McCarron passed on Senior Bowl because he thinks he's a top-20 pick

Former Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron won't be attending the college all-star game played each year in Alabama.

Officially, he's focusing on other pre-draft activities.
Unofficially, according to John Middlekauff of 95.7 The Game in San
Francisco, McCarron believes he doesn't need to go to Mobile.


Per Middlekauff, McCarron already thinks he'll be taken in the top 20.
As a result, playing in the Senior Bowl would be more likely to hurt
his draft stock than help it ? especially if he emerges from the game
with an injury.

Under that reasoning, McCarron doesn't need to throw at the Scouting
Combine, either. Plenty of top-tier quarterbacks choose to pass on the
passing in Indianapolis, because they're throwing to receivers with whom
they have no familiarity.


The value of the Senior Bowl is debatable. The practice sessions
have more value than the game, which several years ago produced an MVP
named Pat White.