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 on the field and in meetings.

“I can make all the throws.”

Wilson, a former North Carolina State starter who played his final season with Wisconsin passed for Badgers-records 3,175 yards and 33 touchdowns in his lone season. He was a superb 19-of-25 passing for 296 yards in the Rose Bowl finale against Oregon.

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 take turns directing 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.

Elsewhere

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 wide receivers coach.

Engram, who played in the NFL from 1996-2009, spent last season as an offensive assistant with the San Francisco 49ers. He finished with 650 receptions for 7,751 yards and 35 touchdowns while playing for the Chicago Bears, Seattle Seahawks and Kansas City Chiefs.

Rutgers: Former coach Greg Schiano owes Rutgers University $800,000 after his decision to leave to coach the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League.

Schiano, 45, accepted a five-year contract with the NFL team Thursday. He thanked those affiliated with the university on Friday in his introductory news conference in Tampa Bay.

South Carolina: Coach Steve Spurrier has fired the Gamecocks safeties coach.

Spurrier said in a statement he told Jeep Hunter he would not be retained because the thought the team needed a more experienced coach for its defensive backs.

Tennessee: Charlie Coiner, a veteran college and NFL coach, has been named special teams and tight ends coach at Tennessee.

Coiner began his coaching career at Appalachian State in 1983. He’s also coached at Minnesota, Austin Peay, Vanderbilt, Texas Southern, Louisville, UT-Chattanooga and LSU.