
GARDENA, Calif. -- Here is the prize for winning state: an understanding that the training needs to ramp up...now.

Ray Reed and Doug Thomas are talented basketball players fighting hard for a spot on an NBA roster. Both grind through multiple workouts a day that can total six hours--all for the dream of playing at basketball's highest level.

The potential that Chevis Jackson showed the Atlanta Falcons as a rookie gave the franchise reason...

Otis Hudson, offensive tackle from Eastern Illinois University, is one of 10 likely late-round picks or undrafted free agents who could eventually become quality NFL starters...

Welcome to SportsNation! On Friday, we're going to talk speed and strength training when trainer Travelle Gaines stops by to chat.

FOXSports.com talks with former USC running back Stafon Johnson. Hear what he had to say about the draft and more.

UCLA's Brian Price on the NFL Draft.

An oft overlooked aspect of the NFL Draft process is the Combine Prep industry, also known as Speed Camps.

Whether you're training a draft prospect for his pro day and the scouting combine, or writing about him for The Washington Post, the first rule is always this: Be objective with what you see.

Johnny Forzani has taken another step toward a professional football career.

Help is on the way for NFL teams looking for improved air traffic control in a league where intricate passing attacks are flourishing.

FRESNO, Calif. -- In his final audition before the NFL Draft, West High School product Ryan Mathews put on another athletic display for the scouts.

Ryan Mathews' goal of being selected in the first round of the NFL Draft picked up significant steam with a strong performance at the scouting combine in Indianapolis.

The Path to the Draft crew assesses rising and falling draft stocks following the combine.

As the scouting combine has grown in public awareness, the market for trainers who can shave a tenth of a second off a 40-yard dash time, or add half an inch to a vertical jump, has exploded.

The former Texas DT chats with NFL.com about how his combine workout stacks up with the rest of the top lineman in the draft.

INDIANAPOLIS — Defensive linemen aren’t typically known for their flamboyance, but Texas’ Lamarr Houston appears to be the exception.

As the most vital weekend throughout the pre-draft process approaches, over three-hundred NFL hopefuls will enter the confines of Lucas Oil Stadium...

Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff and coach Mike Smith have to like the commitment of two rising stars, safety Thomas DeCoud and cornerback Chris Owens, a rookie they have big plans for.

Performance Gaines, a performance training company founded by Travelle Gaines, has a simple motto: Rise To The Challenge.

Ryan Mathews doesn't know what else he must do to get on the map. He led the nation in rushing yards as a high school senior at West High School in Bakersfield, Calif., gaining a staggering 3,396 yards on the ground along with 44 touchdowns.

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. – As tempting as it is to reduce University of Southern California running back Stafon Johnson’s future to simply getting back on that horse, the situation is decidedly more twisted than that.

Jamie Dukes and Steve Wyche analyze the best running backs available in the 2010 NFL Draft.

Dominique Franks surprised Sooner Nation last month by announcing he was skipping his senior season at Oklahoma to enter the upcoming NFL Draft.

Notes from around the country as players continue to prepare for the NFL combine, which is just two weeks away.

One of five profiled players trying to make the 53-man roster, RB Ian Johnson tells his story of Boise St. fame to 3rd team running back.

Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard Brandon Roy has lived his entire life by one motto: Stay hungry and humble.

My main motivation is to bounce back harder and stronger than ever before. That's my job; that's what I do. I play football.

Ryan Mathews gears up for 2010 NFL Combine.

Ryan Mathews talks about NFL future.

DOMINIQUE FRANKS has two very good reasons why he decided to skip his senior year at Oklahoma and enter the NFL draft.

Todd McShay reports on the USC running back at the Senior Bowl.

OTL: Stafon Johnson On Traumatic Event. USC running back Stafon Johnson speaks for the first time since his weightlifting accident

Who is impressing and who is struggling with days left until the 2010 Shrine Game?

The junior said he was projected to go in the first or second round and has signed with agent Drew Rosenhaus.

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma cornerback Dominique Franks has changed his mind and decided to enter the NFL draft, forgoing his senior year.

Georgia Bulldogs junior safety Reshad Jones said Monday he will enter the next NFL draft.

UCLA junior defensive end Brian Price announced on Wednesday that he plans to skip his senior season and enter the NFL draft.

Fresno State junior running back Ryan Mathews will enter the NFL draft, sources close to the situation said Monday.

Georgia Bulldogs junior safety Reshad Jones said Monday he will enter the next NFL draft. Jones said he and linebacker Rennie Curran plan to have a teleconference Tuesday to announce their intentions.

Nicknamed "the quiet storm", DT Brian Price is ready to let his pads do the talking in the NFL.

After suffering a life-threatening throat injury in 2009, USC RB Stafon Johnson remains focused on taking the next step in his football career.