2024 NFL Draft: What We Learned from Alabama, Ohio State and USC pro days

We're full swing into pro-day season, and Wednesday packed as much punch as you could hope for in that department.

Alabama, annually one of the best-attended pro days on the calendar, kicked off the proceedings, which also included workouts at two other blue-blood programs -- Ohio State and Texas -- that will produce bumper crops of NFL talent.

But the big show came out west at USC, where prohibitive No. 1 overall pick favorite Caleb Williams took the stage. The ballyhooed quarterback didn't work out at the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine, but he did showcase his skills on Wednesday in front of a large contingent of NFL evaluators, including several representatives from the franchise that possesses the top selection in next month's draft.

Here are four of the biggest takeaways from a significant day on the 2024 scouting calendar.

Tune in to NFL Network at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday for a USC Pro Day Special and tune in to NFL+ for live coverage of LSU pro day on March 27 and North Carolina pro day on March 28.

1) The Caleb Williams show. Pro days have become more like rock shows in recent years. But for anyone watching USC's event -- at least those tuning in just for Williams -- it might have felt more like an opening-act acoustic set.

Not that Williams was bad during his throwing session, which drew a lot of influential eyes in attendance at the Trojans' practice facility. Rather, Williams looked less like the whirling dervish he often embodied during his decorated college career and more like a young man conducting his first serious job interview.

"I felt like this was a salad pro day," NFL Network draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah facetiously said during the NFL+ broadcast. "This wasn't a show-off pro day. You know what I mean? Just