"NATS" TONIGHT... ANTICIPATION IS AT ITS PEAK-- AS THE 2024 NFL DRAFT KICKS OFF IN DETROIT. THE EVENT MARKING THE BEGINNING OF A NEW CHAPTER FOR ASPIRING ATHLETES AND FRANCHISES ALIKE. AS DREAMS ARE REALIZED -- "WE ALWAYS WANT TO BRING IN IMPACT PLAYERS AND CONTINUE TO BUILD THE TEAM. " - FALCONS AND FUTURES ARE SHAPED-- "I WANT TO CHALLENGE EVERY SINGLE SPOT." -PANTHERS ON THE GRAND STAGE OF PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL. "WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE GROUP THAT'S THERE." -JAGUARS THE WJCL 22 SPORTS TEAM .. IS GETTING YOU PREPARED FOR THE N-F-L DRAFT. THIS IS .. THE ROAD TO THE PROS -- THE FINAL COUNTDOWN. WE ARE JUST MINUTES AWAY NOW FROM THE 2024 NFL DRAFT. WELCOME TO "ROAD TO THE PROS." I'M AMY ZIMMER. AND I'M PRESTON HARVEY. DETROIT IS ON THE CLOCK. LIVE PICTURES NOW FROM CAMPUS MAR-SH- OUS PARK AND HART PLAZA IN THE MOTOR CITY. FANS FROM ALL OVER ARE READY TO SEE 32 TEAMS... PICK THE PLAYERS THAT'LL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THEIR FRANCHISE. BUT A FEW QUESTIONS TONIGHT... WHICH TEAM WILL GO FIRST? HOW LONG DOES EACH TEAM HAVE TO MAKE A PICK? WHO IS ELIGIBLE? LETS WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS. WITH THE FIRST PICK OF THIS YEAR'S NFL DRAFT... THE CHICAGO BEARS. THE ORDER OF SELECTION IS DETERMINED BY THE REVERSE ORDER OF FINISH IN THE PREVIOUS SEASON. EACH TEAM HAS TEN MINUTES TO MAKE ITS PICK IN THE FIRST ROUND -- WITH TIME DECREASING AS THE ROUNDS GO ON. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE DRAFT-- PLAYERS MUST HAVE BEEN OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS AND MUST HAVE USED UP THEIR COLLEGE ELIGIBILITY BEFORE THE START OF THE NEXT SEASON. UNDERCLASSMEN AND PLAYERS WHO HAVE GRADUATED BEFORE USING ALL THEIR COLLEGE ELIGIBILITY CAN CONTACT THE LEAGUE TO REQUEST APPROVAL TO ENTER THE DRAFT EARLY. SO WHEN THE BEARS GO ON THE CLOCK... WHO WILL BE THEIR FIRST PICK? A FEW YEARS AGO THE FRANCHISE PICKED QUARTERBACK JUSTIN FIELDS. HOWEVER, THIS PAST OFFSEASON, HE WAS TRADED TO PITTSBURGH. CHICAGO IN NEED OF A FRANCHISE SIGNAL CALLER. GET THIS THE BEARS HAVE NEVER HAD A Q-B THROW FOR FOUR- THOUSAND YARDS IN A SEASON... NOW THE FRANCHISE HAS THE PICK OF THE LITTER IN A QUARTERBACK HEAVY DRAFT CLASS.. ESPN ANALYSTS PREDICT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S CALEB WILLIAMS WILL GO NUMBER ONE OVERALL. THE FORMER HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER STANDS ALONE AS THE ONLY COLLEGE QUARTERBACK SINCE 2000 TO THROW FOR 30- PLUS PASSING TOUCHDOWNS AND RUN FOR AT LEAST TEN SCORES WHILE THROWING FIVE OR FEWER INTERCEPTIONS IN MULTIPLE SEASONS. THE BEARS SAYING EARLY ON... THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. WHICHEVER QUARTERBACK CHICAGO TAKES NUMBER ONE OVERALL - THE BEARS HAVE ACQUIRED SOME WEAPONS THIS OFF SEASON... INCLUDING FORMER EAGLES RUNNING BACK AND GEORGIA BULLDOG D'ANDRE SWIFT. OKAY... ENOUGH ABOUT THE BEARS... WHAT ABOUT OUR GUYS? WE'LL BE WATCHING A FEW PLAYERS WITH LOCAL TIES TONIGHT AND OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. TALKING KALEN DELOACH... AN ISLANDS HIGH SCHOOL ALUM AND LINEBACKER FROM FLORIDA STATE. KAMARI LASSITER... A SAVANNAH NATIVE AND CORNERBACK FROM U-G-A. PLUS, NORTH CAROLINA STATE CENTER AND FORMER SAVANNAH CHRISTIAN STANDOUT DYLAN MCMAHON. ALL HOPING TO HEAR THEIR NAME'S CALLED SOONER THAN LATER. TIME TO CHECK IN WITH NFL TEAMS CLOSE TO HOME...THE ATLANTA FALCONS, JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AND THE CAROLINA PANTHERS. CAROLINA WITH A TOTAL OF SEVEN PICKS - NONE OF WHICH ARE FIRST ROUND AFTER TRADING AWAY TO CHICAGO TO MOVE UP IN LAST YEARS DRAFT, SELECTING Q-B BRYCE YOUNG FIRST OVERALL. HOWEVER WITH TWO SECOND ROUND PICKS THE PANTHERS CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THE TEAMS NEEDS EARLY ... PANTHERS NEED TO FIND BRYCE YOUNG SOME HELP AFTER FINISHING DEAD LAST IN THE NFC SOUTH DIVISION AND THE WORST RECORD IN THE LEAGUE THIS PAST SEASON... CAROLINA'S TOP PRIORITY HAS TO BE WIDE RECEIVER. THE TEAM TOOK A FIRST STEP WITH THE ADDITION OF DEIONTE JOHNSON FROM PITTSBURGH. NEW HEAD COACH DAVE CANALES AND FIRST TIME GENERAL MANAGER DAN MORGAN WILL PUT THEIR MARK ON THE FRANCHISE COME THE SECOND ROUND ON FRIDAY. ON TOP OF IT ALL, CAROLINA IS IN THE MIDDLE OF VOLUNTARY WORKOUTS... CREATING A UNIQUE DYNAMIC. SOME OTHER NEEDS INCLUDE EDGE RUSHER AFTER THE PANTHERS TRADED PRO BOWLER BRIAN BURNS --- AND CENTER AFTER RELEASING BRADLEY BOZEMAN. TO THE A-T-L ... A LOOK AT THE FALCONS EIGHT PICKS. THIS YEAR MARKS THE FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR IN WHICH ATLANTA HAS A TOP- TEN PICK AND THE THIRD STRAIGHT WITH THE EIGHTH OVERALL PICK. ATLANTA HAS USED ALL OF THOSE PICKS ON OFFENSIVE PLAYMAKERS, TAKING TIGHT END, KYLE PITTS IN 20- 21, WIDE RECEIVER DRAKE LONDON IN 20-22 AND RUNNING BACK BIJAN ROBINSON IN LAST YEAR'S DRAFT. THE FALCONS JUST A QUARTERBACK AWAY FROM BEING A TRUE CONTENDER IN THE NFC SOUTH. THE FRANCHISE HOPING THAT PROBLEM IS NOW SOLVED WITH THE ADDITION OF VETERAN QUARTERBACK KIRK COUSINS... SIGNING HIM TO A FOUR YEAR 180- MILLION DOLLAR DEAL... FALCONS GENERAL MANAGER TERRY FONTINO SAYING HE'S NOT EYEING A SPECIFIC POSITION IN THE UPCOMING DRAFT... TALK ABOUT BEST PLAYER AVAILABLE. REALLY? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BEST PLAYER AVAILABLE FOR US. AND THE KEY IS NOT REACHING FOR NEEDS. TODAY'S SURPLUS IS TOMORROW'S NECESSITY. RIGHT. TOMORROW CAN BE TWO YEARS FROM NOW WHERE WE'RE GETTING THESE DRAFTED PLAYERS FOR 4 TO 5 YEARS. I'M SAYING ALL THIS TO SAY IS THAT WE ALWAYS WANT TO BRING IN IMPACT PLAYERS AND CONTINUE TO BUILD THE TEAM. BUT WE'RE NEED DOES COME IN TWO PLACES WHEN YOU HAVE SEVERAL PLAYERS IN THE CATEGORY, WHICH IN MOST CASES YOU DO. MANY MOCK DRAFTS HAVE FALCONS SELECTING EITHER DALLAS TURNER FROM ALABAMA OR "LAY-AH-TOO" LAH- TOO OUT OF UCLA -- BOTH EDGE RUSHERS. THE FALCONS CAN ALSO TRADE DOWN IN ORDER TO BUILD MORE DRAFT CAPITAL. TO THE SUNSHINE STATE.. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS HAVE EIGHT PICKS...AND LOOKING FOR ANSWERS AFTER BEING ON PACE TO WIN THE AFC SOUTH DIVISION LAST YEAR...THEN LOSING FIVE OF THEIR FINAL SIX GAMES, MISSING THE PLAYOFFS. TWO POSITIONS THE JAGS ARE SET AT -- QUARTERBACK WITH TREVOR LAWRENCE AS HE ENTERS HIS FOURTH YEAR OF HIS ROOKIE DEAL.. AND OUTSIDE LINEBACKER JOSH ALLEN WHO THE JAGS LOCKED UP WITH A NEW FIVE- YEAR DEAL EARLIER THIS MONTH. JACKSONVILLE MADE SOME KEY MOVES THIS OFFSEASON BY ADDING DEFENSIVE LINEMAN ARIK ARMSTEAD AND WIDE RECEIVER GABE DAVIS BUT THE PASSING GAME WILL TAKE A HIT AFTER LOSING CALVIN RIDLEY TO DIVISION RIVAL TENNESSEE TITANS -- MAKING WIDE RECEIVER A PRIORITY IN 20-24... SOME MIGHT SAY THE TOP NEED IS AT CORNERBACK. AFTER RANKING 26- TH IN PASS DEFENSE LAST SEASON AND THE JAGS RELEASED DARIUS WILLIAMS. YOU KNOW, WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE GROUP THAT'S THERE. YOU KNOW, IT HAD DIFFERENT POSITIONS, YOU KNOW, THAT WERE FOCUSED IN ON A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, YOU TRY TO FIND THE BEST PLAYERS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT YOU TRY TO DO IN THE DRAFT. WE HAVE SOME NEEDS, OBVIOUSLY, THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.YOU KNOW, THE BOARD'S GOT TO FALL IN THE RIGHT WAY. YOU KNOW, NEEDS NEEDS ARE PARAMOUNT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO STICK WITH OUR FORMULA AND DRAFT THE BEST PLAYERS AVAILABLE. COMING UP ON ROAD TO THE PRO'S...WE'VE HEARD FROM NFL TEAMS...NOW IT'S TIME TO HEAR FROM THE PLAYERS... PLUS SITTING DOWN WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL COACHES THAT HELPED SHAPE THEM ON AND OFF THE FIELD. HERE'S A LIVE LOOK AT THE NFL DRAFT RIGHT NOW IN DETROIT. KEEP IT HERE. YOU'RE WATCHING ROAD TO THE PROS. DREAMS OF PLAYING PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL - *COULD BECOME A REALITY FOR A HANDFUL OF PLAYERS WHO JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WERE STARS ON THE HIGH SCHOOL GRIDIRON HERE IN SAVANNAH. KICKING OFF WITH FORMER ISLANDS HIGH SCHOOL STAR AND FLORIDA STATE LINEBACKER KALEN DELOACH I SAT DOWN WITH SHARKS HEAD FOOTBALL COACH DESHAWN PRINTUP PLUS FORMER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND BASKETBALL COACH KARL DEMASI WHO WATCHED DELOACH GROW INTO THE STAR PLAYER HE IS TODAY. EXPERTS SAYING DELOACH COULD GO POSSIBLY IN THE SEVENTH ROUND. GROWING UP GOING TO SCHOOL JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM DELOACH...FORMER SAVANNAH CHRISTIAN STAR DYLAN MCMAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE BIG 22 MEMBER BACK IN HIS RAIDER DAYS. MCMAHON WENT ON TO STAR AT NORTH CAROLINA STATE. THE CENTER PLAYED 46-GAMES FOR THE WOLFPACK, STARTING IN ALL 13 AT CENTER IN 20-23. GET THIS. HE WAS THE ONLY CENTER INVITED TO THIS YEAR'S NFL COMBINE. SAVANNAH CHRISTIAN HEAD FOOTBALL COACH BAKER WOODWARD, NOT SURPRISED. TO EARN A SHOT AT PLAYING ON SUNDAYS, FOOTBALL PLAYERS WITH PROFESSIONAL ASPIRATIONS MUST FIRST PROVE THEMSELVES ON SATURDAYS. SAVANNAH NATIVE KAMARI LASSITER HAS DONE EXACTLY THAT IN JUST THREE SEASONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA... RACKING UP QUITE THE HIGHLIGHT REEL AND RESUME. THE JUNIOR CORNER BACK DECLARED FOR THE NFL DRAFT BACK IN JANUARY AND IS PROJECTED TO BE PICKED IN THE FIRST- THREE ROUNDS AFTER BEING A FOUR- STAR PROSPECT WHEN HE COMMITTED TO U-G- A. LASSITER PLAYED IN EVERY MATCHUP SINCE HIS FRESHMAN SEASON WITH THE DAWGS...TALKING 44 TOTAL GAMES, STARTING THE FINAL 30...AND NOW LEAVING WITH TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS. IN THIS PAST SEASON ALONE, THE ALL-SEC STANDOUT RACKING UP 37 TACKLES AND A TEAM HIGH EIGHT PASS BREAK-UPS FOR A GEORGIA DEFENSE THAT ALLOWED JUST SIXTEEN POINTS PER GAME. PRESTON YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH LASSITER - HOW IS HE PREPARING FOR THE NFL DRAFT? WORKING OUT FOR HOURS EVERYDAY TO MAKE SURE HIS BODY IS READY FOR THE NEXT LEVEL THAT INCLUDES RECOVERY...AND KAMARI LASSITER IS READY TO SEE ALL THAT HARD WORK PAY OFF.. IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. A CHILDHOOD DREAM SOON TO BECOME REALITY FOR SAVANNAH NATIVE KAMARI LASSITER. YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR AND JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN I STARTED OUT WHAT IT'S ABOUT TO START. I LOVE TO NOT THIS GO IS GOING TO BE IN A WORLD OF MYSELF AND MY FAMILY AND EVERYBODY WILL SUPPORT ME. HE ATTENDED ST JAMES CATHOLIC SCHOOL ALL THROUGH THE EIGHTH GRADE, THEN HAD TO MOVE TO ALABAMA. MY MOM GOT A JOB IN ALABAMA. SHE GOT A PROMOTION. SO GOING OUT THERE WAS DEFINITELY DIFFERENT. YOU KNOW, ALABAMA IS NOT MY SAVANNAH. BUT HIS GAME TRANSLATED LAST YEAR TO START AT AMERICAN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY IN TUSCALOOSA, BECOMING ONE OF THE TOP CORNERBACKS IN THE NATION. HE WAS OFFERED BY THE CRIMSON TIDE, BUT THIS GEORGIA BOY HAD TO RETURN TO THE STATE AND PLAY FOR THE DOGS. GOING TO GEORGIA WAS A PART OF THE BEST DECISION I EVER MADE. YOU KNOW, THEY HELPED ME GROW AS A FOOTBALL PLAYER AND TO GROW AS A MAN, YOU KNOW, JUST THE AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT I LEARNED, YOU KNOW, FROM MY TIME AT GEORGIA, YOU KNOW, BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD, IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY PUT A PRICE ON. NOW, AFTER THREE YEARS IN ATHENS AND TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, LASSNER IS READY FOR THE NEXT LEVEL. A LOT OF THOUGHT AND PRAYER AND TALKING TO MY FAMILY AND MY COACHES. AND I'M JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S OPINIONS AND WHAT THEY THINK AND THEN JUST KIND OF JUST, YOU KNOW, GOING WHAT GOD LED ME TO. AND WE WENT WITH A DECISION TO COME OUT. AND I THINK IT WAS A GOOD DECISION FOR US. DID YOU TALK TO KIRBY ABOUT IT? OF COURSE. WHAT WAS KIND OF KOBE'S MINDSET BEHIND IT AS WELL.? COACH HE WAS ON BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE GUYS, ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS LIKE HOME. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IN YOUR BEST INTEREST FOR YOU TO COME OUT THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW, YOU HAD A GOOD SEASON. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A DREAM. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU YOU SHOULD REALLY DO. SO I'M HEARING THAT FROM MY COACHES. THAT DEFINITELY GAVE ME A LITTLE BIT MORE CONFIDENCE. LASSITER IS PROJECTED TO BE A SECOND OR THIRD ROUND DRAFT PICK. BUT NOTHING SHORT OF A BLESSING. YOU KNOW, I'M BLESSED TO BE IN THIS POSITION. NOT A LOT OF GUYS GET TO KNOW, LASSITER LOOKING TO JOIN WHATS EXPECTED TO BE ANOTHER HEAVY U-G-A DRAFT CLASS. THAT'S RIGHT THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS' HAD A MASSIVE SHOWING IN THE NFL DRAFT LAST YEAR.... HOWEVER THIS SEASON'S CLASS COULD BE EVEN BETTER...WE'LL SHOW YOU YOU'RE WATCHING ROAD TO THE PRO'S. IT WAS JUST ONE YEAR AGO WHEN SAVANNAH NATIVE NOLAN SMITH WAS DRAFTED BY THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 30TH OVERALL.... THE FORMER FIRST ROUND PICK RECORDED 18 TACKLES AND 1 SACK IN 17 REGULAR-SEASON GAMES IN HIS ROOKIE SEASON. LAST YEAR, SMITH ONE OF 10 GEORGIA BULLDOGS DRAFTED...SECOND MOST IN PROGRAM HISTORY WHILE TYING ALABAMA FOR THE NATIONAL LEAD. COULD U-G-A DOMINATE AGAIN? ...THE DAWGS WITH A TOTAL OF 11 FORMER PLAYERS WHO HAVE DECLARED FOR THIS YEAR'S NFL DRAFT. FUTURE STARS OF THE NFL WERE ON DISPLAY AT U-G- A PRO DAY. PROSPECTS SUCH AS AMARIUS MIMS, LADD MCCONKEY, JAVON BULLARD, ALL EXPECTED TO BE SELECTED BY AN NFL TEAM. TIGHT END BROCK BOWERS WAS A NO GO AT THE EVENT AND DIDN'T PERFORM AT THE NFL COMBINE DUE TO A LINGERING HAMSTRING INJURY HOWEVER STILL PROJECTED TO GO IN THE FIRST ROUND. OVER IN THE PALMETTO STATE....CLEMSON AND SOUTH CAROLINA WITH A HANDFUL OF PLAYERS WHO WILL BE WAITING ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS DURING THIS YEARS DRAFT. JULIA MORRIS FROM OUR SISTER STATION IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA HAS MORE. BOTH THE CLEMSON TIGERS AND SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS HAVE A NUMBER OF NFL DRAFT HOPEFULS PREPARING TO HEAR THEIR NAMES CALLED BEFORE THE WEEKEND IS THROUGH. CLEMSON HAS HAD AT LEAST ONE FIRST ROUND PICK IN NINE OF THE LAST 11 NFL DRAFTS. AND IF THE TIGERS CONTINUE THAT TREND TONIGHT, IT WILL LIKELY BE BECAUSE OF NATE WIGGINS. THE STANDOUT CORNERBACK WAS AN ALL FIRST TEAM SELECTION THIS SEASON AND RAN THE FASTEST 40 YARD DASH AMONG ALL CORNERS AT THIS YEAR'S NFL COMBINE. HE'S PROJECTED TO BE TAKEN IN THE BACK HALF OF THE FIRST ROUND, WHILE WIGGINS IS LIKELY THE ONLY TIGER THAT COULD END UP IN THE FIRST ROUND. A NUMBER OF OTHER CLEMSON STARS SHOULD BE TAKEN ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. DEFENSIVE LINEMEN ROW ROW IS PROJECTED TO BE DRAFTED AS EARLY AS THE SECOND ROUND ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND RUNNING BACK WILL SHIPLEY, WHO TOTALED MORE THAN 3300 YARDS AND 32 TOUCHDOWNS IN THREE SEASONS AT CLEMSON, SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT MUCH LONGER THAN THAT EITHER. I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE A DREAM COME TRUE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY WORDS THAT I CAN PUT TO IT, YOU KNOW, SINCE I STRAP THAT HELMET ON. EVEN BEFORE THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS PLAYING FLAG. FIRST TIME I PLAYED MADDEN IS WHAT I'LL SAY. YOU KNOW, I HAD A DREAM OF GOING OUT THERE AND DOING WHAT? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SET TO DO RIGHT NOW. SO LIKE I SAID, JUST APPRECIATE IN THE MOMENT THAT I'M IN, BUT ALSO NOW REMEMBERING HOW I GOT MYSELF HERE AND AND ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND ME THAT THAT HELPED ME TO DO SO. SHIPLEY HAS SAID HE DOESN'T PAY ATTENTION TO MOCK DRAFTS, BUT THE NFL NETWORK HAS HIM GOING IN THE THIRD ROUND. LINEBACKER JEREMIAH TROTTER, JUNIOR DEFENSIVE END XAVIER THOMAS AND DEFENSIVE TACKLE TYLER DAVIS ARE ALL EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN BETWEEN ROUNDS THREE THROUGH SEVEN AS WELL. SOUTH CAROLINA RECEIVER XAVIER LEGGETT EXPLODED ONTO THE SCENE AS A SENIOR, PUTTING TOGETHER THE SECOND BEST SINGLE SEASON BY A GAMECOCKS RECEIVER IN PROGRAM HISTORY. IF HE'S TAKEN TONIGHT, HE WOULD BE THE FIRST FIRST ROUND PICK OF THE SHANE BEAMER ERA. SPENCER RATTLERS TWO YEARS AT SOUTH CAROLINA, INCLUDED SOME OUTSTANDING MOMENTS AND IMPRESSIVE WINS, INCLUDING THE GAMECOCKS ONLY TRIUMPH OVER CLEMSON IN THE PAST NINE TRIES. AND AFTER AN IMPRESSIVE PREDRAFT PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDED SENIOR BOWL MVP HONORS WHO SHOULD BE TAKEN BEFORE THE END OF TOMORROW NIGHT'S THIRD ROUND. THIS IS ALWAYS SUCH A SPECIAL WEEKEND, SEEING ALL THESE PLAYERS THAT HAVE WORKED SO HARD FOR SO LONG BE REWARDED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO START THEIR PRO CAREERS IN GREENVILLE. I'M JULIA MORRIS. THANKS JULIA... MORE STILL TO COME ON ROAD TO THE PRO'S... STRAIGHT AHEAD, A LOOK AT FORMER GEORGIA SOUTHERN EAGLES NOW SOARING IN THE NFL. STICK AROUND. SOUTHERN CURRENTLY HAS SEVEN FORMER EAGLES IN THE NFL. MORE EAGLES WORKING TOWARDS MAKING IT TO THE PRO'S. THIS PAST MARCH, GEORGIA SOUTHERN HOSTED ITS ANNUAL PRO DAY WHICH SAW OVER A DOZEN FORMER EAGLES PERFORM IN FRONT OF SCOUTS. AMONG THE NFL TEAMS IN ATTENDANCE WERE THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS AND JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS. NUMBERS AND FILM WERE SHARED THROUGHOUT THE LEAGUE. TIME TO TAKE YOU BACK TO MOTOR CITY FOR A LIVE LOOK... WE ARE JUST MINUTES AWAY FROM DREAMS BECOMING A REALIT