By the most general indications, the NFL Combine was a bit of a dud. The league is trending toward passing and quarterbacks are generally the most exciting prospects in any draft. This year, there are a few, but with neither Jimmy Clausen, Sam Bradford or Colt McCoy throwing — the latter two due to injuries — and only McCoy choosing to break a sweat at the combine, this year was missing much of the intrigue.

Having said that, there was personnel there to watch a number of pretty good, pretty interesting quarterbacks ready to audition in the void — Daryll Clark, Armanti Edwards, Max Hall, Dan Lefevour, Zac Robinson, Jevan Snead and a guy from Florida whose name escapes me.

Of all them, maybe no one did quite as well for himself as did Jarrett Brown.

– The former WVU quarterback ran a 4.54-second 40-yard dash — by far the best time among quarterbacks, faster than Ole Miss running back Dexter McCluster — and had a vertical leap measured at 34.5 inches and a broad jump measured at 9 feet, 6 inches, second and third, respectively, among quarterbacks. Only … what’s his name … Tebow had a better vertical. Western Michigan’s Tim Hiller and Tebow had better broad jumps.

– SI.com classified Brown among the “risers” in the draft.

Brown was one of the few signal-callers who displayed NFL caliber talent today. His passes had terrific velocity and Brown’s accuracy was better on Sunday than at any point the past eight months. He was effective throwing the deep out, the money pass at the combine.