Teams get first chance to interview Luck, Griffin
Posted February 24, 2012 3:12 pm.
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The Andrew Luck Sweepstakes is heading into its homestretch, but there is another quarterback hoping to spoil the party.
After being billed as the No. 1 draft pick for the past two years, Luck finally will have a chance to prove he can live up to the billing.
Before meeting with team officials Friday night, Luck and Heisman winner Robert Griffin III both spoke with reporters at the NFL’s annual scouting combine in Indianapolis. One of those two quarterbacks almost certainly will return to town this spring as the heir to Peyton Manning.
Indianapolis holds the No. 1 overall pick in April’s draft, and team owner Jim Irsay already has said the Colts will take a quarterback.
Griffin is hoping to crash a draft that has been billed as the Luck sweepstakes for more than year.
Despite concerns that he had been listed incorrectly in the past, Griffin measured in at 6-foot-2 3/8 and 223 pounds at the combine.
The biggest concern about Griffin’s pro future was whether he would come in at less than 6-1. Now officially well above that mark, height is considered a non-issue to teams who have been looking at the man known as ‘RG3.’
Griffin had some fun with the height concerns, mentioning his height three times while speaking with reporters. He acknowledged last year’s first-overall pick Cam Newton was bigger, citing his height and weight, before mentioning his own measurements, attempting to halt the comparisons.
Griffin says he was listed at 6-4 and 200 pounds in high school and has been accused of shrinking and gaining weight since then.
With files from the Associated Press
