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Wednesday, March 5, 2008 Robinson and Murphy show skills at Combine By DAVID BAKER MATERNITY INSURANCE StatesmanSports With two months until graduation, seniors are thinking about two things: resumes and job interviews. Shawn Murphy and Kevin Robinson are no different... well, there may be subtle differences. Murphy and Robinson have resumes, but they aren't so much paper, as they are stacks of tape depicting every college game they played at USU. And although they interviewed for jobs, it wasn't the sort of suit-and-tie-corporateformal scene many of their fellow USU soon-to-be-graduates will be grimacing through come May 3. Murphy and Robinson attended the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Ind. "Basically, it's the most thorough job interview you'll ever do," Murphy, an offensive guard for the Aggies, said. "It's sort of a week-long combination of a job interview and boot camp." The process—something both men described as grueling, tiring or both—is what the NFL uses to asses the mental and physical skills of potential draftees before teams pick their future stars on April 26-27. "It was the longest three days of my life," said Robinson, a wide receiver, kick returner and all-around playmaker for the Aggies for the last four years. "I learned a lot from it. I'm just glad I don't have to go through it again." Murphy echoed Robinson: "Every day was long. It felt like I was there for a month." A lot of the grind of the Combine was the waiting. In the hospital, for tests and Xrays, In the team rooms to get further physical examinations. In the interview rooms. And finally, in the RCA Dome to showcase their physical tools in drills, and test—like the 40-yard dash, vertical jump and 20-yard shuttle. Most people are only familiar with the physical workouts—the ones that produce 4.somethings or 30-plus reps, and get televised, scrutinized and analyzed on ESPN or the NFL Network. But Murphy said it's actually the other, less-TV-friendly stuff, like the interviews and medical exams that are the biggest deal. "The most important parts of the Combine happen behind closed doors," he said. "They know if a player can [1 See COMBINE, page 12 FORMER AGGIE WIDE RECEIVER KEVIN ROBINSON, R I G H T , gets directions from a scout from the NFL's St. Louis Rams at Tuesday's NFL Pro Day in Logan. CAMERON PETERSON photo KEVIN ROBINSON'S COMBINE ITINERARY Thursday: Get into Indianapolis and go to the hospital with 30 other players. Get blood drawn. X-rays and heart screenings. Friday: Meet with all the trainers to go over all past injuries and get more MRIs if needed. In the evening, personal interviews with teams from 6-11 p.m. Saturday: Do a drug test in the morning and go to meetings about money and agents. Skip the bench press and take the Wonderlic. Then more individual meetings in the evening. Sunday: Up at 5 a.m. Workouts, including 40-yard dash, verticals, broad jumps, shuttles and position drills, for the rest of the day. SHAWN MURPHY'S COMBINE ITINERARY MIS or CS majors preferred but other majors also encouraged to apply! r^ :*$•> TWsdav: Check in, one of the first arrivals with roommate Dave Hale from Weber State. : £&"-..>.,: V*v.,':'J.*.V'*i:'.Vi5 Wednesday: Drug testing and hospital day. After breakfast, !* go to the hospital for the rest of the day. Get a very thorough |: routine physical. X-Rays and blood tests. During the evening, V i% go to the train station for interviews. Internship runs from October 2008 - January 2009.) Thursday: Team physical day. Each room in the RCA Dome has four or five teams in it. Get checked out by the doctor • from each team. Go from room to room all day. Back to the hospital for any additional MRIs and scans. Another round of interviews in the evening. FIND US AT THE USU CAREER FAIR FOR MORE INFORMATION! Celebrating 40 years in Cache Valley as an EEO/AA Employer. , - i • . .«-: ' .'".'V~,' Friday: Bench press and Wonderlic Test in the morning until about 5 p.m. Then interviews in the evening. FORMER USU OFFENSIVE LINEMAN SHAWN MURPHY, M I D D L E , follows directions of an NFL scout as teammate Pace Jorgensen looks on Tuesday at the Stan Laub Center. CAMERON Saturday: Workout day. Wake up at 5 a.m., have breakfast. Sit around waiting for workout to start, stretch and warm up. Work out for about an hour and a half and then get on a plane. PETERSON photo W \ THE DKSHRT WATERWORKS COMPANION ^ - liNGINKUR. MOTIIIiR. MULTI-TASKRR. KNGINKKR. MOTIIKli. MUL.TI-TASKKR. -•ff HOMEGROWN PROFESSIONAL KEEPS MAJOR P R O J E C T S ON TASK. 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