Carson Wentz rocks his Pro Day at North Dakota State

The NDSU quarterback looked pretty good to people who watched him work out at the Fargodome on Thursday.

March 24, 2016 at 5:52PM
Carson Wentz is shown as workouts get underway at North Dakota State's NFL Pro Day, Thursday, March 24, 2016, in Fargo, N.D.
Carson Wentz is shown as workouts get underway at North Dakota State's NFL Pro Day, Thursday, March 24, 2016, in Fargo, N.D. (Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Let's go right to the social media, starting with Peter Schrager, the national football writer for FOXsports.com:

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This is what it looked like on the NFL Network, where Wentz was the center of attention:

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Here are some tweets from Steve Hallstrom, who runs Flag Family Media in Fargo and hosts Steve's Sports Saturday on AM1100 radio on the North Dakota-Minnesota border:

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From the outside, it looked like North Dakota was following every move Wentz made -- at least it looked that way on social media:

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Leading up to Pro Day were stories about where Wentz could end up. Cleveland has the No. 2 overall choice and has been mentioned most often. The new Browns coach, Hue Jackson, was among those watching the workout at the Fargodome.

But there's always the chance of another team trading up to get Wentz ... or Cleveland picking someone else, such as Cal's Jared Goff, who is viewed as the draft's other premier quarterback.

The Denver Post speculated that Wentz would be a good fit to replace Peyton Manning, with its writer saying he was "born to run (coach Gary) Kubiak's offense."

The Dallas Morning News had a story saying that Wentz could go to Dallas, learn behind veteran Tony Roma and "be Dallas' Aaron Rodgers."

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The CBS affiliate in Philadelphia said the Eagles are a candidate to trade up for Wentz.

And the Cleveland speculation took a turn on Thursday when the Browns signed Robert Griffin III

The Associated Press reported: "Cleveland has started 24 quarterbacks since 1999 and the team is expected to take one with the No. 2 overall pick in this year's draft. That rookie — possibly California's Jared Goff or North Dakota State's Carson Wentz — will compete with Griffin, the second selection in 2012. Jackson and other members of the Browns attended Wentz's pro day Thursday in North Dakota."

Yes, we know they did. We're assuming this is Jackson telling Wentz's father not to worry about RG III.

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In closing, we leave you with this:

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Howard Sinker

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Howard Sinker is digital sports editor at startribune.com and curates the website's Sports Upload blog. He is also a senior instructor in Media and Cultural Studies at Macalester College in St. Paul.

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