Bengals wide receiver Andre Caldwell sees Florida quarterback Tim Tebow as a second-round pick. Caldwell played with Tebow for two seasons with the Gators. He doesn't think Tebow will either be an elite passer, but praised his work ethic and said he would take his former teammate in the "late second round" if he was the general manager. "He needs time," Caldwell said. "He needs to sit behind one of those good quarterbacks for about three years because I know he?s going to put in the work and the effort to be a great quarterback. He?s going to learn. I don?t think he?s going to be an elite passer ever. But he?s a playmaker. He?ll get the ball there. He probably can?t make the prettiest looking passes. But he?s going to use what he has to his advantage. Running. Scrambling. Making passes. He?s got a strong arm and I think he can make the throws, but they may not be the prettiest."

Oklahoma State wide receiver Dez Bryant is defending himself against critics as the NFL Draft draws closer. "I'm not the type of person that will try to confront somebody, but now I feel like it's gone too far. It's gone too far," Bryant said. "I ain't never got in trouble with nobody. I never said anything. I don't say anything wrong to nobody. I'm friendly. This here is too far. "What do this got to do with me playing football? Even if I did forget my cleats, what do that have to do with me playing football? I don't think it has anything to do with me playing football."

Texas quarterback Colt McCoy threw all sorts of passes in a workout for NFL scouts on Wednesday. "I've been waiting for this day a long time," he said. "I thought I went out there and killed it today." McCoy showed off his healed right shoulder, completing all 46 of his passes in a controlled workout.

Oregon AD Mike Bellotti is stepping down after less than a year in the position to take a job with ESPN, according to an Associated Press report on Friday. Bellotti was head coach of the Ducks for 14 seasons before he formally took over as AD on July 1. He?ll make his debut as a college football analyst for ESPN on April 17.

Michigan will host a night football game at Michigan Stadium for the first time in its history when it welcomes rival Notre Dame on Sept. 10, 2011. New Michigan athletic director David Brandon made the historic scheduling announcement Thursday afternoon in Ann Arbor. The 2011 game will kick off at 8 p.m. ET and be televised by ESPN or ESPN2. "This will be an unprecedented game day atmosphere that our fans have not experienced at Michigan Stadium," Brandon said in a statement. "It's a great opportunity to showcase our program, university and Ann Arbor to a primetime viewing audience. This also adds a new chapter to the storied rivalry between our two great programs."

Seantrel Henderson announced that he would attend USC but then held off signing a letter of intent, will sign with the Trojans this week, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press. The 6-foot-8, 335-pound offensive lineman from Minnesota was regarded as perhaps the top player nationally in the 2010 recruiting class. In February, he announced on national television that he had chosen USC. Later that night, however, his father said he would not officially commit to the Trojans until after USC went before the NCAA's Committee on Infractions.

Former Oklahoma State Bobby Reid hasn't played football since 2008, but he might get a chance to revive his career. Reid will take part in LSU's pro day Monday with hopes that an NFL team will give him a chance to get back to doing what he loves. "I'm excited," he said. "I'm past excited. I'm getting ready to go. I've been training so long and I'm ready to let it fly on Monday."

Soldier Field is Notre Dame's target venue for an off-site home game slot yet to be filled two seasons down the line. "We were solely focused on getting (2011) closed out, but having now achieved that we will turn in earnest to nailing down the off-site game for '12," athletic director Jack Swarbrick said. "Our starting point for that effort is to see if we can find the right opponent and date for a game in Chicago."

USC safety Taylor Mays was credited with an official time of 4.43 seconds in the 40-yard dash. However, NFL Network's Mike Mayock spoke to representatives from six different teams that all had Mays running between 4.31 and 4.35 seconds.

Former Gators quarterback Tim Tebow defended coach Urban Meyer at the NFL Scouting Combine amid rumors that Meyer chose winning over preparing Tebow for the next level. "To defend coach Meyer and to defend Florida, he has taught his players over the past six, eight years the best of any coach in the country," Tebow said on the NFL Network set. "You look at his players once they actually get on a team, they know football. We teach football, we teach schemes, we teach concepts that relate for the next level. So to defend coach Meyer, he does a great job of teaching guys to learn football, learn concepts and be able to translate when they get to the next level." Tebow's throwing motion, which some talent evaluators had criticized as elongated, has been heavily scrutinized since he struggled at the Senior Bowl last month.