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2017 Senior Bowl: 10 things to know about the weigh-ins for NFL Draft hopefuls

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While the action on the practice field at Ladd-Peebles Stadium is clearly most important, scouts place a great deal of value on the measurables conducted prior to the action beginning Tuesday at the annual Senior Bowl.

Each player involved is paraded on stage in front of hundreds of NFL scouts with his shirt and shoes off, wearing only skin-tight athletic pants. Players' heights are recorded to the eighth of an inch with their weight, arm length, wingspan and hand size (measured from the out-stretched thumb to pinkie) all announced to the crowd.