VCU Men’s Basketball star Mo Alie-Cox was a fan favorite as a defensive presence in college. But could he soon join the Los Angeles Rams?

VCU basketball player Mo Alie-Cox has informed NFL teams he will work out for them as a TE on April 11 near Richmond, VA. — Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) March 31, 2017

Alie-Cox is not draft eligible because he was eligible last year so he can sign immediately with an NFL team. According to a Virginia-based reporter, the Los Angeles Rams were one of 23 teams that were at his workout earlier this afternoon.

The 6-foot-7, 262-pound athlete averaged 9.5 points and 4.2 rebounds per game at VCU this year as a fifth-year senior. He will do standard pro day drills to transition to football in a professional career.

Here’s what he told Paul Myerberg in March 2015 about the meeting with Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten (via USA TODAY Sports):

“He told me I could make the transition to football. He said if it’s something I wanted to do I should look into it.”

NFL star tight ends Antonio Gates, Jimmy Graham and Julius Thomas all focused on basketball during college as well. Rico Gathers (Dallas Cowboys) and Darren Fells (Detroit Lions) made a similar transition as well.

Sporting News, however, reports that Alie-Cox would do non-tight end drills for any team interested in signing him for a different position. He has some incredibly large hands and his broad jump beat both Jimmy Graham and Rob Gronkowski .

He has some incredibly large hands and his broad jump beat both Jimmy Graham and Rob Gronkowski; he also beat Gronk in the vertical jump and all body intangibles.