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Updated at 7:03 p.m., Tuesday, April 1, 2008

UH PRO DAY
Brennan, other Warriors work out at UH Pro Day

•	Brennan to have surgery for hip tear

Photo gallery: Colt Brennan at UH Pro Day in Carson, Calif.

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Former University of Hawaii receiver Jason Rivers is measured by Trent Baalke, Director of Player Personnel with the San Francisco 49ers, during today's Pro Day in Carson, Calif. Rivers along with other Warrior football players participated in workouts in front of scouts from various National Football League teams at the Home Depot Center.

EUGENE TANNER | Special to The Advertiser

UH PRO DAY

WHAT: University of Hawaii Pro Day

WHERE: Home Depot Center, Carson, Calif.

WHEN: Today

WHAT IS IT? Audition for pro football scouts in which prospects are measured and tested in strength and agility drills.

BACKGROUND: Although the NFL invites more than 300 prospects to participate in the NFL Combine in February, most Division I schools hold additional tryouts, called Pro Days, which are usually held at a school sites or a location at which players are familiar or comfortable. The event showcases the school’s additional professional prospects as well as allows combine invitees to show improvement in their 40-yard dashes, bench presses and other testing. Last Wednesday, for instance, more than 100 NFL personnel attended the Pro Day for NCAA champion LSU.

Former UH quarterback Colt Brennan has his height measured by Jerry Shay, a scout for the New York Giants. Brennan, along with other players from the Warriors, participated in workouts in front of scouts from various National Football League teams today at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

EUGENE TANNER | Special to The Advertiser

In what likely will be their final audition for NFL scouts, nearly 20 former University of Hawaii players, including NCAA record-setting quarterback Colt Brennan, participated in the UH Pro Day today in Carson, Calif.

Along with Brennan, other UH prospects at today's Pro Day included receivers Davone Bess, Ryan Grice-Mullins, C.J. Hawthorne and Jason Rivers, offensive lineman Hercules Satele, defensive lineman Michael Lafaele and defensive backs Myron Newberry, Gerard Lewis and Jacob Patek.

In all, 19 former Warriors were in attendance.

Brennan, whose NFL draft status took a hit after his poor showing in the Sugar Bowl loss to Georgia, was the focal point of today's Pro Day. At the NFL Combine in February, Brennan displayed pin-point accuracy during drills in Indianapolis. But he did not run a 40-yard dash or perform the bench press there.

Brennan, who holds the NCAA record for touchdown passes in a career, took part again in passing drills but didn't run because of a hip injury that will require surgery.

Bess, who left school after his junior season, improved upon his 40-yard dash time at the NFL Combine (4.73) by running a 4.59

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