JOHN DAVID MERCER - AP
Former N.C. State QB Russell Wilson, who played this season for Wisconsin, will play in today's Senior Bowl.
MOBILE, Ala. -- Kellen Moore and Russell Wilson have heard it before: They're too short to be NFL quarterbacks. Brandon Weeden's plenty tall, but too darn old for a rookie.
They have spent the past week addressing those concerns for NFL coaches and scouts.
"I can make all the throws," said Wilson, a former N.C. State starter who played his final season with Wisconsin and passed for Badgers-records 3,175 yards and 33 touchdowns in his lone season. His final Senior Bowl test comes with today's game in the showcase for senior NFL prospects.
"This is the top tier of the senior class coming into this draft, and what better way to test what you're all about and challenge yourself," said Moore, who won 50 games at Boise State but measured at a shade under 6 feet.
Arizona's Nick Foles, San Diego State's Ryan Lindley and Weeden will direct the South team. Cousins, Moore and Wilson are on the North.
"Especially as a quarterback, you don't get to this point without being a unique person, a special person, and someone who has some character to them," Cousins said. "If you look at the quarterbacks who are here, that's certainly the case with every one of them.
"Everyone's got a story, that's for sure."
The game will also feature highly rated defensive ends Quinton Coples of North Carolina and Alabama's Courtney Upshaw, who could land at either end or linebacker. Cornerback Janoris Jenkins - who finished at Division II North Alabama after getting kicked off the Florida team - is among the other potential first-rounders.
Insight Bowl: The Insight Bowl is losing its title sponsor and game organizers are seeking a replacement for this year's game.
Tempe-based Insight Enterprises Inc. has sponsored the bowl game since 1997 but has allowed its sponsorship contract to expire.
Michigan: President Barack Obama gave Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson a shout-out during his campus visit to talk college affordability.
Shortly after greeting the crowd of about 4,000 on Friday at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, he said: "Denard Robinson is in the house," prompting big applause.
When someone in the audience yelled: "Denard Robinson in 2012" the president joked that Robinson has to graduate - and get a little older - before he runs.
Pittsburgh: Coach Paul Chryst has hired longtime NFL wide receiver Bobby Engram as the Panthers new receivers coach.
Engram, who played in the NFL from 1996-2009, spent last season as an offensive assistant with the San Francisco 49ers. He played for the Chicago Bears, Seattle Seahawks and Kansas City Chiefs.
