadden had the fastest 40 time. His first was 4.42. His second was 4.39.

**Billings had a pair of mid-4.4 runs.

**I think the scouts were surprised (pleasantly) by Johnson's 4.9.

**Billings is the early leader on the long jump: 10 feet, 6.5 inches.

**Lester was at 10-2.5.

**Maurice Smith, the former Olympic decathlete, jumped a 10-3.

**More long jump numbers: Walt McFadden (10-3.5), Coleman (9-8) and McKenzie (10-4).


**Gabe McKenzie (above) is ready to work today. He posted a 10-4 jump (the second best of the day among all players), a 37" vert jump and a 4.6 in the 40. He's in great shape.

**Coleman ran a 6.8 in the "three cone drill," which didn't seem to impress scouts. Or maybe they were hiding their enthusiasm.

**Scouts were more enthusiastic about McFadden's work in the three cone drill. I can't give you time, but I assure you the scouts were impressed.

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Washington (D.C.) Friendship Collegiate Academy defensive tackle Eddie Goldman hadn't really heard too much about former Rivals.com five-star and current North Carolina defensive tackle Marvin Austin until recently. Now it's hard for Goldman to go to any camp without hearing the comparisons, and Sunday's MDHigh.com Elite Showcase was no exception

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Cordova (Ala.) LB Maleki Harris didn't think he could play for Auburn. He was just too big of an Alabama fan. Then the 6-foot-3, 190-pound Harris visited Auburn. It changed Harris' opinion about the Tigers..

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