McCoy satisfied he aces test at Texas pro day

AUSTIN, Texas -- Colt McCoy said his Pro Day was a first-round performance. That remains to be seen, but McCoy certainly didn't hurt his cause.

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"I think he proved he can make all the throws that an NFL player has to make," Davis said.

McCoy is coming off a right shoulder injury. The UT quarterback was hurt five plays into the national championship game against Alabama. He was fully cleared from the pinched nerve in his throwing shoulder three weeks ago.

He showed no ill effects Wednesday.

"I've been waiting for this day for a long time," McCoy said. "I wanted to throw bad at the combine. The doctors wouldn't let me throw, so I've just really been preparing for this, and I thought I went out and killed it today."

Packers coach Mike McCarthy, whose team isn't in the market for a quarterback, left impressed with McCoy. In fact, McCarthy gave McCoy the highest praise, saying McCoy's workout was better than Oklahoma's Sam Bradford on Monday.

"I like this workout better from the fact ... I thought Colt was challenged more in his workout as far as the type of throws," McCarthy said. "I thought in Sam's workout, he was very accurate, but Sam's workout was very controlled. He didn't do as much movement and driving throws, in my opinion."

McCoy said his favorite throw was deep off play-action when he hit Jordan Shipley for 50 yards. He also thought he proved his arm strength with the wide-field comebacks and wide-field digs to the weak side.

"There's about four things they needed to see," said McCoy, who did not do anything else -- run the 40, measure his vertical leap or broad jump or run a three-cone drill -- for scouts. "They wanted to see my footwork underneath the center. They told me it was excellent. They wanted to see some play-action, and I felt like I did great at that. They wanted to see my accuracy, and my quick release and what I did on the deep ball. When you go 100 percent, there's really not much you do wrong. I felt like today was really good."

McCoy has had two individual workouts with teams and will have several more before the April 22-24 draft. The Rams and the Browns are on his long itinerary.

Browns coach Eric Mangini was among those at McCoy's workout Wednesday. Redskins general manager Bruce Allen, Steelers director of football operations Kevin Colbert, Vikings vice president of player personnel Rick Spielman and Seahawks coach Pete Carroll were other representatives from 30 NFL teams.

"He can make the throws," Carroll said. "He did a nice job of getting the ball out on the deep throws."

Kindle does little

Linebacker Sergio Kindle stood on his combine workout when he ran a 4.65. He did the long shuttle (12.41) and position drills Wednesday. Kindle will visit Tennessee, Cleveland and Miami.

"I think he'll be a good rush guy," Titans national director of college scouting C.O. Brocato said. "That'll be his forte. He'll be a blitz guy."

Thomas runs fast

Safety Earl Thomas ran a 4.38 in his only 40-yard dash, but he tweaked his hamstring in the process and didn't do any other drills. The scouts had hoped to see him in the three-cone and the shuttles since he skipped those tests at the combine.

"He pulled up today," Bengals coach Mike Zimmer said. "[He'll] be a good productive player in the NFL, just like most of these guys who come out of here."

Thomas, who also posted a 32-inch vertical jump, had not expected to run the 40 but was talked into it.

"My competitiveness got to me," Thomas said. "A lot of coaches asked me, 'Are you going to run?' I felt like I needed to calm people down or something like that."

Shipley performs well

Receiver Jordan Shipley ran times of 4.53 and 4.56 in his two 40s. He also had a 36½-inch vertical, a 10-foot broad jump and caught everything thrown to him.

"I think he worked out exactly like I thought he would," Texas offensive coordinator Greg Davis said. "Great body control. Great ability to accelerate to the football. Tremendous hands. I thought he did just what we thought he would do."

Charean Williams covers football for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and is the president of the Pro Football Writers of America.