NFL prospects getting primed to hit evaluation circuit

It’s evaluation season for NFL prospects.

Prospects will be making their way to a variety of college all-star games and combines in hopes of catching the eye of an NFL team.

Three of the most prominent all-star games will be held this month. The NFLPA Collegiate Bowl at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., will be held on Saturday. The East-West Shrine Game at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., is also Saturday. The 67th Senior Bowl at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala., is Jan. 30.

The biggest evaluation stage is the NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Feb. 23-29.

There will be other all-star games and combines sprinkled in across the country.

The Senior Bowl will be led by coaching staffs from the Dallas Cowboys and Jacksonville Jaguars, teams that finished near the bottom of the NFL. The Cowboys will coach the North team and the Jaguars will lead the South.

It is the fifth time the Cowboys’ staff has coached the Senior Bowl, but the first time since 1965. Tom Landry’s staff coached in the game four consecutive years (1962-65), winning one game, losing two and playing to a tie in 1965.

The Jaguars will be coaching for the third consecutive year. They led the South to a 20-10 win in 2014 before coaching the South again in a 34-13 loss last year.

Here are some notable prospects invited to the all-star games:

Senior Bowl

TCU wide receiver Josh Doctson, TCU wide receiver Kolby Listenbee, TCU running back Aaron Green, Stanford quarterback Kevin Hogan and Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott.

East-West Shrine Game

Navy quarterback/running back Keenan Reynolds, Louisville linebacker James Burgess and Texas State cornerback David Mims II.

NFLPA Collegiate Bowl

TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin and Texas A&M offensive lineman Mike Matthews.

This story was originally published January 20, 2016 at 6:11 PM with the headline "NFL prospects getting primed to hit evaluation circuit."