Pro Day comes to even small schools

Yet, in a year when Washington and Washington State might have two players total taken in the draft, it was Bronson and Reilly's school where other players and scouts gathered.

"We were hoping to be on the radar enough to have one here at some point. When I first got here I assumed I was going to have to go to another school to do a pro day," Reilly said. "Luckily my senior year was the same as Jared and having two guys that are getting good looks definitely helps."

Both Reilly and Bronson participated in the NFL combine but both wanted the opportunity to show improvement. For Reilly, it was a 40 time that was clocked at 4.92 seconds in Indianapolis, but hand times of 4.72 and 4.73 on Monday. For Bronson, he was recovering from shoulder surgery and bypassed doing the bench press at the combine.

While the entire student rec weight room stopped to watch, Bronson pressed 225 pounds 21 times.

But it wasn't all about Reilly and Bronson - each likely to be second-day picks next month. Pat McCann caught 58 passes and scored 11 touchdowns last year for Western Washington, then saw his football program get cut as part of budget issues. McCann showed up Monday at his former rival school hoping to get word out about his skills beyond the few lower-level arena league offers he's received.

"I feel like I'm getting better at football and I wanted to see if I can get my name out there," McCann said. "I'm just trying to give it my best shot and see what happens."

Added Bronson: "(Small school) guys in the past have done so well and the NFL puts so much money and effort into scouting, they don't want to let anyone slip through."